School News

In today's world, education has taken on a new form and become more diversified, expanding beyond the four walls of a classroom. One of the many ways this is being achieved is through cross-curricular trips. Recently, a group of Grade 11 Art and History students, accompanied by their educators, had the privilege of visiting Rome and Florence during their Easter holidays.

Our Grade 6 students have just returned from their long-awaited Cultural and Spiritual Live-in experience, where they were engaged in various curriculum-linked activities.

Senior Sector students Sophie Craig ( G12) and May Cassar (G11) represented the school by attending and participating in the FIDEM Foundation International Women's Day Conference on education and female empowerment.

We are immensely proud of former Grade 12 student Izaak Scicluna (Class of 2022) who has just been congratulated by MATSEC for his outstanding achievement in the Secondary Education Certificate examinations and has been identified as one of the candidates with the highest achievement in these examinations, nationally.

Congratulations to Grade 12 students, Morgan Mae Pisani Gaerty, Angela Vella, and Julian Grech for achieving 1st place at the Malta Junior Science Olympiads which took place on the 19th of November 2022.

On the 22nd of November, San Anton School hosted a Football Festival organised by the Women's Section of the Malta Football Association.

On the 17th of November 2022, our biennial Careers Fair kicked off in our School Hall, giving our Grade 11 and 12 students the unique opportunity to meet external professionals and representatives from over 40 different institutions, organisations, and professions and to attend career workshops all in one space.

Friday 24th March 2023 was a fantastic day of celebrating diversity throughout the whole school with various age-appropriate sessions being organised according to Sector by our Department of Emotional Wellbeing.

Last week, it was our Grade 11's turn to experience their awaited live-in activity. Lots of fun was had with bowling, fun games, a night walk, followed by a traditional meal in Mgarr, toasted marshmallows by a bonfire at school and much more.

Our Senior Sector Sports Days took place over the last two days. The days' events included the usual mix of athletics, ball games, and fun races. From sprints to long-distance races, shot put, high jump, and more.

Senior Sector students Sophie Craig ( G12) and May Cassar (G11) represented the school by attending and participating in the FIDEM Foundation International Women's Day Conference on education and female empowerment.

On the 7th of March 2023, our Early Years Sports Day took place, and what a fun day that was! It's always heartwarming to witness the joy and excitement that children experience while participating in such activities, which will go a long way to foster a love for physical activity and sports in our young students.

The long-awaited Grade 9 live-in, took place this weekend. Lots of fun was had with Laser Tag on the school grounds, fun games, a night hike followed by a traditional meal in the neighbouring village of Mgarr, toasted marshmallows by a bonfire at school and much more.

Dil-ġimgħa ċċelebrajna l-Ġimgħa tal-Ktieb ġewwa San Anton u bħala parti milll-attivitajiet organizzati mill-iskola, kellna diversi żjarat minn awturi.

Twelve of our young athletes coached by San Anton Athletics Coach Mr. Vladimir Dushenkov, participated in the Winter Championship Malta Athletics Meeting, competing against other young athletes at the Marsa Track, over the weekend.

On the 26th January, our Grade 4 Performing Arts class demos took place, where each class brilliantly interpreted a Dr. Seuss Classic - ‘Oh the Places you will go,’ and ‘The Lorax.’

In our commitment towards parental development, a parent workshop - 'The Cyber-Reality of our Children and Adolescents: Insights, Perspectives and Strategies was organised by the Department of Emotional Wellbeing.

On Friday 20th January, after an absence of 3 years, San Anton School celebrated Pets Day, an old school tradition that is probably one of the most awaited days on the Early Years and Junior Sector School Calendar, coinciding with the feast of St Anthony the Abbot, patron saint of animals.

The Early Years Sector has just concluded a series of hands-on, engaging, evening parental workshops on its Emergent Curriculum approach, led by Mr. Heathcliff Schembri, a leading educationalist and Senior Lecturer in Early Years at the Institute of Community Services at MCAST.

This morning marked a truly special occasion as we concluded our SEA Our Future Campaign with an emotional presentation. Throughout this scholastic year, students from all sectors, guided by their dedicated educators, engaged in immersive learning about ocean literacy. This initiative was part of the San Anton School Community Social Engagement Programme, focusing on raising awareness about the sea and addressing the critical issue of marine pollution and other sea-related matters.

We are proud to announce that San Anton School has been awarded the status of European Blue School for our community engagement project, SEA Our Future, for the 2023/24 scholastic year. This certification is granted by the EU4Ocean Coalition, funded by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.

This morning marked a truly special occasion as we concluded our Children for Children Campaign with a heartfelt presentation. The San Anton School community came together and raised an impressive sum of €7,200 through various engaging activities as part of this year's San Anton School Community Social Engagement Programme. We had the pleasure of presenting Ms. Angele Cuschieri from Puttinu with a cheque for this remarkable amount.

This morning, a ceremony took place at St. Michael School Santa Venera, where Grade 11 students Alexia Sant and Kate Oswald, participants in the Prince's Trust programme, were honored with the prestigious Sustainability Award 2023 by Prince's Trust Achieve International Malta.

The Maltese Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta recently extended an invitation to San Anton School to participate in its annual pilgrimage to Lourdes. And once again, the school eagerly accepted the invitation.

Following last December's Expression of Interest to our Junior Sector, 13 groups of budding entrepreneurs and talented crafters rose to the occasion and made crafts in their free time, in order to raise money for Puttinu Cares ahead of next week's Crafts for Puttinu, as part of this year`s Children for Children campaign.

We are proud to launch the theme for this year’s San Anton School Community Social Engagement Programme 2022/23.