October 2021 - St Aloysius College

A message to our leaders from all students at St Aloysius College

by Communications Coordinator | Oct 28, 2021 | Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Primary school news, Secondary School news, Sixth Form News

We have recently spoken to our alumnus and eco-activist, Xandru Cassar, about the upcoming UN climate change conference, COP26, taking place in Glasgow (31st October – 12th November). In this video message, he invites all our students to reflect on their environmental concerns, and make their voice heard about what they want to change in the world.

Our students have responded. Here is an open letter which will be sent to our leaders, as they prepare to represent us at the conference:

We, students from St Aloysius College – Primary and Secondary Schools and Sixth Form – have produced a visual open letter to you and the team who will be representing Malta in Glasgow for COP26 in the coming days.

As a College, we do our best to work for a better Common Home, through our actions and through promoting awareness with all our educational community. However, only radical commitment taken by world leaders together can really have an impact on the human effect on Climate Change.

We urge you to listen to our voices represented here in this video, and to take action now.

Please commit yourself to offer us a better future!

Watch the video

Special mention:
Well done and thank you to our EkoSkola team at our Secondary School and Green Team at our Sixth Form for their work, as well as all the committed educators and students involved in this campaign.

#sac #COP26 #COP26Glasgow #COP26Action #students #voices #environment #laudatosi #CareForOurCommonHome #carefortheplanet

Cannabis: listen to us as parents

by Communications Coordinator | Oct 18, 2021 | Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Primary school news, Secondary School news, Sixth Form News

Dear parents/guardians and members of staff,

We encourage you to read this article carefully.

Let us continue to support young people in our country. Please share the article with your friends.

The letter has been signed by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) or Parents Committees (PC) of the following schools: St Angela School, Rabat; St Joseph School, Sliema; Laura Vicuna School, Għasri (Gozo); St Monica School, Birkirkara; St Dorothy’s Senior School, Żebbuġ; Mater Boni Consilii, St Joseph School; St Theresa School, Kerċem (Gozo); St Jeanne Antide College, Immaculate Conception School, Tarxien; St Francis School, Victoria (Gozo); St Francis School (Cospicua); St Paul’s Missionary School, Rabat; Bishop’s Conservatory Secondary School, Victoria; St Aloysius’ College; Archbishop’s Seminary (Tal-Virtù); De La Salle College; Savio College, Dingli; St Albert the Great College, Valletta.

The 17th October is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty…

by Communications Coordinator | Oct 15, 2021 | Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Primary school news, Secondary School news, Sixth Form News

The 17^th October marks the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This year’s theme is: ‘Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and Our Planet’

The COVID-19 pandemic that gripped the world during the past year has resulted in over 3.7 million deaths and is reversing decades of progress in the fight against poverty and extreme poverty. According to the World Bank report on “Projected poverty impacts of COVID-19, ”between 71 to 100 million people are being pushed into poverty as a result of the crisis, with the majority of the new extreme poor being found in South Asian and Sub-Saharan countries where poverty rates are already high”. In 2021, this number is expected to rise to between 143 and 163 million.

These ‘new poor’ will join the ranks of the 1.3 billion people already living in multidimensional and persistent poverty who saw their pre-existing deprivations aggravated during the global pandemic.

As we embark on the post-COVID recovery and getting back on track with the Sustainable Development Goals, many are talking of “building back better.” People living in extreme poverty do not want a return to the past nor to build back to what it was before. They do not want a return to the endemic structural disadvantages and inequalities. Instead, people living in poverty propose to build forward.

Building forward means transforming our relationship with nature, dismantling structures of discrimination that disadvantage people in poverty and building on the moral and legal framework of human rights that places human dignity at the heart of policy and action. Building forward means not only that no one is left behind but that people living in poverty are actively encouraged and supported to be in the front, engaging in informed and meaningful participation in decision making processes that directly affect their lives. In building forward, we need to let ourselves be enriched by the wealth of wisdom, energy and resourcefulness that people living in poverty can contribute to our communities, our societies and ultimately to our planet.

Our schools will be organising activities built around this theme in the coming days. Follow us on Facebook.

Watch this video to learn more.

***

October is ADHD Awareness Month and we have a special campaign running…

by Communications Coordinator | Oct 12, 2021 | Category 1, Category 2, Category 3, Primary school news, Secondary School news

** October is ADHD AWARENESS MONTH! **

As many of you might know, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting both children and adults around the globe.

Since the start of October, we have been sharing a series of informative weekly posts built around popular myths and facts, as well as stories from our own educational community, involving our own dedicated group of LSEs based at both our Primary and Secondary Schools.

For more information, visit:
https://www.adhdawarenessmonth.org/

#adhd #awarenessmonth #october2021 #reframingadhd #discoveringnewperspectives #sac #educationalcommunity