The Gozo College have held their the second edition of the Mathracy Project for scholastic year 2016 – 2017. The second edition entitled ‘The Mathracy Project goes Dramatic’ was aimed at year 3 pupils attending state schools in Gozo. Pupils were engaged in Maths, Literacy and Drama Workshops linked with each other. The maths support team was responsible of carrying out a maths workshop at the Public Lending Library, linked to literacy and drama as well.

Pupils had a tour round the library where library personnel explained how books were categorised and displayed in different areas of the library. They also explained to the pupils what information they get from the label attached to the spine of each book, such as the book’s name, author and shelf number. Thanks to all librarians involved, the tour was very informative and pupils used this acquired knowledge to carry out the task which followed.

Pupils were assigned a book treasure hunt around the same library. They were given clues, to read and comprehend, about four hidden books, follow directions and move accordingly in order to find the respective books. Pupils were very enthusiastic to find all four books. All groups managed to find the particular books and thus got 4 numbers which they later used to crack the code and open the lock of a treasure chest. Once pupils managed to open the treasure chest, they each got a Library detective License Sticker.

The Literacy and Drama activities took place at the halls of the Gozo Ministry. The Literacy teachers carried out a shared reading session with the book I Want a Pet by Lauren Child. The students were actively engaged throughout the reading session and were challenged with high order questions.

Following the shared reading session, the children joined the conscience alley with the drama teachers. They had to convince the drama teacher which pet is best to solve the dilemma faced by the main character in the story.

The complementary teachers animated the third workshop with the theme ‘Let’s explore a book’ where students were given the opportunity to give a closer look at a chosen book and integrate aspects of grammar with book concepts.

According to feedback gathered from parents, teachers and students, this edition was another success. Both the Maths and Literacy teams deployed at the Gozo College said that they are looking forward to the third and last edition for this scholastic year, taking place in March for Year 1 pupils.

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