Thanks very much. my son is only 4 so he would be
basically starting his eduaction from scratch. He has
been in nursery here for a year. My partner will be
working in St Pauls Bay, I am told there is a school
bus service to the International schoo in Pembroke
from here. What other english taught school you
mentioned would be close enough for him to attend?
Your son is obviously doing very well, I hope that
Dalton will fit in as well.

We are planning on moving in just 6 weeks time so it
is all a total rush. Your help is so appreciated.

thankyou
--- "Tully, Susan" <stully@...> wrote:

> I don't know how old your son is, but there are
> several very good
> schools that teach in English.
>
> My son is 15 and has been going to St. Edward's
> since we arrived here 2
> years ago. He has gone from hating school since the
> day he started at 5
> years old to absolutely loving it. We have seen him
> grow in terms of
> confidence and it is great. In fact, he may be
> enjoying it too much!
> The school takes boys from Kindergarten age through
> to Year 11, and is
> planning to re-open the 6th Form in 2009 offering
> the International
> Baccalaureate. He is currently doing iGCSEs under
> Cambridge University
> and MATSEC (the Maltese State exams). There are
> about 10 English boys
> in the school I think, but none in my son's year.
> There are also
> Germans, Russians, Italians, but it is mainly
> Maltese. We are really
> pleased that after less than 2 years at the school,
> he has been made a
> Monitor (one step below prefect), with a promise of
> prefect at the start
> of next term. I think this is a really good measure
> of how well he has
> fitted in there. The downside is that it is in
> Cottonera (which is a
> long way from Mosta where we live and a long way
> from the areas you are
> likely to consider), which makes it a long journey,
> but he seems to
> thoroughly enjoy his time on the bus. OK enough
> "advertising" St.
> Edwards...........
>
> Other good English teaching schools are St.
> Michael's at San Gwann, and
> St. Martin's in Swatar. There is also San Anton but
> the reputation
> there has gone done a bit I understand, although I
> believe the Head
> Mistress there is American. Plus St. Andreas, but I
> don't know anything
> about that except that my dentist's son goes there!
> My son has Maltese
> friends at all of these schools. One of the things
> I like about the
> Maltese schools that teach in English is that the
> kids very quickly make
> Maltese friends and are assimilated into the Maltese
> social side. Even
> though all teaching is in English, a lot of
> playground conversation is
> in Maltese (but by no means all of it, because a
> good number of Maltese
> kids are actually quite poor at Maltese). I was
> amazed the first time I
> heard one of my son's friends talking to him in
> Maltese. OK, he mostly
> answers in English, but he has picked up a huge
> amount (and a lot more
> than just the sear words!). And he has friends in
> all the schools I have
> mentioned, so it is really easy for them to mix.
>
> In terms of coastal areas to live in, and depending
> on the age of your
> son, I would steer clear of the St. Julians and
> Sliema areas, simply
> because it is too easy for them to get caught up in
> the really good
> social life here. If you live away from there a
> bit, it is a lot easier
> to control how often they could, for how long etc.,
> even though
> sometimes you do feel like a taxi service. And of
> course, they are
> probably the most expensive coastal areas.
>
> In terms of the legalities, I will leave that to
> others to answer. If
> you are an EU citizen, you have the right to come
> here, but you do have
> register for health entitlement, an ID Card and all
> that but it is not
> difficult. The Work Permit situation is odd though.
> As EU citiizens, we
> should have freedom of employment, but my husband
> needed to have a work
> permit to teach (and he also had to be registered as
> a certified teacher
> by the government).
>
> Hope this helps but let me know if you need more
> information
> Susan
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: britishexpatsinmalta2@...
> [mailto:britishexpatsinmalta2@...] On
> Behalf Of
> Suzie_Hennon
> Sent: 22 May 2008 12:06
> To: britishexpatsinmalta2@...
> Subject: [British Expats in Malta] lots of advice
> needed
>
>
>
> Hi everyone. My partner has been offered a job in St
> Pauls Bay and we
> are planning on relocating to malta in July. I have
> so many questions
> so thought I'd ask for your help. Firstly can anyone
> tell me which
> are the best costal areas to move to? I am hoping to
> send my son to
> the International school in Pembroke as I would like
> him to be
> educated in english, on that su8bject are there any
> other english
> taught schools I could consider?
>
> What preperations do we need to make to move to
> malta from the UK, is
> there a visa or residency order we need to apply
> for?
>
> Any information you could give me would be great as
> my partner is
> currently in Iraq and therefore all preperations are
> left to me - my
> heads in a spin!!!!
>
> Thanks again x
>
>
>
>
>
>
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