Skolasajf has once again opened its doors to
thousands of children during the summer months of 2019. Guided by the main
theme ‘My Travel Journal’, children were invited to spend their
summer holidays on a journey of discovery of friendship, skills, and
experiences.
This
year Skolasajf ran between 15th July 2019 and 6th September 2019.
Kinder children started their Skolasajf experience on 16th July 2019.
The service ran for eight weeks from Monday to Friday, from 08:30
till 12:30 hours. An extended service for working parents was also
offered in selected centres, from 07:00 till 08:30 and 12:30 till 17:30 hours.
Parents were able to apply for the centre of their choice towards the
end of March 2019.
The work to make the Skolasajf service run smoothly started in earnest
from months before. In fact, February 2019 saw the opening of the
Skolasajf Job Vacancies. Anyone who was interested to join the hundreds of
part-time workers who opt for the various roles, applied via the
link https://recruitment.fes.gov.mt/
This link took the applicant to the FES Recruitment portal,
which presented the visitor with a list of all the available roles and the
corresponding job descriptions. These included Regional Coordinators,
Centre Coordinators, Playworker, Child Support Workers, and Sports Playworkers.
One had also the opportunity to apply according to whether they
wished to work in Malta or in Gozo, or in a Resource Centre. With the
service being offered in nearly 60 centres, one surely found an
opportunity to work.
These workers have been instrumental in the implementation
of the Skolasajf Programme, which included a variety of centres-based
activities and also outings, all tailored according to the age group of the
children.
The centre based activities included classroom activities
which were presented to the Playworkers and Child Support Workers in a
detailed Programme Manual, which was followed in all the centres.
Other centre based activities included participation by partners who
visited the centres and organised activities according to their
remit. The Sports Playworker were also busy putting in action the
Healthy Lifestyle Programme that included a daily percentage of physical
activity. Children were also treated to outings to various
destinations that offered different experiences, such as cultural,
historical, sportive, and civic education.