European Phenology Campaign

Green -Up campaign - Dingli Primary School, Malta

2025-03-28T12:27:31Z

Hello from Dingli Primary School, Malta. We are continuing our observations on the almond tree in our school garden. Two of the buds are still dormant but the other two now have leaves. Two leaves were identified and are now 11mm and 10mm long. The temperature today is 17degrees celcius. This past week, the weather has been rainy and windy.

Green -Up campaign - Dingli Primary School, Malta

2025-03-14T08:28:07Z

Hello everyone, Students from Dingli Primary School, Malta are observing an almond tree in the school garden. Yesterday, with a warm and sunny 19°C and no precipitation, the students identified a specific branch and carefully marked four buds they will be monitoring in the coming weeks.

Green Down at Dingli Primary School!

2022-11-04T19:36:45Z

Hello from Dingli Primary School, Malta! Our students are observing an almond tree situated in the school garden. The weather here is still sunny and warm with morning temperatures reaching an average of 22 degrees celcius. The tree is still full of green leaves. I am attaching a photo of the almond tree and of our students in action!

Green Up Campaign - Spring 2022

2022-03-14T12:31:32Z

As we approach the start of spring, our almond tree has woken up after the winter months. It is full of new leaves and certainly not bare anymore. We have been observing this tree for the past two years. Observations (leaf length, temperature, humidity and air pressure) are recorded twice a week by the Yr 6 GLOBE students. All four leaves are new leaves and are just under 1cm long. We look forward to observe and record the leaf changes. Greetings to all from Malta!

Autumn Green Down Camapign

2021-10-27T08:57:39Z

Hello everyone... I am the GLOBE teacher at Dingli Primary School, Malta. Our students have been participating in the European Phenology Campaign for the last 2 years, observing and monitoring an almond tree (prunus dolcis) in the school garden. Attached you may find a photo of the tree that we are observing.

At the moment, the edges of the four leaves that we are observing are gradually turning brown. The weather is currently wet though morning temperatures vary between 20 and 23 degrees celcius. Wishing you all a Happy Autumn!

Green Up measurements

2021-04-14T11:48:30Z

Hello dear friends... greetings from Dingli Primary School, Malta. After a month away from school due to school closure and Easter holidays, we are back and have resumed our observations of the almond tree in our garden. The tree is now full of green leaves and also full of the almond fruit, which is greyish-green in colour. Leaves have grown approx. 0.2-0.5mm over a span of 4 weeks. Weather here is warm and sunny. The temperature today is 18.2 degrees celcius.

European Phenology Campaign 2021

2021-03-03T13:05:50Z

Hello from Dingli Primary School in Malta. Our GLOBE students have chosen an almond tree located in the school garden They labelled the 4 leaves and discussed tree growth. Using a Labdisk, they also took note of the following: Air temperature at the time was 19.5 degrees celcius, Humidity was 63.5 degrees celcius and the air pressure was 81.3 degrees celcius. Latitude and Longitude were also noted. Looking forward to read about your observations!

Anne Marie Camilleri
GLOBE Teacher
Dingli Primary School
Malta

Green Down measurements

2020-12-14T16:47:02Z

Hello from Dingli Primary School in Malta. Today we continued measuring the leaves of our almond tree - Leaf 2 has now fallen off. We also used the Labdisk to measure air temperature 16.2 degrees Celcius, the humidity 61.4 % and air pressure 988.4. Best wishes to all take care!

Green-Down Activity

2020-10-29T10:48:30Z

Greeting from Dingli Primary School, Malta! The weather here is currently pleasant with a morning temperature of about 20 degrees celcius. The observations of our almond tree continue... the latest readings are as follows: Leaf 1 - 5GY 5/10 ; Leaf 2 - 5GY 3/2 ; Leaf 3 - 7.5YR 3/4; Leaf 4 - 5GY 3/2. I am posting a photo of our GLOBE students uploading their observations into the GLOBE database

Autumn 2020 Activity 2

2020-10-19T14:58:26Z

Hello GLOBE friends from Dingli Primary School in Malta,
Our students are observing an almond tree ( prunus amygdalus) found in the school garden. Two of the four leaves being observed are the same leaves observed during the Green Up 2020 activity. The weather has become cooler and wet on some days too. The day temperature today is 20 degrees celcius. Here are today's observations:
Leaf 1 - 5G 6/2
Leaf 2 - 5GY 3/2
Leaf 3 - 7.5YR 3/4
Leaf 4 - 5GY 4/8

Almond Tree

2020-05-06T12:22:57Z

Hello everyone, Hope you are all keeping well and safe. Due to school closure, we have not been able to continue our observations and measurements. However, we have been in contact through MS Teams and our students have been busy at home, with other activities related to the almond tree. This morning, I managed to visit school and noticed that our almond tree is now in full leaf and the almond fruits are now visible. Weather in Malta is becoming hotter and the temperature today is 26degrees Celcius. Take care and stay safe!

Project on Almond Tree

2020-04-06T12:37:54Z

Hello everyone! Unfortunately, due to the current situation and with school closure, the Almond tree observations are no longer possible with our students at school. However, The EkoSkola committee is using MS Teams to communicate and collaborate together online. The students have been encouraged to carry out tasks, from home, related to the tree they were observing at school.
A Yr 5 student prepared an informative PPT presentation on the Almond Tree (in our native language - Maltese) and made her own drawing of the almond tree. She also prepared some delicious almond sweets.
Best wishes to all...stay safe!

First Observation

2020-03-08T18:56:22Z

Hello from Dingli Primary School, Malta. On 5th March, we carried out our first observations on the Almond tree. Pupils identified the 4 leaves, marked them and noted the first measurements. All 4 leaves are measurable. Weather is warm - 18 degrees Celcius

Tree observed for Green Up 2020

2020-02-24T15:19:23Z

Hello! Greetings from Malta! We are observing the almond tree (Prunus Amygdalus) in our school garden. The weather here in February has been dry and warm and so, the tree is not so dormant anymore.