On September 4th, as part of the activites of the feast of the Beheading of St. John the Baptist, the Xewkija Local Council in collaboration with Mr. Joe Louis Xiberras and his helpers, hosted of the events of Giochi - It's a Knockout! 

This event was held in the Xewkija Square and included water games and other traditional games like tug of war.  The winners of the Xewkija event, then faced other Gozitan villages in the grand finale which was held in Marsalforn. 

Below are some photos from the Xewkija edition:

Another course offered by the Local Council was the Drama Course, which was conducted by Mr. Brian Sultana and other helpers. 

Throughout this 12 hour course, which was held at Centru Parrokjali Xewkija, the partecipants had the opportunity to test themselves in front of scripts and prompting and other acting activities. 

One of this year's Summer Courses offered by Local Council was the Introductory Course to Kinder 1 and Kinder 2 which was offered for every Monday by Ms. Carmen Mifsud.

In this course the children were taught numbers, letters, shapes, colours and other educational activities ahead of their first years in school.

On Tuesday 26th Ghaqda Armar Xewkija in collaboration with the Local Council organized the annual dinner to kick off the celebrations of the Beheading of St. John feast.

The main guest during this dinner was Mr. Joe Demicoli who entertained those present and towards the end of the event, Xewkija Local Council awarded Mr. Gerald Zammit with the Premju Hidmet iz-Zghazagh 2014.