7-10

Hide and Seek

submitted by Gozo College Rabat Primary : Anthea Xiberras  for 7-10
dissemination(s): other, Presentation, school magazine, school media
filed under Photos

An empty beer bottle rests on a bed of bougainvillea flowers. If it is not removed by someone who cares for the environment, it will stay there forever. Do people know how big is the damage done by littering?



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YoungOld – Being part of a change

submitted by St. Francis Primary School Cospicua : School's Sub-Committee  for 7-10
dissemination(s): other, school media, website, youtube
filed under Video Clips

Our students who are full of energy and enthusiasm believe that they have a long future ahead. Besides that at school they learn academical subject they also learn and are aware that one day or another they will get old.Thus they learn that they need to help people in various ways. So being part of our school’s action plan, every year they visit some old peoples’ homes to show that our students value all ages. Knowing that sometimes old people can feel so sad and lonely they wanted to be of some hope and maybe also a new beginning for old people at SVDP by building a strong friendly relationship. They visited them in their rooms, talked to them and also sang beautiful songs, but after all students wanted to make them feel loved once more.



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Is it a passion 4 trees?

submitted by St. Francis Primary School Cospicua : School's Sub-Committee  for 7-10
dissemination(s): https://www.facebook.com/StFrancisCospicua/?ref=hl, other, school media, website
filed under Video Clips

Students had the opportunity to plant seeds at our school and also in the outdoors. Seeds of indigenous trees were planted in the water bottles which they will grow in small plants which later on will be given to P.A.R.K.s Malta to be distributed around our island. Hands on and tree planting activities were also done at the European Garden Xrobb l-Ghagin, Buskett Forests, St. Vincent De Paule and at the Argotti Gardens. Knowing that trees not only remove harmful chemicals from the soil, but also help reduce the greenhouses leading to global warming, planting trees is a must and because we care and because we want to save our planet the students enthusiastically involved themselves in planting trees in various places around our Island.      



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Just because it isn’t happening here, it doesn’t mean it isn’t happening

submitted by Secondary Handaq St.Ignatius College : Ylenia Tabone  for 7-10
dissemination(s): clasroom discussion, other
filed under Articles

This article portrays the long voyage toward a new beginning of a lady from the risks and treats of her homeland



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Unwanted waste? Not for Us!

submitted by St. Francis Primary School Cospicua : School's Sub-Committee  for 7-10
dissemination(s): computer lab, other, school media, website
filed under Video Clips

School children have been longing for some years for playground equipment to play with in the school yards, and other useful equipment like bookshelves & racks to be used in their classrooms. But instead of buying new equipment, our school community took the opportunity and decided to work on ‘Doing more with less’ to contribute through awareness raising on waste reduction while delivering the same level of functionality. Thus we collected some unwanted products such as palettes and tyres and by stimulating creativity we transferred them into a reuse system and changed them into beautiful classroom/school furniture and playground equipment, instead of eventually becoming waste by promoting how it is possible to extend their life and how to achieve the same function of a product from ending up as waste some of which are normally thrown out.



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Every Drop Counts

submitted by St. Francis Primary School Cospicua : School's Sub-Committee  for 7-10
dissemination(s): computer lab, other, school media, website
filed under Video Clips

After installing a home reverse osmosis system at our school to be able to minimise waste by using flasks instead of plastic water bottles, we got to know that when the reverse osmosis is not installed properly certain amount of water is being wasted down the drain. Thus knowing that water is so precious in our lives and that every drop counts, we took immediate action to utilise the system properly by installing the necessary needs and equipment so that the wasted-water will be used for flushing toilets.By means of this we managed to catch every drop!



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Kampanja EkoMilied

submitted by St Ignatius College Primary Luqa : Aleandro Farrugia, Hayden Magri, Jamie Sultana, Julia Galea, Melaine Stivala, Sara Riani  for 7-10
dissemination(s): DOI, Facebook, other, Other Schools through College Principals, tv, website
filed under Video Clips

Il-Kumitat EkoSkola tal-Kulleġġ San Injazju Primarja Luqa ħadem fuq kampanja ta’ għarfien fuq livell nazzjonali għal Milied aktar sostenibbli biex iqajjem kuxjenza dwar kemm jinħlew karti għalxejn fi żmien il-Milied. Wara l-Milied 2014, tlabna lit-tfal u lill-ġenituri kollha tal-iskola biex iżommu l-karti tat-tgeżwir tar-rigali li jkunu se jarmu u wara l-vaganzi tal-Milied iġibuhom l-iskola. Dawn intużaw f’attività li fiha ksejna l-art bihom. B’hekk stajna naraw l-ammont ta’ karti li kienu se jintremew. Ksejna area totali ta’ 522metru kwadru! Mill-filmati li ġbidna ta’ din l-attività, ħloqna vidjo (https://vimeo.com/147580611) li użajnih matul il-kampanja EkoMilied 2015 sabiex naqsmu mal-pubbliku dak li skoprejna. Barra minnhekk, b’din il-kampanja xtaqna nuru wkoll li hemm modi li bihom nistgħu naqtgħu din il-ħela, speċjalment billi nenfasizzaw dawk li bl-Ingliż jissejħu ‘the three Rs’ – reduce, reuse u recycle. Il-kampanja tnediet l-Erbgħa, 2 ta’ Diċembru fis-sala tal-iskola, fil-preżenza tal-Ministru għall-Iżvilupp Sostenibbli, l-Ambjent u t-Tibdil fil-Klima l-Onorevoli Leo Brincat.



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The Power of TreeStudents

submitted by St Francis Primary Cospicua : The Forest Team  for 7-10
dissemination(s): other, School's Boards, website
filed under Articles

Throughout these last years many trees have been destroyed on our island, some of them by human beings capriciously either to make way for development or for various reasons, while others by harmful insects. Destroying trees for any particular reason makes us children at St. Francis School Cospicua – so sad. So we decided to take action! Thus, in November, after having relevant advice from the Environmental Officer at ‘PARKs’ Malta, we planted seeds at our school. We took good care of them by cultivating and watering them when it was needed, followed their growth process and thus, we can say that in our greenhouse, seeds grew up in hundreds of beautiful plants. Recently, these plants were donated to the ‘PARKs’ Malta where they will also be taken care of and in turn they will be distributed around our Island.



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Haven’t you heard of the 3Rs?

submitted by St Francis Primary Cospicua : The Forest Team  for 7-10
dissemination(s): other, School Boards, website
filed under Articles

We are very worried about the amount of waste consumed by every human being, especially we are concerned about our country. We know that the amount of waste we send to the landfill is a lot so we need to impement the 3Rs in our daily life. We children spend a lot of time at school were we can be part of a team to minimise waste. Our school implements various actions regarding waste minimisaiton. We students are being educated about the benefits of waste reduction and thus we would like to ecnourage everyone to make waste minimisation a part of everyday life style. Teachers and students work together to achieve this sense of satisfaction. We believe that these small actions we can control this waste as if we reduce the amount of material and reuse products we are reducing the quantity of waste which is sent to the landfill.



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Precious Drops

submitted by St Thomas More College Zejtun Primary B : Marija Camilleri  for 7-10
dissemination(s): other, Reading of Article in classes, shared by Eco Centre Zejtun on facebook page and website, uploaded on ilearn
filed under Articles

Water is a precious resource as nothing can live without water. In Malta we do not have any natural water sources. We are dependent on rain water and the water table. Reverse Osmosis Plants help us meet our demand for water. When it rains, our streets are flooded with run-off water which can be stored if every building had a well or reservoir. People in various countries of the world have to travel every day to find clean water. For these people, water is more precious than diamonds. On the other side, we tend to take this precious resource for granted, since we have it within a tap’s reach.



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