Past Entries

A Pro-Life Catholic Irish couple addresses Maltese students who recite the Rosary of the Unborn

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Bonello Owen, Scicluna Raisa  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

A Pro-Life Catholic Irish couple, Carmen and Declan Waters addressed a group of Form 5 students at St. Margaret College Secondary School, Verdala Cospicua holding a talk/discussion in class about the sacred value of human life from its very beginning until its end.



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Maltese students join Missio Malta in aid of the Myanmar missionary campaign

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Cody Parnis, Jake Chetcuti, Maya Nussbaum, Sarah Fiorini  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Every year St. Margaret College Secondary School, Verdala students join Missio Malta in aid of a missionary campaign. This year Missio Malta is inviting Maltese people to contribute to the missionary campaign in aid of Myanmar. St. Margaret College students, together with their teacher Martin Azzopardi sdc, join Missio Malta not only to raise funds in aid of Myanmar, but also to do research about the situation of poverty in Myanmar and offer solutions to the Myanmar government.



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Verdala Queen’s Young Leaders Group commemorate Mental Illness Awareness Week

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Shaun Portelli  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

Mental Illness Awareness Week is commemorated from the 6th till the 12th of October and this year, World Mental Health Day and National Depression Screening Day is commemorated on the 10th of October. On Wednesday October 9, 2019, St. Margaret College Verdala School Queen’s Young Leaders Group assembled with their group founder and teacher, Martin Azzopardi sdc, to raise awareness about mental health among students at school.



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Raising an awareness campaign about breast cancer at school during the Pink October Campaign

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Daishan Psaila, Emerson Bugeja, Jean Vella, Tiernan Fraser  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

St. Margaret College Verdala School Queen’s Young Leaders Group assembled with their group founder teacher, Martin Azzopardi sdc, to launch an awareness campaign research study about breast cancer as part of the Pink Colour Ribbon Campaign. Inspired by the speeches of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, St. Margaret College Queen’s Young Leaders Group highlights the importance of awareness about breast cancer while stressing prevention.



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Applied Science CCP students create awareness about the risks of extra sugar in our daily diets

submitted by St. Margaret College Secondary School Verdala : Bonnici Raiza, Decelis Luca, Knaan Gaze, Zammit Kaylon  for 15-18
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): newspaper, school magazine, school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

A group of Applied Science CCP students launched a project to create awareness about the risks of extra sugar in our daily diets. Students found that extra sugar in our daily diets has many negative health effects.



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Fast Fashion

submitted by Sliema St Joseph Senior School : Amy Cassar, Hannah Cachia, Katya Vassallo  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

The article discusses the definition of fast fashion and why it is called so. It explains why fast fashion is a topic that needs to be given more attention by highlighting its dangers through an overview of the materials used and the process. Moreover, it looks at a way forward by suggesting what can be done by us as students and the population in general.



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Taste the flavour

submitted by DINGLI PRIMARY : MAYA BUGEJA  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): College Social Media, other, school media, website
filed under Reporting photo
awarded: YREstayshome

It is wonderful to be able to pick olives from the olive tree and eventually taste the flavour of freshly pressed olive oil! There is nothing quite like eating fresh, seasonal and local produce!



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EVeryday

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate : Jerushia Sladden  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media, website
filed under Articles
awarded: YREstayshome

Every day, I rewatch the process of how from a single plastic, I became a blue swimsuit made out of polyester. The preoccupation in my mind of the shredded plastic bottles, the endless yelling that I heard from my fellow friends and the pain that I felt while I was wrapped up in cellophane. Where am I going? in what country? what universe I’m going into? I can still hear the squeaking seperations between the clear and coloured plastic bottles. Them yelling in pain, as if it was the last time they were going to see each other. How about the agony that I felt while I was being bathed in that burning water and the torture of the label getting detached of my body. The dizziness that I had after being rotated in drums for about, what it felt 10 hours. When I opened my eyes, I found myself,



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Global Warming is it Real?

submitted by Our Lady Immaculate : Mirelle Farrugia Hale Bonello  for 11-14
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): website
filed under Articles
awarded: Commended

The world is affected by global warming. Changes in temperature affect many aspects of our lives. Natural Maltese ecosystems such as Chadwick Lakes are also affected by this concern. Such effects can cause droughts which are a threat to different species living in this valley, including the Maltese frog and the Maltese fresh water crab.



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World Bee Day 2020

submitted by Lija Balzan Iklin Primary : Amy Jo Pace  for 7-10
campaign: YRE Entry
dissemination(s): school media
filed under Campaigning photo Photos
awarded: Commended, YREstayshome

Protect our bees, they are important to minimise climate change impact on our food security



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