Our Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE)
Our Grade 6 students had the opportunity to learn about investigative photography with Ms Audrey Gauci, an Ekoskola teacher and a representative of YRE Malta. During another day, they also practised their photography skills around the streets of Sliema. Some of the girls embarked on this project of identifying areas in our environment, capturing them in photos and commenting about them in short captions. Here are this year’s (2024- 2025) entries:
Aaleyah Mallia – Grade 6
Every year plastic gets thrown in the sea and because of this fish are dying. So please do not litter, let us reduce waste and throw it where it is supposed to be.
Alexandra Micallef – Grade 6
Papers, cigarettes, paper cups all on the floor. Throw them in the bin
Amber Grech – Grade 6
Broken bricks, dried plants, and trash, making it hard for nature to thrive
Ella Zammit – Grade 6
Vandalism is not art, it is not a youthful prank. It is a crime. It is not harmless, it is costly to remove
Emilia Zammit – Grade 6
This is ruining our environment. It’s not a pretty view! This was found in a pedestrian area in Sliema. It is unsafe. People or animals can get hurt.
Emily Kelly – Grade 6
Sliema Ferries: Unidentified green liquid pouring onto the rocky shore.
Emily Young – Grade 6
One small cup, one big impact!
Emma Ferrito – Grade 6
It is 9:00am and the garbage truck comes at 5:00pm. By then pigeons will peck it open and then the mess will attract rats
Ena Colombo – Grade 6
Let’s work together to keep our country beautiful and healthy for generations to come.
Georgia Ellul – Grade 6
Ready from the party? Bin your can, oh yes you can!
Jade Mizzi – Grade 6
Stop all of this rubbish!
Jenna Michaela Falzon Cascun – Grade 6
Traffic is one of the major contributors of pollution and global warming. Let’s find an alternative means to travel
Katrina Micallef – Grade 6
Keep Malta Sparkling – Bin Your Trash!
Marie Angele Mercieca – Grade 6
People are throwing cigarette stubs on the streets and beaches and they are making the environment dirtier!
Luisa Camilleri – Grade 6
EVERY LITTER BIT HURTS!
Leah Carbonaro Simmonds – Grade 6
A spray-painted mural of an angel smoking, ruining the wall.
Michela Refalo – Grade 6
I can’t believe that we are in 2025 and people still think that the sea is a TRASH CAN!
Mira Attard Kurtulan – Grade 6
An ongoing problem of negligence and lack of environmental awareness. Everyone should know that we have trash cans for a reason therefore we should not be LITTERING but use the designated bins!
Naya Vassallo – Grade 6
These cigarette butts contain harmful chemicals which contaminate the soil and plant growth . They take so long to decompose and make the place ugly. It’s not fair for nature when we litter like this. Let’s keep our planet clean and safe!
Kate Vella – Grade 6
Less carelessness – Make the world a better place
Bianca Fornaciari – Grade 6
Rubbish everywhere
Angelique Decelis – Grade 6
Concrete Giants and Steel Beasts: A Skyline’s Eyesore
Elisa Ellul – Grade 6
Nature’s beauty overshadowed by humanity’s neglect. Beneath these trees lies not just waste, but a reminder of our responsibility. Let’s restore what we’ve broken
Ella May Kawalec – Grade 6
Why do humans keep on destroying God’s creation?
Emilia Tanti Rigos- Grade 6 (10 years old)
Don’t let this be the Face of the Future!
Emma Muscat Azzopardi – Grade 6
‘Stop Destroying Malta’ – the irony!
Federica Pia Saliba – Grade 6
Missed the bin, missed the point!
Francesca Luisa Galea – Grade 6
Overflowing bins and litter on the ground – a reminder that small actions, like proper waste disposal, can make a big difference for the environment. Let’s keep our surroundings clean and green!
Francesca McKenna – Grade 6
Dinosaurs in the Sky
Francesca Maria Attard – Grade 6
Rubbish in plants… roots cannot breathe!
Gaia Mizzi- Grade 6
This photo shows a message to stop destroying MALTA, however, they are doing the same thing by painting the wall
Giulia Baldacchino – Grade 6
Drip, Drop, Drip, Drop. This kind of clock must be stopped. For a drop a day wastes water away.
Julia Salomone – Grade 6
Hiding rubbish… clogging drains
Katrina Muscat – Grade 6
A beautiful Gabbana that should open our appetites but then you look down and get disgusted
Kay Vassallo – Grade 6
Plants suffocated by litter
Kim Vella Schembri – Grade 6
A wheelchair cannot move freely because of the poor paving around the manhole cover
Malaya Galdes – Grade 6
Shops, ensure your bins aren’t overflowing, please manage your waste effectively
Thayis Sacco – Grade 6
Keep the environment a clean space to live in. What you see is what you get
Hayley Gatt – Grade 6
This apple was thrown on the pavement instead in a biodegradable bin.
There should be more bins in the street with large capacity so people won’t throw food in the street
Nicole Brincat – Grade 6
Making school greener – an Ekoskola initiative
These girls participated in the “Making School Greener” EkoSkola initiative that encouraged the students to design and draw how they would like to make different school areas greener. We believe in children’s voices and so all these ideas have been passed on to the school leadership team for consideration. Well done girls for your commitment towards our school .
Ekoskola Committee in Action!
Our Ekoskola committee meets once every week, on a Friday during breaktime to do their work on the Action plan. Below are some photos of the girls at work:
Ekoskola LitterLess Campaign
In the past years (2020-2021), our school took part in the LitterLess Campaign entitled ‘Material Matters Dispose Wisely’. Here is a Virtual Art Exhibition we have set up! Following the great turnout we had for the Mascot Drawing Challenge, the SJJS Ekoskola Committee decided to showcase not just the winning mascot, but all the great artworks the girls at our school did to promote this year’s LitterLess theme: Material Matters – Dispose Wisely and to share powerful messages on how to take care of our environment.
https://www.emaze.com/@AOTOCZCRW/the-sjjs-ekoskola-litterless-campaign—virtual-art-exhibition