Environmentmatters

BytheEko-SkolaCo-Ordinator

Ever since joining St Edward’s College 12 years ago, I had the pleasure to act at the Eko-Skola Link Teacher and monitor over 40 different boys to be part of the Eko-Skola Committee. Being a steward of the enviornment brings about a lot of responsibility and all the boys I had the pleasure to work with throughout the past years took this mission very seriously.

The beauty of the Eko-Skola programme is that it encourages the students to come up with their own iniatives, to be independent thinkers and risk-takers, to be empowered... As the Link teacher sometimes, it does give me heart palpitations especially when you await for a poster to be designed, an article to be written, an email to be sent or a descision to be taken and than put into motion. Having said that, this process also leads to a lot of satisfaction as you see the students grow into articulate young men that are assertive and take responsibilty seriously.

Some of our past Eko-Skola students join the committee for a year or two whilst others stay longer even 7 years! A few weeks ago, Prof Paul Pace visited College to meet with the current committee.

The President of Eko-Skola, Miguel Aquilina, was also present for the evaluation jury. The meeting lasted for an hour during which the Prof Pace asked numerous questions to the boys. The verdict was the following:

“OnbehalfoftheEkoSkolaNationalJury,wewouldliketothankyouforhostingusatyourschool. Meetingthestudentswasthehighlightofthevisit.Seeingthemgenuinelyandactivelyinterested inensuringagoodqualityof lifeintheirschoolcommunity wasveryencouragingand uplifting.

So,withgreatpleasure,we wouldliketoinformyouthat theEkoSkolaNationalJuryhas unanimouslyagreedtoaward yourschoolwiththe prestigiousGreenFlagAwardfor thesixthconsecutivetime.Forthe nexttwoyearsyoucanhoistthe flagonyourschoolbuilding, displayitduringschoolfunctions andinthefoyer,andusethe EkoSkolalogo(attached)onyour letterheadandotherschool material.”

Receiving our 6th consecutive Green Flag is a national honour bestowed upon a handful of schools only! As a community we should be proud of the work brought forward by the Eko-Skola committee, support them in their endeavours

Ofmythsandlegends

Whoever said that homework is boring old writing? As part of their history assessment for June 2023, the Year 7s were asked to look up a myth from Ancient Greece and recount it in their own words and using whatever medium they wished. Many versions of King Midas’ Touch were reproduced, Medusa the Gorgon, Arachne the spider, the Minatour, Icarus and Daedalus as well as Orpheus and exercise helped the boys to enhance their research skills, learn how to condense writing, be creative and also improve their writing and technological skills.

Four special mentions in this exercise go to: Samuel Schiavone for his 3D model of Medusa, Zane Fenech for his computerized comic rendition of the story of Medusa as well, Ben Cassar Torregiani for scripting and drawing his myth of choice and to Daniel Vu Loehr for acting out parts of the Myth of King Midas and recording it. Well done boys!

From the Early Years Noticeboard

End of year fun in the sun