A competition and exhibition of art and written contributions by children on the theme St Francis And Nature attracted a large audience at the Ministry of Education during the festive season.
Ryan Schembri from the Zurrieq summer school placed first in the painting competition while Shanice Grech from the Hamrun summer school and Geraldine Farrugia from the Kirkop summer school won the poetry and prose sections.
The theme, which was launched last summer by the Peace Lab of Hal Far for summer schools, attracted about 500 participants.
Peace Lab founder and director Fr Dionsyius Mintoff greeted the prize winners on Christmas Eve and Francis Borg, permanent secretary at the Ministry of Education, distributed the prizes.