Climate Champions 2024

  Climate Champions By L.P. Corcoran   A suffocating aura of misery and disgust hung heavy in the air, the bitter scent of smoke clawing at the sloths nostrils. The atmosphere was foul, forcing everyone to grimace as if they’d bitten into something sour. Overhead, a blanket of grey slowly smothered the once vibrant cyan sky, while a cold, sharp chill crept up their spines like a sly gremlin. For miles, animals gazed in despair at the devastating state of their homes. Everywhere, families huddled around the remnants of their lives, tears streaming down their faces as they stared in horror at what had become of their once beautiful surroundings. All that remained was a barren stump, a pitiful stump. The enemies stood nearby, laughing without remorse for the destruction they had wrought. Axes in hand, they mindlessly loaded tree after tree into the backs of their trucks, oblivious to the depth of the harm they were inflicting. Or perhaps they knew and didn’t care. After a...

Jeremie’s Mission By Benjamin Ward     5/7/2026, 5.00am HARRY KANE … HE SHOOTS…HE SCORES, ENGLAND WIN THE WORLD CUP… Wait. Never. Jeremie woke up from his brilliant dream and realised, alas, England didn’t win the world cup [sorry to everyone who thought they had] and that he needed to do his homework. Great, another boring two hours of chemistry [ugh] for him. Jeremie was tall for his age, standing at around five foot six [ some people would say that is quite short, until you realise, he is only sixteen]. He had short dark hair like the bristles on a hedgehog [poor hedgehog, I would personally get bored of getting nearly drowned every time Jeremie got a shower]. Jeremie had blue eyes, his mom used to joke about him being a son of Poseidon, [Percy Jackson fan alert!] He was obsessed with all things Star Wars and especially Darth Vader, however his favourite thing to do on a weekend was going down to the Mersey with his friends and drawing ideas of a Hydro Electric barrage acro...

  Alex’s Amazon Adventure By Alexander Ward   In the year of 2026 a boy called Alex was having a daydream about monsters invading the planet but just when he was getting to the good part his mum disturbed him and reminded him to do the homework Mr Charlie had set him for the weekend. So, he got up reluctantly and went to sit at his desk. Alex looked out his bedroom window at what used to be the beautiful world around him which was now wrecked because of deforestation. Alex started the science Mr Charlie had given him, Alex was a bit of a clever clogs when it came to science, but it took him all day to finish it, and his hand was throbbing. Alex was eight years old when he moved to Brazil, after his dad got a new job away from the city. Life in New York was crazy busy, polluted and not a very nice place to live. Alex remembers when he saw a man chopping down a tree in Central Park, it made him feel angry and frustrated.   As a boy with a love for nature and animals...

A Squirrel Named Bob By Sheena Corcoran   As the gentle breeze went past the lush field, making the grass wave, a courageous, clever squirrel ran past the gorgeous, smelly flower forest. This squirrel was not normal compared to other squirrels, no. This squirrel was smarter than all the other creatures in his forest, let alone all the other squirrels, yet he still couldn’t talk. Rumours say he still walks the Earth today, so sit back as we uncover the mysteries ahead of a tale about this squirrel called Bob. It was a lovely day out, the sun was shining, and so Bob decided to take a walk. As he strolled past his friends’ houses, he started to think about entering the Forbidden Wood. That wood had danger written all over it. Anything that entered never came back out, that was, unless you were a human. As soon as he thought about this, shivers went down his spine, but so many questions were just waiting to be answered. It turned from day to night before Bob realised it had got dark, s...

James the Climate Champ By Nathan Keeffe   On the first of July, a truly terrible thing happened. James, a twelve-year-old boy, was walking his dog Bobby in his hometown of Borough. On this day, he decided to go on a different route than usual. On this route he came across a large, towering factory, with thick black smoke, that surrounded you like night-time swallowing you whole. Bobby, who was only a small dog, started to cough. James was worried, so he rushed away from the thick black smoke, and headed for home, to get Bobby to cleaner, fresher air. Once he got closer to home, he could see his mum unpacking the car, and his dad standing on the doorstep. Bobby was panting heavily, and James’s parents were worried. Once inside, James explained to his parents what he had seen, and how Bobby started coughing once they got close to the factory. His parents suggested a trip to the vets, to get Bobby checked over. The vet was very concerned. “Bobby has poorly lungs, from the black smoke...

The Sinking City By Joseph Landor   On the 17 th   of August 2030, Waterloo flooded. Deathly cold water devoured grand houses and expensive buildings, rain fell like bullets and lightning illuminated the midnight sky. That was just the beginning. The flood was unstoppable; barricades and walls did nothing. Soon, Waterloo was nearly completely submerged. Children crying for their forever lost parents, pleas, and shouts for help, howling, drowning animals, the roar of rushing water and the stench of fear were just a few of the horrors that occurred on that dreadful day. All because of climate change. That day, I lost my home, my belongings, my family and my life. I can still feel the bone-chilling water in my sleep, which sends shudders down my spine. We ran, but next thing I knew, I was alone, parents gone. I was rescued and taken to an underfunded, crowded shelter for the now homeless. It saddens me to see how many people, especially children, are alone, like me. My ...

  The Bubbling Bother By Adam Becker   One morning Jewelock was on their way to do some scuba diving however tragedy struck, for the water’s surface was littered with fish corpses! Jewelock had to find out what was causing this and so they jumped in the water with a splash. They found that they were surrounded by bubbles. Is this the cause? Jewelock thought, just a bunch of bubbles? What is a bunch of bubbles going to do to cau…”, but before she could finish this train of thought a bubble appeared underneath the fish and they started rising, but they could not breathe! So this is the cause! Jewelock thought realising that the fish getting trapped in a bubble must lose their ability to breathe, and then rise to the surface dead! I have to put a stop to this! Jewelock thought courageously, however Jewelock knew a lot about the law and that anything within 1 kilometre of the coast was the government’s property. But then Jewelock hatched a plan: according to American...