love our OCEANS WEEK
Love Our Oceans Week - Creative Competitions
Love our Oceans WEEK
Blackpool Sixth’s Eco Schools Committee is organising a Love Our Oceans Week March 24th - March 28th.
The event will highlight the vital role oceans and seas play in the health of our planet and how much we depend on them. It will draw attention to the many threats the oceans face at a time of rapid climate change and habitat destruction, but at the same time celebrate work which is being done to protect our oceans for the future.
As a key part of the week, we are inviting local primary and secondary schools to take part in some exciting creative competitions linked to this important theme.
competition Age categories
- Primary Years 2, 3 and 4 - Sea Creatures
- Primary Years 5 and 6 - Sea Creatures
- Secondary Years 7 and 8 - Posters for Sea Change
- Secondary 9 and 10 - Speak up for the Seas
£40 Amazon voucher for the winners of each category, 2nd place prizes of £20 and £10 for 3rd as well as certificates and mentions on the Blackpool Sixth website and social media.
sea creatures
Age Categories Reception and Year 1 / Years 2, 3 and 4 / Years 5 and 6
Produce an original, hand-produced piece of artwork featuring your favourite sea creature. This should be an animal which lives in the sea or spends a lot of its life in or around the sea. The artwork should be A4 size and can use any medium such as pen, paint or a collage. Please include a short piece of your own writing explaining why this sea animal is important to you and why we should protect it. Computer-based artwork cannot be accepted.
Posters for Sea Change
Lower Secondary - Years 7 and 8
Produce an original poster (A3 size) which highlights a threat to ocean life and presents a solution to the threat e.g. how to keep plastics out of the oceans. The poster will be judged on its presentation, ideas and persuasive power. The poster can be hand-produced or produced using design software.
This would suit a range of different subject areas including geography, science, art/design and English.
Speak up for the Seas
Upper Secondary - Years 9 and 10
Write and perform a short speech aimed at persuading people to take action against the destruction of ocean habitats and sealife. Record yourself making the speech either on video or as an audio file. The speech must all be your own words and should last no more than 3 minutes. It will be judged on the quality of the language used, the content and its persuasive power.
This would particularly suit KS3 / KS4 English, focusing on oral skills and persuasive writing.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
The deadline for submissions has been extended to will be 4 pm on Friday 4th April.
There is a limit of one entry per pupil/student.
There will be a £40 Amazon voucher for the winners of each category, 2nd place prizes of £20 and £10 for 3rd as well as certificates and mentions on the Blackpool Sixth website and social media.
We also plan to have an exhibition of the artwork, posters and speeches at Blackpool Sixth and hold a prize-giving event. Further details will be provided on the competition website: www.blackpoolsixth.ac.uk/loveouroceans
SUBMITTING WORK
Sea Creature artwork (Years 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) and Posters for Sea Change (Years 7 and 8)
Please submit the original piece of artwork and the short piece of accompanying writing either by post or by hand to:
Love Our Ocean Week Schools Competitions
The Blackpool Sixth Form College
Blackpool Old Road
Blackpool
FY3 7LR
For each entry, please include a printed or handwritten note with:
Name of pupil
School Year group of pupil
School Name
Teacher Contact email
Please write the pupil’s name, school and year group on the back of the artwork and writing / poster
Schools may wish to send a batch of entries together. Please do make sure that you supply the required information. In this case, please ensure that all the submissions are identified as described above.
Speak up for the Seas (Years 9 and 10)
Please send the written speech in an attachment (Word or PDF) with the student’s name, year group, school and teacher contact details at the bottom of the document. The speech can be typed or handwritten. If it is handwritten it needs to be clearly legible.
Please also attach an MP3 or MP4 file of the student speaking / performing the speech. Please label the file with the students’ name and school.
Please send the email and attachments to marketing@blackpoolsixth.ac.uk with Love Our Oceans in the subject line.
PERMISSIONS
Please note that by submitting the work it will be assumed that the school or parent/carer is giving Blackpool Sixth permission to store, duplicate, publish (on our website and social media) and display the pupil’s/student’s entry and to include their full name, school and year group in any publication / display.
If you have any queries about the competition please contact jon.mcleod@blackpoolsixth.ac.uk or contact Jon McLeod on 01253 394911.
