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"Protecting
Our Environment"
Environmental
Competition
for Primary School Children
in Munster 2013
Matt's
Letter
We
are looking for entries from your school for our annual environmental
competition. We would like to hear about your favourite place
or animal, or how you would protect our planet.
Sherkin
Island Marine Station has been running this environmental
competition for the last sixteen years. We believe it helps
children to focus on our precious environment, making them
more aware of how important it is to protect.
The
wonderful projects and works of art we receive each year continue
to fascinate us. We would love if you could focus once again
on your environment and send us your ideas on why it is so
important to you.
A
big “thank you” to our sponsors for staying with
the competition for all these years, particularly in the present
financial climate, and for helping us to provide over 400
prizes. These prizes have been specially chosen to help you
continue your study of nature and the environment, build up
your knowledge and explore even more.
Please
continue looking after the environment and keep sending us
your wonderful work. We hope that you enjoy working on them
as much as we enjoy receiving them.
Matt
Murphy
Sherkin
Island Marine Station
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Categories
1)
Class or School
and
2)
An Individual Child
a)
Junior & Senior Infants
b) 1st & 2nd Class
c) 3rd & 4th Class
d) 5th & 6th Class
1)
Class or School:
Entries
in this category are asked for a poster or project
on the theme:
"Our Favourite Place/Animal"
or
"Protecting
Our Environment"
2)
Individual Children:
Individual
children in ALL classes are asked for a picture or project
on the theme:
"My
Favourite Place/Animal"
or
"Protecting
Our Environment"
(Children
with special needs are encouraged to enter.
Please indicate their special needs on the entry form.)
Entries
do not have to be a specific size but please take into consideration
that projects must be posted to Sherkin Island and must not
be too large. Sherkin Island Marine Station cannot take responsibility
for loss or damage to any work submitted.
If more
than one individual is involved with a picture or project,
this entry cannot be included in the “Individual Child”
category and will be judged in the “Class or School”
category. Entries are limited to one per child but a number
of classes from one school may enter. Please ensure that the
project category, name, age and school address are clearly
marked and securely attached to the back of each project.
We will endeavour, but cannot guarantee, to return winning
entries. Due to logistics, all other entries will not be returned.
This
competition is only open to
primary school children in Munster.
Entries
to be sent to: Environmental Competition,
Sherkin Island Marine Station, Sherkin Island, Co. Cork.
Closing
Date: 5th July 2013
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Tips
- Make
your own folder from recycled materials.
- Use
staples instead of plastic folders.
- Drawings
or photographs help bring a written project to life.
Ideas:
- An
animal or plant you love.
- A Blue
Flag beach near you.
- A river
and its surroundings.
- A garden
you have planted.
- Things
you recycle.
- What
you don’t like about pollution.
- A study
you carried out.
- Types
of waste we produce everyday.
- Tell
us what is good and bad about YOUR environment....
We
like:
- Your
own ideas.
- Your
own work.
- Your
own words.
- Your
own drawings.
- Originality.
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Prizes
Class/School
projects:
12
prizes - each including:
Natural
History Books: A collection for the school
library
Five
books: "An A to Z of Geology"
Three
books: "A Beginner's Guide to Ireland's Wild Flowers"
Three
books: "A Beginner's Guide to Ireland's Seashore"
12
prizes: One
DVD "Earthflight" & One CD "Garden
Bird Songs & Calls"
15
consolation prizes: Five
sets of eight colouring
& guide booklets: Birds,
Wild Flowers, Sea Life, Fossils, Butterflies & Moths,
Nature Diary, Creepy Crawlies & Safety SamMoths,
Creepy Crawlies, Nature Diary & Safety Sam
Individual
Children's Projects:ual
children's projects
12
prizes of: One set of “Pocket Nature Collection”
(6 books)
20
prizes of: One “Chris Packham's Nature Handbook”
& One “Starting Fishing”
28
prizes of: One “Ireland’s Hidden Depths”
& One DVD “On the Water's Edge”
120
prizes of: One “Ireland’s Hidden Depths”
120
prizes of: One “A Beginner’s Guide to Ireland’s
Seashore” & One “A Beginner’s
Guide to Ireland’s Wild Flowers”
60
prizes of: One ”An A to Z of Geology”
4
prizes of: €100 (Dr Michael Kennedy Award - see
below)
Dr
Michael Kennedy Award
The
best entry on the subject of freshwater life or its environment,
in each of the four individual age categories, will receive
a special prize of €100. These prizes will be presented
on behalf of Inland Fisheries Ireland, in honour of the
late Dr Michael Kennedy, who retired as Manager of the Inland
Fisheries Trust in 1973.
(Prizes
will be divided between the four age groups.)
Winners
The winners
will be notified, through their school in early October 2013
and the prizes will be sent directly to the winning schools
shortly afterwards. The decision of the judges will be final.
No cash alternatives for prizes. Winning entries may be returned
at the organisers’ discretion. Some entries may be published
in Sherkin Comment or used for environmental displays
or posters. Results will also be posted on our website.
Entries
to be sent to:
Environmental
Competition,
Sherkin
Island Marine Station,
Sherkin Island, Co. Cork.
Closing
date: 5th July 2013
Please
attach an entry form
to the back of each entry.
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© Sherkin Island Marine
Station 2013
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