Sherkin Island Marine Station

 

(Artwork:Róisín Twomey
Scoil Fhiachna Naofa
Adrigole, Beara, Co Cork)

 

Matt's Letter

Categories

Tips

Prizes

Winners

Entry Form

2012 Winners

Pdf of Competition Brochure

Competition Organisers:
Sherkin Island Marine Station
Sherkin Island
Co. Cork
Ireland

Tel: +353 28 20187
Fax: +353 28 20407
Email: sherkinmarine@eircom.net
Website: www.sherkinmarine.ie


Competition Sponsors

 

Department of Environment, Community
& Local Government

 

Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Irish Fisheries Board

 

City Print
Carrigrohane Road,
Cork

 

Cork City Council
City Hall, Cork

 

Cork County Council
County Hall, Cork

 

Evening Echo Newspaper
Cork

 

Inland Fisheries Ireland

 

Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd
Little Island, Cork.

 

www.naturesweb.ie

 


Pfi
zer Pharmaceuticals Production Corporation, Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork.

 

Sherkin Comment

 

"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