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"Focus
on the Environment"
Environmental
Competition
for Primary School Children
in Munster 2011
Audrey's
Letter
This
is the fourteenth year of Sherkin Island Marine Station’s
environmental competition. The wonderful projects and works
of art we receive each year on what is important to you in
your environment, continue to fascinate us. We would love
if you could take time once again to focus on your environment
and send us your ideas on why it is so important to you.
Our environment is precious to all of us but it is in danger
of being damaged by the waste that we produce everyday. Your
help is also needed to come up with ideas on how to protect
the environment so we can safeguard it for years to come.
We want to encourage you to think about your surroundings
now and pass on what you have learned to others. We need you
to teach the adults of today how to look after and enjoy our
environment…as many of us have forgotten! Your thoughts
and ideas are important to us, so get started now and explain
to us what is important to you.
We
are particularly impressed by entries that include your own
thoughts, ideas and drawings.
The
competition would not be possible without the continued support
of our sponsors, for which we thank them. Over 400 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 your environment and keep sending
us your wonderful work. We hope that you enjoy working on
them as much as we enjoy receiving them.
To
reduce waste, try to use staples instead of folders!
Audrey
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:
"What is important to us in the environment"
2)
Individual Children:
Individual
children in ALL classes are asked for a picture or project
on the theme:
"What
is important to me in the 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 each project. This competition
is only open to primary school children in Munster.
This
competition is only open to primary school children in Munster.
Entries
will not be returned.
Entries
to be sent to: Environmental Competition,
Sherkin Island Marine Station, Sherkin Island, Co. Cork.
Closing
Date: 5th July 2011
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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
Digital Camera
28
consolation prizes:
Five
sets of eight colouring & guide booklets:
Birds, Wild Flowers, Sea Life, Fossils, Butterflies
& Moths, Creepy Crawlies, Nature Diary & Safety
Sam
Individual
children's projects
12
prizes of: One "The Natural History Book"
12
prizes of: One "Animal Life"
20
prizes of: One "Freshwater Life" & One
"Starting Fishing"
16
prizes of: One "Complete Book of Drawing"
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"
48
prizes of: One "An A to Z of Geology"
4
prizes of: €100 (Dr Michael Kennedy Award -
see below)
(Prizes
will be divided between the four age groups.)
DR
MICHAEL KENNEDY AWARD
The best
entry on the subject of freshwater fish or their 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.
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Winners
The winners
will be notified, through their school, by the end of September
2011 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. 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 2011
Please
attach an
entry form
to the back of each entry.
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© Sherkin Island Marine
Station 2011
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