Sherkin Island Marine Station

 

(Artwork: Emma Galvin - Age 11)

 

Audrey's Letter

Categories

Prizes

Winners

Entry Form

2009 Winners

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

 

Bord Iascaigh Mhara
Irish Fisheries Board

 

Central Fisheries Board

 

City Print
Carrigrohane Road,
Cork

 

Cork City Council
City Hall, Cork

 

Cork County Council
County Hall, Cork

 

Department of the Environment, Heritage
& Local Government

 

Evening Echo Newspaper
Cork

 

Janssen Pharmaceutical Ltd
Little Island, Cork.

 


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

 

 

"Focus on the Environment"

Environmental Competition
for Primary School Children
in Munster 2010

 

Audrey's Letter

Sherkin Island Marine Station is delighted to bring you this competition, now in its thirteenth year. The entries we receive every year continue to amaze us and we really appreciate the effort that is put into them. We would love if you could take a little time to focus on your environment once again and send us your ideas on why it is so important to you.

We want to encourage you to think about your surroundings now and to pass on what you have learned to others. Some of you may have ideas on how to protect the environment as it is in danger of being damaged by the waste we produce everyday. We need ideas to help reduce this waste and make our world a safer and more pleasant place to live. 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.

To reduce waste, try to use staples instead of folders!

The competition would not be possible without the continued support of our sponsors, for which we thank them. Over 400 prizes, ranging from books to cameras, have been specially chosen to help you continue your study of nature, 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.

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 2010

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Prizes

Class/School projects:

12 prizes - each including:

Natural History Guides: 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 digital camera

12 prizes of: One DVD 5-box set of "Planet Earth" (BBC Series)

20 prizes of: One fishing rod, with reel and lifejacket

16 prizes of: One "Ireland Our Island Home" &
One "Ireland's Garden Birds"

120 prizes of: One "Ireland's Bird Life. A World of Beauty"

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 the Central Fisheries Board, 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 2010 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 2010

 

Please attach an entry form
to each entry.

 

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© Sherkin Island Marine Station 2010