Green-Schools Irish Water
Poster Competition 2016
This year's Green-Schools Irish Water Poster
Competition 2016 invites individual students to design a poster which best
illustrates the theme 'Be water smart'.
The poster can be a combination of words and
illustrations or just illustrations. The student may interpret the theme as
they see fit.
The competition is being run by An Taisce
Green-Schools in partnership with Irish Water and is being promoted to all
schools currently participating in the Water theme of the Green-Schools
programme.
Categories
There are 3 categories for entry:
1. Junior Primary
(Infants - 2nd class)
2. Senior Primary
(3rd - 6th class)
3. Secondary School
(1st - 6th year)
Regions
Regional winners will be selected from each
category (a total of 12 regional winners). National winners will then be
selected from the regional winners in each category (totalling three national
winners). Regions are broken down as follows:
·
Dublin County: Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown,
South Dublin, Fingal
·
Eastern/Midlands: Wicklow, Kildare, Laois, Offaly,
Westmeath, Longford, Meath and Louth
·
Connaught/Ulster: Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Cavan,
Monaghan, Galway City and County, Mayo and Roscommon
·
Southern Region: Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford,
Waterford, Tipperary, Cork City and County, Kerry, Clare and Limerick
Prizes
·
Each of the 12 Regional winners will be awarded a
tablet computer to the value of €250, (student prize).
·
Each of the three National Category winners will
also receive €500 for their school - to be spent by the Green-Schools committee
as they see fit.
·
Individual National winners will also receive a
professionally mounted and framed version of their poster
Terms
& Conditions
1. Number of
Entries: The maximum amount of entries permitted per school
is 10 per category
2. Poster Size: Posters must be
single-sided and A3 in size.
3. Personal
Details: All competition entries must include the following
information printed clearly on the reverse of each poster: A: Student’s Name;
B: Class/Year; C: Age; D: Name of School.
4. Postal Address: Entries should
be submitted by post to the following address: Green-Schools Irish Water
Poster Competition, An Taisce EEU,
5a Swift’s Alley, Francis St, Dublin 8
5a Swift’s Alley, Francis St, Dublin 8
5. Closing Date: Entries must be
received at the above address by 4pm Friday 12th February 2016.
6. School’s
Details: Entries should be accompanied by contact details
for the Green-Schools coordinator (name, phone number and email address) for
correspondence purposes.
7. Notification: Competition
winners will be notified within 30 days of the close of the competition by either
post /telephone/email.
8. Judging: An independent
panel of judges will select the winning entries. The judges’ decision is final.
No correspondence relating to the competition will be entered into.
9. Returns: An Taisce is
unable to return any entries to schools.
10. Publicity: Winners may be
asked to take part in competition publicity including being photographed by the
media.
11. Entry to the
competition constitutes full and unconditional acceptance of these Terms &
Conditions.
