Several competitions were run during Seaweek 2010 at a national and local level. The Short Stories for Young People competition closes in June 2010.
Short stories from young people
This exciting story writing competition for Year 5-8 classes in New Zealand schools aims to combine visual and creative writing. It could see your class work published as part of a learning resource for New Entrant to Year 3 classes in New Zealand schools. And win $250 of book vouchers for your class!
The class will get to work together expressing themselves, using their imaginations, and collectively creating a story focused on the theme “Fish for the Future” while developing writing skills.
Every Year 5 to Year 8 class in New Zealand has the opportunity to submit a class-authored entry. Each class may only submit a single entry. Entry must be registered by email by the end of Seaweek (14th March 2010) and the completed entry must be submitted by Friday 25th June 2010.
The winning entry will be judged by acclaimed New Zealand children’s author Anna Mackenzie with the winner announced in Term 3.
For competition rules and information download, and useful links for teachers:
Picture Book Competition 272kB
Photos for picture book competition 4.6MB
Internet links re Fishing Lesson Plans 36kB
Fish for the Future and me
Winner of Fish for the future and me is Nick Wiffen of Motueka with the photo below. Nick wins a trip to the Poor Knights Islands with Poor Knights Divers.
"Harvesting pictures can be just as good as harvesting kai moana; this kina in Abel Tasman National Park made for a tasty shot!" - Nick Wiffen.
Winner of a weekend at the Pacific Rendezvous, Tutukaka, Judy Klaus of Auckland. Judy's pics are from a school students' education for sustainability fishing trip aboard the Ted Ashby held in January, where the children learn about the importance of fish size and fish populations.
Young marine leaders competition
Winners of the Young Marine Leaders competition are:
- Baxter Mosely, Whananaki
- Nain Alfante, Henderson
- Steffi Seniedo, Henderson
- Bill Chen, Auckland
- Serena Sarika Lal, Pakuranga
- Tyson Paul, Whangarei
- Deborah Tango, Whangarei
The Young Marine Leaders development weekend in Northland provided learning and development opportunities around snorkel guiding, marine protection options and initiatives and taking positive action. Supported by Experiencing Marine Reserves and the ASB Community Trust.
