Amnesty International UK/learnnewsdesk
Competition winners and runners up announced!
Thank you to everyone who entered the learnnewsdesk/Amnesty International Young Human Rights reporter competition.
We had almost 450 entries and can now announce the winners and runners up!
The Primary Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year is Florence, 11, from Drayton Park Primary School
The primary runners up are: Conor, 11, from St Colmcille's Primary School, Ballymena, Northern Ireland and Katy, 10, from St George's RC School in Enfield, Middlesex.
The Secondary Young Human Rights Reporter of the Year is Nicketa Lee, 14, from Harris Academy Purley.
The secondary runners up are Owen, 13 from William Ellis School in London and Zafar, 12, from Petchey Academy London.
Everyone who was shortlisted deserves huge congratulations and all the winning, runners up and shortlisted entries can be read in Be a reporter.
The ten shortlisted primary entries are:
Chloe, 10, St Mary's Primary School, Newcastle,Northern Ireland Conor, 11, St Colmcille's Primary School, Ballymena Deirbhile, 11, Scoile an Droichid, Belfast Esther, 8, Gayhurst Community School,London Florence, Drayton Park Primary, London George, 9, Rosemead Prep School, London Isabella, 11, Holly Cross Primary School, London Katy, 10, St George's Roman catholic School, Middlesex Olivia, 10, Murray's Road, Douglas, Isle of Man Oriana, 11, Lyndhurst Primary School, London
The ten shortlisted secondary entries are:
Alice, 13, New Hall School, Essex Callum, 12, St Hughs Maths and Computing College,Lincs Dylan, 11, Oakwood Park Grammar School, Maidstone, Kent Imogen, 13, St Andrew's School, Pangbourne Nicketa Lee, 14, Harris Academy, Purley Molly, 13, Yarm School, Yarm, Stockton-on-Tees Owen, 13, William Ellis School, London Sophia, 13, Townley Grammar School, London Zafar, 12, Petchey Academy, London Zoe-Athena, 11, Holy Cross Girls School, New Malden
Learnnewsdesk got together with Amnesty International to launch a Young Human Rights reporter competition in February.
We asked do you have a human rights story to tell – either from personal experience (eg bullying or what it is like to be a refugee) or your interpretation of a human rights news story?
The primary and secondary/post primary winners will be invited on a VIP trip to the Amnesty and Guardian HQs. This will take place during the 2010 summer term – date to be arranged with winners.
Extracts of the winning articles from each age category (primary and secondary/post primary) will be published in the Education supplement of the Guardian newspaper on June 1 2010, along with an introduction by award-winning journalist Ian Cobain who won the Amnesty International newspaper reporter of the year 2009. The full text of the winning articles will also be published on the Guardian’s website at guardian.co.uk.
Winning articles and the runners up will be announced and showcased at the Amnesty International Media Awards on 1 June 2010.
Top entries (winners, runners up and shortlisted entries) will be published under the 'Be a reporter' section of learnnewsdesk from 1 June 2010 and may also be published by Amnesty on their website at amnesty.org.uk and in their quarterly “Amnesty Magazine”.
What can I write about?
Here are some examples:
Who can enter?
The competition is open to all Key Stage 2 primary pupils (7-11 year-olds) and Key Stage 3 secondary/post primary pupils (11-14 year-olds) who live in the United Kingdom. Only one entry per pupil.
A successful article will contain a balance of factual information and the feelings and opinions of the writer.
Articles should be 200-250 words long and may contain photographs and/or podcasts. However, prizes will be awarded for quality of writing only.
Judging
A shortlist of up to 20 entries (up to 10 primary entries and up to 10 secondary/post primary entries) will be compiled by a panel of judges from the learnnewsdesk editorial team in London. Final judging will be by a panel of Amnesty International representatives, Guardian newspaper journalists, Learnnewsdesk editors and an external judge.
The judges will be looking for the entries that are the most well written, informative, illuminating and interesting.
Prizes* Prizes are given out in two categories, Primary and Secondary/Post primary. There will be three prizes per category:
Prizes will be sent to winners’ and runners ups’ schools. The date for delivery will be arranged with the schools, but will be on or before 8 June 2010.
* We need your parent’s or guardian’s permission to give you these prizes. How do I enter my article?
Write your article using a Word/text document. Then simply log onto the learnnewsdesk and copy and paste your entry using the ‘Be a reporter’ section clicking on ‘Send us a report’. Enter "Amnesty competition" in the Headline area, after you have entered your full name, date of birth, school name, and school contact details (address and postcode). You can write your own report’s headline above your article.
Only your first name will appear on any article that is published on the learnnewsdesk but full names of the winners and runners up will be published in the Guardian newspaper, Guardian website and in Amnesty International literature if your parent/guardian agrees to this.
When do I need to enter?
All entries must be submitted to the Newsdesk Be a reporter section, by 5pm on 1 April 2010.
How will I know if I’ve won?
After the judging panel have decided on the prize-winning articles, each winner’s school will be notified on or before Friday May 7, 2010.
So make sure you enter your name, age, school name and contact details so that we can inform you if you are successful.
Contact
If you have any questions regarding this competition or require any further information, please email us at: emily.drabble@guardian.co.uk, or contact us on: 0203 353 3279.
For full details of the competition, please see the competition terms and conditions (the rules of the competition) here. If you enter the competition, this means that you accept the competition terms and conditions. You should make sure you read the terms and conditions before you send us your entry. You should check with your teacher that they are happy for you to enter the competition based on these terms and conditions.
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