A new year and another chance to get involved!
The calendar below shows all the events and when they are coming up. There are descriptions of each event below the calendar in the same order. Have a look and see what you fancy.
(In case you wonder, RIBI is the national Rotary organisation, Rotary in Britain and Ireland.)
Calendar of
Events 2014-15
Youth
Speaks Entries by Monday 10th November 2014.
Local
heat w/c Monday 17th November 2014
Young Chef Entries
by Friday 23rd January 2015
Cook-off
Saturday 7th February 2015
Young Photographer Entries by Friday 23rd January 2015
Young Citizen Awards Proposals by Friday 30th
January 2015
Young Writer Entries by Friday 20th February 2015
Technology Tournament Tuesday
3rd March 2015 (TBC)
Welwyn Hatfield Rotary Walk Sunday 26th April
2015
Young Digital Artist Entries by Sunday 31st
May 2015
Rotary
Young Leaders Award A weekend late June/early July 2015 (TBC)
Youth Speaks Local Heats –w/c Monday 17th
November 2015
This
popular and long-established public-speaking competition has been entered by
many local secondary schools and other groups in previous years. We plan to hold two heats, one essentially
for Brookmans Park/Potters Bar, the other for Welwyn/Hatfield. (We may amalgamate the two heats if there are
insufficient entries for two decent competitions.) Teams of three are needed, a main speaker, a
chairperson and a proposer of a vote of thanks.
There are two age groups, Intermediate (approximately Key Stage 3) and
Senior (approximately Key Stage 4 & 5).
The local competition winners can progress to district, regional and
national stages of the competition.
Teams may speak on any subject with the exception of those directly
concerning party politics, race or religion. Details are at http://ribi.org/what-we-do/youth-competitions-and-awards/ribi-youth-speaks Deadline for entries is Monday 10th
November.
This
well-established competition is sponsored by Waitrose and Filippo Berio. Entrants have to submit a menu and the judges
then select the best six. (We would
encourage schools to hold their own competition with our help, in which case
the school winner will get automatic entry to the cook-off.) The six selected competitors then cook their
menu at a cook-off on Saturday morning 8th
February 2014 within a two-hour time limit.
The competitors are provided with a voucher to cover the cost of
ingredients and the winner goes on to district and potentially regional and
national finals. Details are at http://ribi.org/what-we-do/youth-competitions-and-awards/ribi-young-chef The
deadline for entries is Friday 25th January 2013 and the cook-off is
planned for Saturday 8th February.
Competitors
have to submit a portfolio of 3 photographs on the theme of “Light up the
Community”* in colour or black and white on photographic paper.. Each print should
be submitted separately and, including any mount should be no larger than A4
size, with a 50 word description of what inspired them. The competition runs in three age groups,
Junior (approximately Key Stage 2), Intermediate (approximately Key Stage 3)
and Senior (approximately Key Stage 4 & 5).
Competitors have to submit 3 different prints along with digital copies. Further details are at http://midhertsrotary.blogspot.com/ The deadline for entries is Friday 23rd January 2015.
*We should all be responsible for helping our
communities. There are community projects, fundraising, displays, activities
and events which raise money or offer help to local communities. These efforts
are helped and assisted by volunteers who Light up the Community with their
hard work and time. No actual examples are shown here as it is up to the
individual competitors to show their interpretation of the chosen topic.
Please note: Photographs which include people under 18 years old must be
accompanied by written permission from the parent, guardian or carer of the
person photographed. Photographs
will not be returned unless specifically requested.
The
Rotary Young Citizen Awards, which have been going for some 10 years, have
recently received some publicity on television as they are now sponsored by the
BBC News channel. We are keen to
recognise the achievements of your students in school or in the local
community. If you know of individuals or
groups who you feel are worthy of wider recognition, please email us at midhertsrotary@ymail.com. It may be that they qualify for the national
Rotary competition, details of which are at http://ribi.org/what-we-do/youth-competitions-and-awards/ribi-young-citizen-awards , in which case we will be pleased to put them
forward. Proposals are needed by Friday
31st January 2015 but email us as soon as possible
.
This is another well-established competition. This year young authors are being asked to produce
a written or typed story in prose entitled Light Up The Community. “We should
all be responsible for helping one another in our communities. Please write a
story about a project in your community which you know about or a suggested
project in your community which will help others and improve the community.
Your entry could include fundraising for a project but it must say what the
project was is/was and how it has or will Light up the Community”. An A4 page or 500 hundred words is a
suggested suitable submission.
The
competition runs in three age groups, Junior (approximately Key Stage 2),
Intermediate (approximately Key Stage 3) and Senior (approximately Key Stage 4
& 5). Further details are at http://ribi.org/what-we-do/youth-competitions-and-awards/ribi-young-writer The deadline for entries is Friday 20th February
2015.
This
competition has been running successfully for many years and most of the local
schools have entered. Teams of four have
to design, build and document a solution to a problem posed on the day. At the end of the day the various solutions
are demonstrated and winners chosen.
Details are at http://ribi.org/what-we-do/youth-competitions-and-awards/ribi-technology-tournament This year’s local competition will probably be
on Tuesday 3rd March 2014 (TBC).
Welwyn Hatfield Rotary Walk, Sunday 27th April 2015
This event is open to
all individuals and groups who wish to raise money for a charity or project through
a sponsored walk, an ideal way of raising money without the hassle of having to
organise the walk yourselves! There is a
choice of 7-mile or 11-mile routes, or a 2-mile suitable for very young or
disabled participants, all starting at Campus West car park in Welwyn GC and
following a gloriously scenic route through Sherrardswood, Brocket Hall park, bluebell
woods and along the River Lea. 75% of
what you raise goes to your chosen project and 25% to Rotary charities. Why not organise a group to come and take
part? An excellent social activity as
well as a fund-raiser. Or perhaps a
warm-up hike for the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award?
Details at
http://www.whwalk.org.uk/
Young Digital Artist
This
is a purely local competition now in its fifth year. We are looking for digital artefacts (manipulated
still pictures, movies, web pages or complete websites) that have that touch of
artistic flair as well as demonstrating technical skill. There are three age groups, Junior
(approximately Key Stage 3), Intermediate (approximately Key Stage 4) and
Senior (approximately Key Stage 5). It
is quite acceptable to enter coursework though the assessment criteria will be
different from public examinations. As
well as gift voucher prizes, we hope to be able to offer the winners the chance
to work with a local graphic design company.
The deadline for entries is 31st May 2015. Details at http://midhertsrotary.blogspot.com/
Rotary Young Leaders Award
a weekend at the end of June or beginning of July 2015.
A weekend “Outward Bound”-type experience
run by the RAF Regiment at RAF Henlow for 18-30 year olds sponsored by their
local Rotary club. Let us know you are interested at midhertsrotary@ymail.com.
Further information is at http://ribi.org/what-we-do/youth-competitions-and-awards/ryla-rotary-youth-leadership-awards
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