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Have a look at the email below which contains all the information required if your child would like to enter the competition. Good Luck x
Hello Imelda,
Hope you’re well.
Thank you for recently registering your interest in the AWARE children’s mental health poetry competition. We are delighted to have your school on board!
We know it’s been a difficult year for our young people and mental health is something they may have never talked about before. We want that to change! This competition will allow pupils to express their thoughts and feelings about the past year through creative writing. It will encourage young people to think engagingly and creatively about their experiences through the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have created a downloadable poem pack with an aim to develop pupil’s key thinking skills and personal capabilities. This pack is designed for blended learning and will include some important information about mental health as well as some educational resources including worksheets that will inspire and help your pupils generate ideas and topics for their poem entry.
You can download the poem pack by clicking here and download the template for the poem submission by clicking here.
By taking part in the competition your school and pupils have the chance to win some excellent prizes! These include a chance for the winning pupil to learn some of the top tips and tricks about magic from our friend and social media star Joel M, a personal visit and performance from Joel M for the winning school (COVID regulations permitting), a limited edition AWARE x Joel M Hoodie, a free 6-week Paws B Mindfulness course delivered to the class of the winning pupil and Amazon vouchers!
Please note: This competition is open to only Primary 6 and Primary 7 pupils and we will permit up to 2 entries per school.
Submissions for the competition will officially open on 1st February 2021 and you will be able to submit your entries online at www.aware-ni.org/express-yourself.
If you have any questions about the competition, please email us at poems@aware-ni.org.
*This project has been supported by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland through the Community Arts, Culture & Heritage Fund*
