The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds

HeartlanD Beat Art Competition 2013

The HeartlanD Beat Art Competition 2013 is organised in conjunction with the Good Neighbour Award 2013 to further engage the young and youth. This year, the competition is extended to Secondary school students with an additional Category C.

Through the use of art, the competition serves to:
• understand students’ perspective of an Active and Cohesive HDB Community,
• create awareness on promoting better social behaviours, and
• foster bonds and integration in the HDB Heartland Communities.

With the theme “Friends Next Door”, the competition aims to imbue the importance of neighbourly interaction in fostering active and cohesive communities.

Students from all Primary and Secondary Schools are invited to join the competition.

Category A	Category B	Category C
Primary 1, 2 and 3	Primary 4, 5 and 6	Secondary 1 - 5

Artwork Requirements

•	The content of all entries submitted must be related to the competition theme – Friends Next Door.
•	Students are to draw according to the theme and will be scored according to the judging criteria. Inability to draw in line with the judging criteria will result in a lower score during judging session.
•	All entries must be 2-dimensional, pictorial and the artwork must be done on A3-size drawing paper or drawing block paper.
•	Participants are allowed to use different mediums (crayon, water colours, poster paint, etc) in the creation of the artwork.
•	Each entry must be an original and unpublished work of the participant and copyrighted work will not be accepted. The submitted entry shall not have been entered in any other competitions whether locally or internationally.
•	No watermarks, signatures or other identifying marks will be allowed on any entry submitted for the competition. Housing & Development Board (HDB) reserves the right to disqualify any entry bearing such marks.

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'Fundamentals Against Crime Tactics' (FACT) Poster Design Competition on 2 Feb 2013

Objective
To allow primary school youths, based on their understanding of crime prevention, work in a small group to design their own unique and creative posters.

Date/ Venue
Date: 2 February 2013, Saturday
Time: 8am to 11am
Location: Blk 564 Ang Mo Kio Street 54, Hard court

Eligibility

The competition is open ONLY to Primary 3 to 5 students, enrolled as of 1^st January 2013, in Primary schools located within the jurisdiction of Ang Mo Kio Police Division.

Each school shall submit ONLY one entry. All entries are to be submitted in group of not more than three students. Entries must consist of original ideas produced wholly by the respective participant(s). Entries which are deemed by the judges to be direct adaptations or plagiarisms of existing materials will be disqualified.

Theme

The crime prevention design theme can be revolving around robbery, housebreaking, snatch theft, outrage of modesty, motor vehicles theft, scam, bully, cybercrime, thefts, rioting or gangs, etc.

Entry Rule

• All submitted entries must be designed vertically in A3 size (length of 42cm/420mm by width of 29.7cm/297mm).
•  The poster design must be relate to the theme of the competition. All entries must be accompanied with a crime prevention tagline or slogan (e.g. low crime doesn’t mean no crime).
•  All entries can be designed in any form of hand drawing, colouring, computer graphic, graphic software or any other kind of design methods.
• All entries shall be completed before the competition date and must be brought to the event for judging.
•  A parents/guardians’ consent form will be given to the all participating schools. Students representing the school for the competition event will need to obtain consent from their parents/guardians.
• All participating students shall wear their respective school uniform and be accompanied by a school teacher representative on the event competition date.

Evaluation Criteria

·      The judges will select 10 winners based on highest score using the following criteria:

          Originality: 25

          Innovative: 25

          Creativity: 25

          Effectiveness of conveying crime prevention message: 25

          (eg: Is the crime prevention message clear and concise?)

               Total    : 100

·      All decisions and scores made by the panel judges are final.

Prizes

The ten winners will walk away with the following prizes.

1) Champion                   - $300 Popular Bookstore vouchers + Trophy

2) 1^st Runner up              - $250 Popular Bookstore vouchers + Trophy

3) 2^nd Runner up              - $200 Popular Bookstore vouchers + Trophy

4) Two merit awards         - $100 Popular Bookstore vouchers each

5) Five consolation awards - $50 Popular Bookstore voucher each

 

Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues

·      All submitted entries shall become the property of Ang Mo Kio Police Division and may be used for the purpose of running crime prevention campaigns. The top-winner poster will be showcased in the crime prevention display panel in each of the 9 NPCs in Ang Mo Kio Police Division.

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All submitted entries may be used for the purpose of marketing and promotions by Ang Mo Kio Police Division with or without relation to its products and services as well as events organised or sponsored by them, including but not limited to the competition. Ang Mo Kio Police Division may, in their absolute discretion and in such manner as they deem fit, use the entries or parts of the entries for the said purposes without any reference to or acknowledgement of the participants.

The 4th SMART Drawing Competition

Theme: My Dream House



Theme

SMART Expos is proud to support the community and promote students' awareness for energy conservation and a green environment.
The theme of the drawing competition is "My Dream House". The competition will give students the opportunity to enhance their awareness of conserving energy or the use of environmentally friendly materials, as well as the opportunity to express their aspiration for their own dream home that they wish to live in.

Entry Category
The competition is open for two age groups:

1. Age 6-9
2. Age 10-13

Submission Date & Time: 8-9 September 2012 (Sat & Sun) 11am - 7pm
Venue : Hall A, Sands Expo & Convention Center, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

How to Enter

1. Fill in the online registration form via our website : www.smartexpos.com/drawing_reg
    
2. All participants must submit their drawing entries IN PERSON OR VIA THEIR PARENTS at the SMART Investment & International Property Expo on 8 - 9 Sep 2012 (Saturday & Sunday) at Hall A, Sands Expo & Convention Center, Marina Bay Sands (10 Bayfront Avenue) which is open from 11am - 7pm.
    
3. Each participant must include their FULL NAME, AGE, SCHOOL / ORGANIZATION, PARENT'S NAME, MOBILE NO. & EMAIL ADDRESS on the back of their drawing entry upon submission.

Exhibition of Entries All submitted entries will be put on display at the Expo.. FREE GIFTS and PRIZES

FREE GIFT for all participants

Prizes - Category Winners 1st Prize     : S$100 book voucher (1 winner) 2nd Prize    : S$80 book voucher (1 winner) 3rd Prize     : S$50 book voucher (1 winner) All participants who submit their drawing IN PERSON OR VIA THEIR PARENTS at the SMART Expo on 8-9 September 2012, will receive a FREE GIFT* & a Certificate of Merit. BONUS GIFT - Receive a PREMIUM HAT sponsored by MummySG upon your entries submission. Winners and their winning entries will be announced www.smartexpos.com/drawing on the event website after the Expo.

Taken from: http://www.smartexpos.com/drawing

I See, I Think, I Wonder

I SEE / I THINK / I WONDER

A routine for exploring works of art and other interesting things

What do you see? What do you think about that? What does it make you wonder?

WHY

To help student make careful observations and thoughtful interpretations; to stimulate curiosity and set the stage for inquiry

WHEN

Use this routine when you want students to think carefully about why something looks the way it does or is the way it is.

HOW

Ask students to make an observation about the artwork or topic and follow up with what they think might be going on or what they think this observation might be. Encourage students to back up their interpretation with reasons. Ask the students to think about what this makes them wonder about the artwork or topic. The routine works best when a student responds by using the three stems together at the same time, i.e., I see?, I think?, I wonder ?. However, you may find that students begin by using one stem at a time, and that you need to scaffold each response with a follow up question for the next stem. The routine works well in a group discussion but in some cases you may want to have students carry out the routine individually on paper or in their heads before sharing them out as a class. Student responses to the routine can be written down and recorded so that a class chart of observations, interpretations and wonderings are listed for all to see and return to during the course of study. Taken from http://pzweb.harvard.edu/tc/see_think_wonder.cfm

Fruit and Vegetable Printing

Pupils' work

Colour pencil techniques

Pencil strokes
Children are encouraged to keep their colour pencil strokes in the same direction. In the above example, this child has strokes of different directions.


Blending
Children can experiment with building up layers of different colours to make their artwork more interesting.


Shadow
They can include light and dark components in their artwork by applying heavier pressure. 


Sharpening
Minimize sharpening by rolling the colour pencil in your hand every few strokes for a new sharp pencil point.