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NEW ENGLAND REGION

Write-a-Reader Competition

REFUGEE WEEK 2008

The competition provides NER teachers with an opportunity to participate in and develop the theme of ‘A Place to Call Home’- with their primary and high school students as part of celebrating Refugee Week 2008 – 15-22 June

To support this competition an example Reader will be posted to your school called ‘Alawen’s Story’ which was written by Alawen a refugee from Sudan & a student at ArmidaleCityPublic School with support from Helen.

Refugee Week – Reader Competition
Individuals or groups of students are invited to develop a Reader on the theme ‘A Place to Call Home’ the 2008 theme for Refugee Week. The book should be produced on A4 size paper, from 8 to 16 pages long. The text should be type written and illustrated.
About theRefugee Week Theme – ‘A Place to Call Home’:
Australia’s Refugee Week theme of ‘A Place to Call Home’ encourages people to think about the global themes of protection and human rights by focusing on the fundamental right to a secure place to call home. It encourages Australians to think about our common obligations to people who have no secure home, as well as as to acknowledge the 700,000 refugees and humanitarian migrants over the past 60 years who have made Australia their home.
Entry Categories
Junior: Years K-4,
Middle: Years 5-8,
Senior: Years 9-12.
All entries must be accompanied by a completed Student Entry Form secured to the back of each entry. Entries are to be addressed to:
Refugee Week Competition
DET Regional Office
175 Rusden Street
ARMIDALE 2350 NSW
CLOSING DATE : 6 June 2008
Prizes Sponsored by the Armidale Harmony Day Group / A representativepanel will judge the entries.
Decisions made by the judging panel are final. Prizes will be made to students whose works best illustrate an innovative approach to the theme ‘A Place to Call Home’

Each entrant will receive a certificate of acknowledgement
Winning Junior, Middle and Senior regional entries in both genres will each receive a prize of $100 book voucher
Winners will be publicly announced
Winning entries may be published, exhibited publicly, used for promotional purposes or uploaded onto World Wide Web.

Resources available at

For support or further information, please contact:

Leesa Moore - CIO, NESB

Telephone: 6776 4100 Fax: 6776 4145 Email:

REFUGEE WEEK 2008 – 15-18 June: WRITE-A-READER COMPETITION
STUDENT ENTrY FORM
The Armidale Harmony Day Groupin collaboration with your school is conducting a writing competition which supports Refugee Week 2008.
THEME
The theme for the 2008WRITE-A-READER competition is ‘A PLACE TO CALL HOME’
PRIZES
Student section
Junior (Primary school students Years K-4)
Regional Junior winner Reader
Middle (Primary and high school students Years 5-8)
Regional Middle YearsReader
Senior (High School Students Years 9-12)
Regional Middle Years winner Reader / Where a group has submitted a winning entry, the prize is to be shared.
$100 book voucher
$100 book voucher
$100 book voucher
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
1. Writing and artwork must be original
2. All entries must be submitted on A4 size paper and text must be typewritten
3. Closing date for entries Friday 6 June 2008
4. All entries must be accompanied by completed Student Entry Form secured to the back of each entry (Please print clearly in block capitals).
5. Entries to be marked
ATTN: Refugee Week Competition, DET Regional Office, 175 Rusden Street, ARMIDALE 2350 NSW
6. Winning entries may be published/exhibited publicly/used for promotional purposes or uploaded onto world wide web.
7. All entries remain the property of the Department of Education and Training. Students who wish entries returned need to enclose a reply paid envelope/packet.
STUDENT DETAILS: (Please print clearly in block capitals)
1.Student First Name
Student Family Name
Year/class
2.Student First Name
Student Family Name
Year/class
3 Student First Name
Student Family Name
Year/class
WRITING DETAILS:
Title:
SCHOOL/TEACHER DETAILS:
Name of School
MailingAddressSchool
Teacher/School contact name:
Telephone number
Email address
Post all entries and entry forms to arrive no later than 6 June 2008. / Refugee Week Competition
DET Regional Office
175 Rusden Street
ARMIDALE 2350 NSW