A speech and art competition for your people passionate about our planet.

Speaking 4 the Planet 2020 in Canterbury will now be an online event. In this way, the initiative continues to provide students with opportunities to express their concerns about, and offer solutions to, sustainability problems. This online event will feed into an international Speaking 4 the Planet competition being held in November. Winning students from the Christchurch-based event will be automatically invited to participate in the international competition, which will also be online.

Please see more details below. If you have any queries please contact Ms Andrew.

Date: All submissions by May 31st 2020. 

World Environment Day Theme: Biodiversity 

Topic: On Earth, everything is connected 

Age divisions: Years 7 to 8; Years 9-11; Open Young Adult (Year 12+ up to 24yo). 

Categories: Please read each carefully. If you have questions, please ask.

• Speaking: Send a video of yourself giving a prepared speech of no more than 5 minutes long. Submissions longer than this time will not be considered. 
• Spoken Word: Send a video of yourself giving your spoken word performance. It should be no more than 4 minutes long. Submissions longer than this time will not be considered. 
• Artworks: Send 3 photos of your artwork. (The specifications will be outlined in the resource document) 
• Memes: For the first time, S4P invites students to present a meme on the topic. 
• TikTok: Also a first for S4P. Maximum length 12 seconds. Submissions longer than this time will not be considered. 

ALL ENTRIES must have: name, school, age, email contact (this can be your teacher’s email address if you wish) 

All participating students will receive certificates. 

Winners in each category will receive prizes (delivered to you or to your school). All those gaining First place will be automatically invited to participate in a similar international competition to be held in November. 

Register your interest now using this form https://forms.gle/w1GNsFBvB6zq35Qw8