School+Global+Wind+Day+Competition



Dear schools Global Wind Day is on 15th June. You can’t see wind, but you know it’s there and can feel its power. And the New Zealand Government is committed to developing our abundant renewable energy resources and wind energy as a vital part of our future.

To help celebrate Global Wind Day, EECA and the New Zealand Wind Energy Association invites you and your pupils to enter a wind-themed competition to win some fab prizes. AND, every school that enters children into the competition will go into a draw to win $3,000 to spend on school equipment. And don’t forget, we’ve got a bunch of resources available if you want to have a wind-themed lesson too (@http://windenergy.org.nz/resources/resources/lessonplans).

Wind is a renewable energy source which helps us fight climate change, and New Zealand is lucky because it has lots of wind it can use. We want to raise awareness and understanding of the role wind energy can play in New Zealand, both now and for the future.


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Primary schools colouring competition – entries to this competition are required to select and colour in a picture from the “What Kind of World” colouring book, available for download from @http://windenergy.org.nz/documents/Whatkindofworld.pdf. Entries are split into two age groups, 4-8 and 9-12. Three 4-8 age group winners will each receive an Oregon Scientific Accelerator Ultimate Laptop. The winner in the 9-12 age group will receive a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook.

High School/College art competition – we invite entries from high school/college students to present an artistic representation of wind energy. They can use any medium they like, but remember that the entry needs posting to us! The winner will receive a new Dell laptop computer.

Six runner up prizes will be awarded, three in both school groups, of a wind powered machines.

We look forward to receiving your entries.


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All competitions close at the end of term 2, 15th July.

All entries must have the child’s name, age, school and school address on the back in order to be entered into the competition.

Schools should nominate a contact person who will be notified if there are winners from your school.

Entries must be sent to: GWD Competition, NZWEA, PO Box 553, Wellington 6140, and received by 17.00 on Friday 15th July to be valid.