Did you know that sharks are an important top predator in the ocean and keep the ecosystem in balance? During the week of March 26-29th, 2015 Rob Stewart: director, photographer, and conservationist will be making a special trip to TCI and our older students will have the opportunity to hear him talk about why we should care about sharks? Rob is an active shark advocate. He participates in many global shark conservation campaigns and will be here in TCI to increase education and awareness about the importance of sharks in our environment.
Today in our KS2 assembly, the students were introduced a special poster competition linked to Rob’s visit. It aims to be a way for students to express their knowledge and love for sharks. Entries need to be in by next Friday (13th March). 5 posters from our school collection will be chosen by teachers to be entered. Students of winning posters in the overal competition will receive some shark goodies. They will also be given tickets to Rob’s Community Presentation, at which their poster will be displayed.
Continue reading to see more information about the poster competition and Rob’s Community Shark Presentation that we hope you will be able to attend.
The rules for the poster competition are as follows:
- Each entry should be a poster (of any size) depicting why the student believes that sharks are important to our ecosystem (or why we love sharks!)
- Each school, club, or group can have as many entries as they wish from individual students of any age (year 1-12).
- Each school, club or group will choose their top 5 entries, which should be photographed and then the photos of the posters sent to Jackie Walker at the Amanyara Resort no later than Friday March 13th.
- From each of the top 5 entries from each school I will select the top 2 winners, whom will be each given 1 ticket to the talk and documentary screening on Saturday March 28th at 7pm (a $10 value), along with some other shark goodies.
- The top 2 posters from each school will be on display the night of the event (they will be collected from schools the week after the winners have been selected (March 16-20th)).
Community members will be able to attend a talk with Rob Steward, held on Saturday March 28th at 7pm at Brayton Hall (TBC). Rob developed the award-winning documentary Sharkwater (2007). His talk is a motivational/inspirational first-hand account of how he became a shark advocate, and why everyone in the room should care about sharks. And it’s also a call to action. Tickets will be $10, in advance or at the door, and it is hoped that people from all over the community will attend and support this event.