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SHP Schools Competition 2006
Awards Ceremony - December
Please scroll down to read all about the SHP Schools Competition 2006,
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(All photos taken by Kate Thurston)
Local
schools scoop digital camcorders after pupils' ideas turned
into films
Three digital camcorders, a PSP games console and an MP4 player were among the prizes given to local schools and winning pupils last night at the Awards Ceremony of the Safer Hastings Partnership’s Schools Competition 2006.
The Awards Ceremony attracted more than 200 people, including the short-listed 50 school students (25 primary; 25 secondary), who all received a certificate and goodie bag.
More than 250 local school students entered the competition, drawing storyboards for film clips about community safety, health, education and our town.
The winning primary school entry, by a year 6 pupil at All Saints Primary School, warned against leaving valuables on display in your car. The winning pupil received a PSP games console with accessories and a game for himself, and a digital camcorder plus accessories for his school (donated by Sussex Police Authority).
The winning secondary school entry, which was about road safety, was submitted by a year 9-pupil from Filsham Valley School. She won a digital camcorder and accessories for herself and another for her school (donated by CCN Ltd, the company behind the Safer Hastings Partnership’s 11-screen TV network).
Network Rail sponsored the Railway Safety category, giving an MP4 player to a year 11-pupil from Filsham Valley whose storyboard warned that railway tracks are not zebra crossings.
All three winning clips have been turned into films and will be played across Hastings & St Leonards on SHP-TV from January for three months. The screens are located at Tesco, McDonalds, Hastings College, Priory Meadow Shopping Centre, the Conquest Hospital, Hastings Information Centre, etc.
Each of the three winners was presented with a DVD of the clip that was based on their storyboard idea and the clips were shown to the 200-strong audience at the Awards Ceremony.
Three primary school runners-up from All Saints, Blacklands and St Mary Star of the Sea each received a £25 Odeon cinema voucher, as did the two secondary school runners-up from Hillcrest School and one from Filsham Valley.
All winning students, winning schools and runners-up were presented with crystal glass trophies along with their prizes.
Natalie Williams, the Safer Hastings Partnership’s Communications Manager, said, “Congratulations to all of the local school students that took part, but especially to the winners. The standard of the entries was so high, it was difficult even to get the short-list down to 25 primary school pupils and 25 secondary school students, let alone choose runners-up and winners.
“Thank you to all of the schools that took part, and to our sponsors, CCN Ltd, the local Excellence Cluster, Sussex Police Authority and Network Rail.
“We hope to run another schools competition in 2007, so any staff who would like to register their interest should email shptv@saferhastings.co.uk.”
Please see below for the details, terms and conditions of the competition:
SHP Schools Competition 2006
The winning primary school entry would
also be made into a film and played on SHP-TV for three months,
featuring the name of the winner and their school’s logo.
They would also win a DVD of this film, a PSP games console
for themselves, and a camcorder for their school.
The best entry under the ‘Railway Safety’
topic would receive an MP4 player, courtesy of Network Rail.
Three secondary and three primary school
pupils would win runners’ up prizes of Odeon cinema vouchers.
Your storyboard would go from this:
to this click
here to see a fully animated version!
To read more about the SHP Schools Competition
2006, please scroll down or click the chapter headings below.
- What is SHP-TV?
- Who can
enter?
- What do we have
to do to win?
- What are the
topics?
- When do we send
in our entries?
- Who is judging
the competition?
- What are the prizes?
- When
is the awards ceremony taking place?
- What are the
competition rules?
1. What is SHP-TV?
SHP-TV is the Safer Hastings Partnership’s
local community TV network, and is the flagship network for
the south of the UK.
Working in partnership with CCN (Community
Communication Network Ltd), the network broadcasts local initiatives
(all filmed in Hastings), crime prevention advice, crime reduction
news, education and health projects, and national news, sport
and weather, as well as interesting information about our
town and key events.
The aim of SHP-TV is to enable the Partnership
to communicate directly with local residents and visitors,
informing them of what we are doing to reduce crime and improve
the quality of their lives.
SHP-TV is broadcast on 11 screens across
our town. They range from 20-inch TFT screens to 42” plasma
screens, and can be found at: the Town Hall Information Centre;
Priory Meadow Shopping Centre; Burger King; Hastings College;
University Centre Hastings; Hastings Station Plaza; Warrior
Square Station; Summerfields Leisure Centre; Tesco; the Conquest
Hospital’s café; and Carisbrooke Surgery at Marlborough House.
Local initiatives are filmed in Hastings
every three months and then broadcast across the town. So
far, these have included clips about falling crime rates in
Hastings, anti-social behaviour, Bar Watch, PCSOs, Warden
Service, Shop Watch, various voluntary community initiatives,
youth projects, safe drinking over the festive season, regeneration
plans and successes, tourism, car crime, etc.
SHP-TV is designed to reassure, inform
and communicate with local residents. The Hastings network
won the Government Office for the South East’s Best New Media
Activity Award in October 2005. The Home Office now considers
community TV networks to be best practice for communicating
with local residents.
Click here
to view SHP-TV clips
2. Who could enter?
The SHP Schools Competition 2006 was open
to all pupils at primary and secondary schools in Hastings
& St Leonards. We could only accept one entry per pupil,
but the number of entries per school is unlimited.
Primary and secondary school entries were
judged separately.
3. What did you have to do to win?
Pupils were invited to come up with a storyboard
for a 30-second silent film clip relating to community safety
(topics below). A storyboard is a series of pictures telling
a story. See below for an example.
The storyboard could be no more than EIGHT
separate pictures (or frames) that had a message about one
of the topics below. You then had to write a sentence underneath
each picture, explaining what was happening.
Storyboards could be on one sheet of plain
A4 paper, with the name, age, school and school year clearly
written on the back.
It didn’t matter if you couldn’t draw –
we were looking for original, good ideas that we could make
into a film clip to play on SHP-TV.
4. What were the topics?
Each storyboard should have a clear message
relating to safety issues. The topics below were guidelines
only. We were happy to accept storyboards on safety topics
not listed below. Please click here if you would like to view
examples of film clips already broadcast on SHP-TV.
SHP Initiatives
Storyboards promoting initiatives in which
the Safer Hastings Partnership were involved. A full list
of these can be found at www.saferhastings.co.uk/initiatives.htm.
For example, the storyboard might explain the Bar Watch Scheme,
or it might show how Wardens help the community, or it could
promote neighbourhood policing.
Keep Yourself Safe
Under this topic, storyboards could advise
people how to protect themselves from becoming a victim of
car crime (lock your car, don’t leave valuables on display,
etc.), burglary, mobile phone theft, internet safety, violent
crime, hate crime (e.g. racism), stranger danger, etc.
Report It
Storyboards on this topic should encourage
people to report crime, such as bullying, anti-social behaviour
(litter, graffiti, dog fouling, noise, nuisance neighbours,
fly-tipping, etc), domestic violence, hate crime (e.g. racism),
etc.
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Railway Safety (sponsored
by Network Rail) |
Railway Safety advice should be the message
of storyboards submitted about this topic. For example, the
storyboard could warn people of the dangers of walking on
the tracks, playing ‘chicken’, throwing stones or other items
on the tracks, etc., and encourage witnesses to report railway
crime.
Home Safety
This topic includes safety in the kitchen
(e.g. don’t leave saucepan handles hanging over the edge of
the oven where children can reach them), garden safety (e.g.
paddling pools, barbecues, etc), fire safety (e.g. smoke alarms,
unplugging electrical goods during the night, etc), locking
windows and doors when you go out, etc.
Safety Out & About
Examples of storyboards featuring in this
category are road safety (e.g. don’t drive and drive, keep
to the speed limit, safety in bad weather, etc), cycle safety
(e.g. wear a helmet), beach safety, using fireworks safely,
crossing the road, stranger danger, safety in the sun, etc.
Our Town
What’s great about Hastings & St Leonards?
Storyboards promoting our town, telling us why it’s great
for young people or showing why people should visit, are welcome.
Substance Misuse
Storyboards in this topic could include
quitting smoking, don’t use drugs, where to get help if you
are addicted to alcohol and/or drugs, drinking alcohol responsibly,
the dangers of under-age drinking, etc.
Fire Safety
Arson, smoke alarms, unplugging electrical
goods before you go to bed are examples of themes a storyboard
on this topic might be about.
Health
This topic could include storyboards encouraging
people to get active or to give up smoking, or it might promote
healthy eating, or give advice about where you can get help
if you or someone you know is self-harming, etc.
Education
Storyboards under this topic should promote
education, perhaps explaining why education is important,
or that it’s never too late to learn, for example.
5. When did entries
have to be in by?
The deadline was midday on Monday 6th November
2006.
6. Who was judging
the competition?
The SHP Schools Competition 2006 was judged
by:
Mike Fagan & David Furness, Community
Safety Managers, SHP Natalie Williams, Communications Manager,
SHP
Philip Halstead, Director, Hastings & St Leonards Excellence
Cluster Mark Ashfield, Regional Director, CCN
Richard Homewood, Chairman, SHP, & Executive Director,
Environment & Safety, Hastings Borough Council
Chief Inspector Tony Blaker, Hastings District Commander,
Sussex Police Councillor John Wilson, Cabinet Member responsible
for Safety, Hastings Borough Council
Emma Welfare, Policy Officer, Sussex Police Authority
7. What were the prizes?
Secondary School Prizes:
1st Prize:
- The winning storyboard would be made into a
film clip to be played
across all SHP-TV screens from mid-January 2007 to mid-April
2007. The film will include the name of the winner and their
school’s logo.
- The winner would receive a digital
camcorder, a DVD
of the film of their storyboard and a certificate.
- The winner’s school would also receive a digital
camcorder.
Runners-up Prizes:
- Three runners-up would each receive a £25
Odeon Cinema voucher and a certificate.
All short-listed pupils would receive a
certificate and goody bag.
Primary School Prizes:
1st Prize:
- The winning storyboard would be made into a
film clip to be played
across all SHP-TV screens from mid-January 2007 to mid-April
2007. The film will include the name of the winner and their
school’s logo.
- The winner would receive a PSP
games console, a DVD
of the film of their storyboard and a certificate.
- The winner’s school would receive a digital
camcorder, courtesy of CCN Ltd.
Runners-up Prizes:
- Three runners-up would each receive a £25
Odeon Cinema voucher and a certificate.
All short-listed pupils would receive a
certificate and goody bag.
Railway Safety Winner:
The author of the best Railway Safety storyboard
would win an MP4 player,
courtesy of Network Rail.
8. When did the awards
ceremony taking place?
The short-listed entrants and staff from
short-listed schools were invited to attend the Awards
Ceremony at 6.30-8pm on Thursday
7th December 2006 at The Hastings Centre,
The Ridge, Hastings.
9. What were the competition rules?
- One entry per pupil. The number of entries
per school is unlimited.
- Entries would only be accepted from pupils
who, between September 2006 and December 2006, are attending
schools in Hastings & St Leonards full-time.
- Only storyboards received at SHP Schools Competition,
Safer Hastings Partnership, c/o Hastings Police Station,
Bohemia Road, Hastings, East Sussex, TN34 1JJ, before midday
on Monday 6th November 2006 would be entered into the competition.
- Storyboards must be submitted on one sheet
of plain A4 paper, with the entrant’s name, age, school
and school year clearly written on the back. Only storyboards
of eight or fewer pictures (or frames) would be considered.
- The judges’ decision was final. No correspondence
or discussion would be entered into.
- By entering the competition, you agreed that,
if you won or were a runner-up, your name and photograph
may be used in any press or publicity (including on the
SHP’s website) relating to the SHP Schools Competition 2006
and any similar subsequent competitions. By entering, you
would also agree that, if you won, your name and the film
of your storyboard would be featured on SHP-TV for a minimum
period of three months.
- By entering the competition, you agreed that
if you were short-listed, your name may be published in
any press and publicity relating to the competition, including
on the SHP’s website.
- Competition entries couldn't be returned.
- Prizes were non-transferable and there were
no cash alternative. Pictures used in publicity or on this
website are only examples of the prizes, and may not be
the specific model or make of the prize.
- By entering the competition, you assign to
the Safer Hastings Partnership the complete copyright and
all other rights in any entry, which shall be for the full
period of copyright. The SHP will be free to assign such
rights to third parties.
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