Entries Open for the

YES 21st Century Learning Awards

Do your students deserve local and global recognition?

Do you have 21st Century learning outcomes to share with other schools?

Can we showcase your achievements at the 2016 Youth Eco Summit?

Enter your project in the 2016 YES 21st Century Learning Awards.()

The YES 21st Century Learning Awardsrecognise critical and creative thinking, inquiry, collaboration and problem solving around issues of sustainability. Winners will be recognised at an awards day in August and be invited to share and display their achievements at the 2016 Youth Eco Summit, October 19 & 20.

Take Action for Sustainability!

The 2016 Youth Eco Summit theme is Healthy People, Healthy Planet. Projects entered for the Awards should identify how healthy perspectives ignite action for sustainability.Healthy People, Healthy Planetbrings together personal, emotional, environmental and social wellbeing through positive peer relationships, active and positive lifestyle choices.

Eligibility:

  • Student groups from Primary and Secondary schools may enter.
  • More than one project may be submitted from each school.
  • A school representative must authorize submission of the project.
  • Projects may be in a planning, evaluation, implementation, or post-implementation stage.
  • Entries close at 5pm on Monday, 25 July 2016.

Awards:

  • The three, most outstanding in the Primary and Secondary categories will be recognised at the Awards Ceremony on Friday, 12 August 2016.
  • NRMA Motoring and Services will share entries on their website for the People’s Choice Award.
  • Winners will be invited to present their projects at the Youth Eco Summit in October 2016.

Complete your entry here.

For more information, email the Youth Eco Summit Organising Committee on

The Youth Eco Summit (YES) is a curriculum-based sustainability festival for school students and teachers.Recognised by the United Nations and the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage, YES engages students in learning through discovery, critical thinking and taking action locally and globally.

Evaluation Criteria Primary

Criteria/Points / 0-3 / 4-7 / 8-10 / Total
LIKE: Strong connection between topic selection, student interests, and learning. / Students identify the topic and desired project outcomes as part of the project planning process. / Students further investigate the topic by posing questions and considering alternatives. / Student investigations includeconsideration of the project’s relevance to local, personal and wider community interests and needs.
SHARE: Collaboration and effective communication helps to overcome issues and inform others. / Limited opportunities for project team communication and minimal reflection on collaboration. / Demonstration of sound collaboration and communication amongst the project group, teacher and other stakeholders. / Effective collaboration and students demonstrate leadership skills by teaching and listening to others.
ACT: How the project and student involvement inspires or realises action and change. / Project continues an existing activity with few changes.
Limited consideration of how the project has helped to inspire change in team thinking or action. / Develops a new or improvement of an existing project by considering alternatives.
Provides a sound example of how the project inspires change in team thinking or action. / Project is a new activity that identifies and effectively applies change to current practices within the school and/or local community.
Link to Healthy People, Healthy Planet Theme: How does the project support wellbeing and social or environmental sustainability? / Team identifies at least one link between the project aims, wellbeing and sustainability.
Provides ideas on how to continue the project in the future. / Identifies two links between the project, wellbeing and environmental sustainability.
Project and student learning is ongoing. / Identifies three or more links between the project, wellbeing and environmental sustainability.
Project to continue with improvements gathered through team reflection.
Integration of ICT
Student learning and visual summary reflect student use of information and communication technology. / Information and communication technology (ICT) not specified or nor used for learning and engagement. / Sound use of ICTs used by students throughout the project to facilitate learning, investigation and collaboration.
Visual summary created and submitted using ICT. / Innovative use of ICTs used throughout the project.
Visual summary created and submitted using ICT.
Total Points ______/ 50

Evaluation Criteria Secondary / VET

Criteria/Points / 0-3 / 4-7 / 8-10 / Total
LIKE: Strong connection between topic selection, student interests, and learning. / Students identify the topic and desired project outcomes as part of the project planning process. / Students further investigate the topic by posing questions and considering alternatives. / Student investigations include consideration of the project’s relevance to local, personal and wider community interests and needs.
SHARE: Collaboration and effective communication helps to overcome issues and inform others. / Limited opportunities for project team communication and minimal reflection of collaboration. / Demonstration of sound collaboration and communication amongst the project group, teacher and other stakeholders. / Effective collaboration and students demonstrate leadership skills by teaching and listening to others.
ACT: How the project and student involvement inspires or realises action and change. / Project continues an existing activity with few changes.
Limited consideration of how the project has helped to inspire change in team thinking or action. / Develops a new or improvement of an existing project by considering alternatives.
Provides a sound example of how the project inspires change in team thinking or action. / Project is a new activity that identifies and effectively applies change to current practices within the school and/or local community.
Link to Healthy People, Healthy Planet Theme: How does the project support wellbeing and social or environmental sustainability? / Team identifies at least one link between the project aims, wellbeing and sustainability.
Provides ideas on how to continue the project in the future. / Identifies two links between the project, wellbeing and environmental sustainability.
Project and student learning is ongoing. / Identifies three or more links between the project, wellbeing and environmental sustainability.
Project to continue with improvements gathered through team reflection.
Integration of ICT
Student learning and visual summary reflect student use of information and communication technology. / Information and communication technology (ICT) not specified nor used for learning and engagement. / Sound use of ICTs used by students throughout the project to facilitate learning, investigation and collaboration.
Visual summary created and submitted using ICT. / Innovative use of ICTs used throughout the project.
Visual summary created and submitted using ICT.
Total Points ______/ 50

NSW Syllabus Outcomes assessed: Science: SC4-2VA, SC5-2VA. Geography: GE4-1, GE5-1. PD/H/PE: 4.6. English: EN4-5C, EN5-5C. Agricultural Technology 5.5.2 Collects and analyses agricultural data and communicates results using a range of technologies. 5.2.1 Explains the interactions within and between the agricultural sector and Australia’s economy, culture and society. 2/6/16