Wednesday 3rd March
Standard 3. Plus…

Callaloo Poetry entry or Commonwealth Essay competition entry.

Commonwealth Essay Competition.
Theme: Science, Technology and Society.
Topics for Essays are:
1. What technological invention(s) would most improve life in your community?
2. The mad scientist.
3. What positive steps can you or I start to take to tackle climate change?
4. The day the computer started misbehaving.
5. “Science never solves a problem without creating ten more” (George Bernard Shaw)
6. An adventure in space.
7. What is knowledge? Who owns it? How can it best be taught or transmitted?
8. A ‘eureka’ moment.
9. Is your generation wiser than your grandparents’ generation?
10. Welcome to my Utopia!

Rules:
 Typed with category “Class D under 12 years” with name, grade, school, telephone # handed into Miss Wilks by Friday 5th March 2010
 Illustrate your essay with a picture that links to your writing.
Essays to be between 300-600 words.

Callaloo Poetry Competition for World Poetry Day.
Theme: “How can I be a Good Role Model.” (Award ceremony 20th March)
Rules:
 Typed with name, grade, school, telephone # handed into Miss Wilks by Friday 5th March 2010
 Poems to be no longer than 50 lines long.