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Clean Air Day Drawing Breath competition for primary schools

Poster competition summary:

• Design a poster to show your interpretation of the phrase ‘Drawing Breath’

• what might breath look like if you could see it? or

• illustrate something(s) related to breathing and pollution

• Posters should be A4 and the child’s name or age should not be visible

• All drawing and writing should be clear (avoid excessive shading or detail that’s hard to see)

• Deadline for entries: Friday 28th June 2024

• See page 2 for poster making lesson ideas

How to enter: 

• There are two categories - KS1 and KS2 - each school can enter either one or both categories

• The school should select your top 5 entries per category (i.e. a maximum 10 entries from any school, 5 from KS1 and/or 5 from KS2)

• Each entry should conform to the specifications given below

• Scan each entry and email them as separate files to Gia Pendred at Richmond Council by the end of Friday 28thJune 2024

• Each filename should include the school name, and key stage (KS1/2) and age of the entrant; we recommend including a number for each entry (1-5) to help identify entries – esp. prize-winning ones!

Specifications for entries:

• Use one sheet of A4 paper per entry

• The child’s first name and age should be supplied with your submissions (see below); please ensure that children’s names are NOT visible on any entry

• Entries can use colour and all text and drawings should be clear (judging will be on scanned versions)

Judging and award of prizes:

• Entries will be divided into 2 key stage categories for judging: KS1 and KS2

• Judging will focus on the originality of the entry; how well the brief was met; and the content clarity

• Judging will take place and winners should be notified within two weeks of the entry deadline 

• Prizes will be awarded to the winning student entries in each category (KS1 and KS2) 

If you have questions or need more information, please contact Gia Pendred (Air Quality Officer at Richmond Council).

Important information for entries:

By submitting entries to the competition, you agree to the following:

• any display of the poster entries (hard copy and/or digital copy) can include the artist’s first name and age, and the school that they attend;

• that possible locations for displaying the posters can include but are not limited to:

• the Schools Air Pollution pages on the Council website

• public library noticeboards

• at air quality monitoring sites in the borough

• local NHS facilities

The organiser will endeavour to contact schools prior to displaying posters so that they can advertise this to the artists and the wider school community.

Lesson ideas for teachers to use for the drawing activity:

• Ask pupils do they ever notice that they are breathing? 

• if so, when? - what are some good or bad conditions for breathing?

• where might it be harder to breath? (high altitude; when air pollution is high; when running). 

• who might find it hard to breath (asthma sufferers; people who work or live in poor conditions; those that smoke) 

• Get the class to think of or write down words associated with their own and/or other people’s breathing, perhaps under different scenarios and/or using different senses:

• enjoying clean air; finding it difficult to breath; feeling, hearing, (seeing) or smelling breath 

• do one or more of the words give them ideas for ‘drawing breath’?

• Ask the children if they have asthma (or hay fever), or if they know somebody who does?

• how do they feel about their own asthma/someone they know who has asthma? 

• what triggers an asthma attack? (stress, air pollution, infection, smoke/fumes, pollen, allergies etc)

• As a class, spend a short, quiet period to concentrate on breathing 

• then talk about how does it feel and what do you think about? 

• (if they breathe easily, next think about) what would it be like if it wasn’t easy to breath?

• what might make it easy or difficult to breathe?

Additional resources

If you would like more information about the Clean Air Day campaign, please see the following:

• The National campaign Clean Air Day on 20th June 2024

• Information about air pollution from the Clean Air Hub

• Air pollution levels now and London Air’s 30 second guide to air pollution!

• Richmond Council’s Schools Air Pollution pages

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Parent/Carer Support Group

Friday 12th July 2024

9.30 to 11am

at

Grand Avenue Primary School, Surbiton, KT5 9HU

Coffee, biscuits and general support

If you would like to come along, please register by following this link: 

https://forms.gle/JDULcCRwDjZpLpFJ9 

or contact

Jane Pidduck (e-mail  jpiddu2@grandavenue.kingston.sch.uk)