Schools are invited to organise excursions to visit The Great Siege Diorama at The Great Siege Events Museum in Republic Square, Valletta and to participate in the story writing and drawing competition on the theme ‘Walk through The Great Siege of Malta’.  The competition is open to students over 8 years of age. 

Entrance fee for participants   

Primary school students (from 8 years of age) pay €2.25 each. Secondary school students pay €2.50 each.   

Competition

All students who visit The Great Siege Events Museum may participate in the story writing and drawing competition. Prizes are being sponsored by The Great Siege Events Museum and Sagħtar magazine. Students are to be encouraged to show innovation, creativity and imagination in their submissions. Their entry should illustrate this to the full. Work that is found to be copied verbatim will be automatically disqualified. 

Theme

Walk through The Great Siege of Malta and express yourself, with a drawing or a short story, about what struck you most. Creativity and originality are important.  

The Competition is divided into two categories:

Primary Schools

Pupils from Year 4 to Year 6 can participate.

Create a story by combining drawings, collage or computer-generated images together with a short text in either English or Maltese. The format to be used will be provided by The Great Siege personnel.  

Participation is only possible following a school visit to The Great Siege Events Museum.

Secondary Schools

Students from Form 1 to Form 5 can participate.

Create a story by combining drawings, collage or computer- generated images together with a short text in either English or Maltese. The format to be used will be provided by The Great Siege personnel. 

Participation is only possible following a school visit to The Great Siege Events Museum.

Prizes for each of the two categories

First prize        

€20 book voucher and one year subscription to Sagħtar.

(For both the winning student and the school)

Second prize    

€10 book voucher and one year subscription to Sagħtar.

(For both the winning student and the school)

Third prize       

One year subscription to Sagħtar.

(For both the winning student and the school)

At least three entries in each category must be received so that a winner can be declared. The decision of the jury is final. The date and venue of the prize giving ceremony will be announced later.

The winning entries will be: 

Ø    put online on the website of The Great Siege Events Museum on www.greatsiege.com.mt;

Ø  exhibited at the premises of The Great Siege Events Museum.

Deadline for competition

The competition will run between October 2010 and April 2011. Students’ works are to reach:

Ms Joanna Busuttil

Projects & Initiatives Section

Room 259

Directorate for Educational Services

Great Siege Road

Floriana VLT 2000 

by not later than Friday 29 April 2011.

All submissions should have the name of the student, school stamp, VIP Kids Card No. written on a separate sheet enclosed in a sealed envelope and attached to the entry.

Bookings for the excursions

Bookings and additional information can be made via email at: admin@greatsiege.com.mt. In case of difficulties kindly contact Mr Dane Munro on telephone number 22489312.

VIP Kids Card

Students who visit the show will be issued a Great Siege/Café Premier VIP Kids Card. With this card students may visit The Great Siege Events Museum for free when accompanied by two paying adults.  This card also entitles students to a selection from the children’s menu for free when they are accompanied by two paying adults for lunch or dinner at Café Premier.     

The Great Siege Events Museum will also be promoting this competition on its website.

Our sponsors are: Vivian Corporation. Each participating student will receive a complmentary Yoga drink and a sugarfree Misura Plumcake.

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