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Calling all 3A-ers!!!
I would like YOU to take part in this competition. NO, it is NOT compulsory, but Carrie won a certificate of commendation last year!!! WOOTS! So, why not try out your writing prowess.

You don't have to have any special talent. JUST a keen interest in writing and I will help you send your entries in!

Just remember to type it out! :)

Commonwealth Essay Competition

 

Run by the RCS for over 100 years, this is the world’s oldest and largest schools’ writing competition. Choose from a list of ten topics which all aim to fire your imagination on the theme Science, Technology and Society. Write us an essay or go creative and compose a story, a poem, a film script, a play… the possibilities are endless! We ask only that your entry must be your own original work.

These will recognise special ability and flair in any of the following:

- Creative writing
- Story telling
- Humour
- Journalistic excellence
- Academic scholarship
- Use of language
- Personal account of oneself and one's community
- Working with a disability

For the Essay Competition please choose ONE of the following topics and write within the word count!

 

Class A - 16-18 years (Born 2 May 1991 – 1st May 1994). Word count 1400-1750

Class B - 14-15 years (Born 2 May 1994 – 1st May 1996). Word count 1200-1500

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! 

 

Commonwealth Photographic Awards

 

One powerful image can often say more than many pages of writing. If you want to make your response to the Science, Technology and Society theme an image, then start snapping! Whether you use a digital, analogue, or disposable camera – or even a mobile phone – we want to see your pictures.

 

 So, what are you waiting for? Start planning your story now! :)

Love
Miss Tan