Rules and Roles

Schools:

• must send one English teacher to attend the competition briefing session on 3 October 2019.
• must send the EDB NET and one LET to attend the professional development workshop on puppetry in November 2019 and the cluster meeting in January 2020.
• must send two teachers to escort students to the competition in late March – April (TBC).

Teachers will need to:

• attend the competition briefing;
• participate fully in all puppetry activities at the professional development workshop;
• use what they have learnt to prepare their students for the competition; and
• ensure that students are escorted to, and supervised at, the competition.

Students will need to:

• participate fully in any training sessions organised by their teachers in preparation for the competition; and
• participate in the competition by staging and performing a 5 – 7-minute puppet show at the competition in late March –April 2020 (pending venue confirmation). Each team will perform only once.

• The ‘Story to Stage’ entry form must be submitted from 2-6 September 2019. Late entries may NOT be considered.
• If the competition is over-subscribed, priority will be given to new schools and schools which applied last year (2018/19) but were not selected for the competition and, thereafter, by lucky draw.
• The story title and the team members’ names will be collected in February, after the cluster meeting.
• Certificates of Achievement will be distributed to the schools at the end of the competition.

• Each school can enter one team only.
• A team consists of 5 puppeteers (performers). The team must be made up of students from Primary 4-6 (KS2).  All students involved should play a part in the performance.