Rules and Roles

Schools:

• must send the EDB NET and one LET to attend the professional development workshop on puppetry in October 2020 and the cluster meeting in January 2021.
• must send two teachers to escort students to the competition in late March – April (TBC).

Teachers will need to:

• 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 to7 minute puppet show at the competition in late March – April 2021 (pending venue confirmation). Each team will perform only once.

• The ‘Story to Stage’ entry form must be submitted between 25 August and 11 September 2020. Late applications will NOT be accepted.
• If the competition is over-subscribed, priority will be given to schools which were accepted in the 2019/2020 school year as the competition was cancelled owing to the COVID-19 outbreak. The rest of the applicants will be selected through a 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.