LOCAL NEWS - October is International School Library Month so the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is celebrating with a School Library Competition, where learners can win R30 000 for their school to spend on library resources.

Reading and writing are crucial skills to achieve success and well-equipped libraries is a huge help in this regard.

The theme for this year’s competition is “Adventures live in my library!”.

Learners are asked to relate an adventure they could find in their library and how winning school library resources would lead to more library adventures.

The competition, run with the support of the department’s Education Library and Information Services, encourages learners to either write a short story, or create a drawing or poster, depending on the grade they are in. Competition posters and entry forms are available here.

Criteria

Learners in Grades 4 to 12 can enter the Short Story category, with prizes awarded to three high schools with the winning entries in English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa, and three primary schools with the winning entries in English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa.

Learners in Grades 1 to 3 can enter the Poster or Drawing competition, with prizes awarded to three primary schools with the winning entries in English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa.

One special school will receive a prize for the ultimate winning entry for either a short story or a poster or drawing.

That’s a total of R300 000 in prizes, to be spent on school library resources!

A minute with all the details on how to apply has been sent to all schools. Entries close on Friday 13 December, so we encourage all learners to speak to their school about how to enter!

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