New Judging Criteria
This year we have simplified and steam lined our Award entries for entrants. The design element of previous presentations has been removed by creating a template for entrants to complete.
The following criteria will be used to judge all entries into the Awards (with the exception of Best Use of a Grant Award and the PP5 Recycling Champion Award) and must be addressed in your presentation.
It is recommended that you save your Award entry answers in a Word document as a security measure, then copy and paste them into the application. Click here to download the Word Award Entry Template to use for your draft copy.
Award Entry Criteria
1 – School Introduction (5 Points)
Tell us about your school. May include, school type, location, number of students, school attributes and achievements.
2- Special school yard/garden features (15 points)
What special features does your school yard/garden have? Tick the appropriate boxes and add photos of your main garden features: *(required)
Outdoor classroom | Chicken tractor | Fire pit | Pot plants |
Shade/Hothouse | Compose bins/bays | Water pump | Frog bog |
Chickens | Mud kitchen | Indoor plants | Aquaponics |
Worm farm | Water tanks | Bee hives | Student art displays |
Kitchen | Green wall | Yarning circle | Other/s |
Shed | Bee/insect hotel | Weather station |
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3/ Gardens in your School (15 points)
Tick which gardens you have at your school and add any not listed.
Habitat | Friendship | Busk tucker | ANZAC |
Pollinator | Herb | Orchard | Wetlands |
Edible | Dry river | Swale | Other/s |
Biodiversity | Community | Memorial |
Add photos of your main features (optional – limit of 5 photos)
Provide a brief description of each photo in the order they appear.
4/ New Garden/Ground developments (10 points)
a – What new projects has your school undertaken? May include yard/garden projects, new plantings, garden purchases, etc.Include short description.
Add photos of projects (optional – limit of 3 photos)
Provide a brief description of each photo in the order they appear.
b – What future plans does your school have for your grounds? May include yard/garden projects, new plantings, garden purchases, designs by students, etc. Include short description.
Add any plans, drawings, etc (optional – limit of 3 photos)
Provide a brief description of each photo in the order they appear.
5/ Use of the garden (20 points)
In what ways does your school, teachers and/or community use the garden? Tick appropriate answers and provide brief explanation.
- Resource to enrich curriculum/learning
- Play & recreation at lunch time & recess
- Encourage the development of wellbeing
- Outdoor class (physical location)
- Teaching other community groups
- External groups use –eg. kindergartens
Add a brief description of the above selections in order they appear.
Add photos of your garden/s being utilised by your school/community (optional – limit of 5 photos).
Provide a brief description of each photo in the order they appear.
6/ Student Involvement (20 points)
a – How have your students been involved in the development of the garden? (10 points)*(required). Tick appropriate answers
- Planning & design
- Development/ Building
- Maintenance/upkeep
- Harvesting
- Other
Add a brief description of the above selections in order they appear.
Add photos of garden/s being used by students (optional – limit of 5 photos)
b – To what extent do your students use the garden? (10 points) select below
- Classes for specific levels
- Classes for entire school
- Garden Club (certain days)
- Recess/lunchtime access (every day)
- Special student groups within school (sustainability, environment)
- Wellbeing/time out for students
- Other:
Add a brief description of the above selections in order they appear.
Add photos of garden/s being used by students (optional – limit of 5 photos)
Provide a brief description of each photo in the order they appear.
7/ Parental, Volunteer and Community Involvement (10 points)
How are parents, volunteers and your local community involved in the garden?
- Working bees
- Kitchen classroom/ garden help
- Holiday garden/animal care
- Community group involvement eg. Landcare, local council, Rotary etc. Please list.
- Donations from businesses/ Please list.
- Sharing arrangements with local communities. Please list.
- Other
Add a brief description of the above selections in order they appear.
Add photos of your community involvement (optional – limit of 5 photos)
TOTAL POINTS 95
Additional Criteria for Product Award entries only
The following criteria is additional for the Produce Prize Awards only (Foodcube, Garden Compost, Garden Tools Orchard, RB Landscape Consult and Turf)
8/ Where/how would the prize be used in your school ? (5 points)
May include: How it will change your grounds, how it will affect students/teachers, what difference will it make to grounds/school, etc.
Add photos of product prize use location (optional – limit of 1 photo)
TOTAL POINTS 100
BONUS POINTS
Bonus points will be given to school gardens which:
- Are sustainable – designed to protect, restore and enhance the ability of the landscape for self-sufficiency (5 points)
- Demonstrate creative use of recyclable materials in a practical and/or decorative manner (5 points)
10 BONUS POINTS