Leonardo 4 Children 2020

“Fables on Climate Action”

European competition for 6-12 years old children

1°  Polar Bears Suffering Climate Change by Aayush Ganguly (Crombeen Institute- Belgium)

2° Flying with Leonardo da Vinci’s Projects by Lucia Esposto (Istituto Comprensivo Chiaravalle – Italy) (ex aequo)

(Original Title in Italian : Volando con i progetti di Leonardo da Vinci)

2° The Rainmaker by the preschoolers of the Bambino International Kindergarten of Prague (ex aequo)

3° The Power of Bees by Enea Esposto ( Istituto Comprensivo Chiaravalle – Italy)

( Original Title in Italian : La forza delle api )

4° Bee and Blossom by CHALAKOV Gabriel, CHENKOVA Izabela, DIMITROV Bozhidar, ENTCHEV Phillip, IVANOVA Siyana Borilova, PENEV Lyubomir, RALCHEVA Ivayla Georgieva and SOTIROVA Karolina ( European School of Brussels IV)

5° An Act of Kindness by Constantinou Themis, Gregoriou Chrysanthos, Ioannou Constantina, Karatzias Petros, Kathem Ilias, Michael Aristos, Papadopoulos Stavros and Polycarpou Mariam ( Anayia Primary School – Cyprus)

6° War against Waste by Isabel Ulusoy (European School, Karlsruhe)

7° The Whale by Mikihiko Asakura (European School, Karlsruhe)

8° Seeds Made of Diamonds by Sapalides Constantinos, Savva Nicholas, Socratous Michalis, Stavrou Vasiliki, Talchouk Anna and Christou Christiana (Anayia Primary School – Cyprus)

9° The Sea and the River Crabs by Maria Toteva, Georgi Dokovski, Damian Evgeniev and Rayna Preslavska (European School of Brussels IV)

10° Stork and Squirrel by Maxim BEKCHIEV, Simeon GEORGIEV, Mariyana IVANOVA, Victoria PENCHEVA, Dimitar PODVARZACHOV and Boris ZHIVKOV (European School of Brussels IV)

 READ THE FABLES TRANSLATED IN FRENCH AND ITALIAN

WE SINCERELY THANK THE CHILDREN WHO PARTICIPATED WITH GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN THE COMPETITION “FABLES ON CLIMATE ACTION” DESPITE THESE CHALLENGING TIMES!

​The competition allowed children aged 6-12 across the European Union to use and further develop their creativity and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) skills, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s example, to address a global problem such as climate change.

Object:

The “work” submitted for the competition is an original creation by one or more participating children:

“FABLES ON CLIMATE ACTION”: the competition allows children aged 6-12 to use their creativity and their artistic and scientific skills to create their own original Fable to interpret the topic of climate action and environmental sustainability, addressing the problem and possibly proposing a solution.

Timetable:

• Open from 30 November 2019 until 30 June 2020
• Announcement of winners: 15 July 2020
• Award ceremony in Turin: 25 September 2020

Scoring criteria:

• Creativity and originality
• Quality of illustration and visual impact
• Ability to address the issue of climate change and environmental sustainability
• Number of frames
• Work is part of a class / team activity

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The Members of “Leonardo 4 Children” Juries are professionals and experts in children’s education, art, music, science, innovation, philanthropy, with international and multicultural experience.

The Jury for the competition included the following members: Margherita Mesirca, Denise Monas, Rossella Rusca, Maria Teresa Trisciuzzi, who with great enthusiasm and competence have carefully assessed the participating works and scored them on the basis of the following criteria: (i) ability to address the issue of climate change; (ii) creativity and originality; (iii) quality of illustration and visual impact; (iv) work as part of class/team activity; (v) number of frames.

The works with the best scoring for each of the 10 Fables received an award, consisting in:

• publication on “Leonardo 4 Children” multimedia product and as part of the “Leonardo 4 Children” toolkit for raising funds and as donation to children in need;

• presentation at public events, institutions or public places, during concerts and events;

• “Leonardo 4 Children” award certificate;

• publication on website, social media and promotional material.

Partners and sponsors offered special awards, which would consist in special experiences related to art and science, such as for example:
visit accompanied by experts to art or science site;

• meeting with a famous personality or an expert in art or science;
• workshops on art or science.