Do you know a young person or youth group whose contribution to the local community deserves to be recognised? Nominate them for Midlothian’s Young People Awards 2021.
The awards are a unique chance to recognise and celebrate the achievements of our young people (age 8 -26), despite the many recent challenges.
The deadline for nominations is Friday 15 October.
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Rosewell Primary School House Captains would like to thank everyone who voted for them in the recent Poppyscotland competition. We are delighted to say that Yasmin, Ailsa, Eva and Aimee won the Most Innovative Fundraising Idea by creating a campaign to sell poppy seed packets to residents in the local area. They were interviewed by the judging panel and said “our idea to sell and have locals plant poppy seeds in their gardens was a way of remembering the men and women who fought and died for us”.
The House Captains were presented with their award and prizes at a virtual prize giving event last Friday . As their entry also received the highest number of votes, they won two fantastic prizes: a £500 Amazon gift card and a day of work experience with Poppyscotland. On top of this the whole class received Poppyscotland goodie bags and a framed winners’ certificate.
The House Captains will also be representing the whole school on Friday 18 June as they lay a wreath of poppies, along with many others across the country, to mark a 100 years of the Poppy campaign.
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Black Diamond, in partnership with the Midlothian Digital Learning Team, is running a competition to encourage potential young broadcasters to become involved in radio broadcasting and specifically, to encourage youngsters to engage with community radio.
The competition is open to all stages in Midlothian secondary schools and a maximum of three teams per school are permitted.
The podcast must be 19 minutes long. This will allow us to broadcast 3 entries per hour and also include our news and adverts. Music tracks should not be used. This does not include any live performances recorded by the podcasters either in school or in its catchment area. Students can involve youngsters from local Primary Schools if they wish.
Podcasts can include a wide variety of content but normal acceptable broadcasting standards must be adhered to!
The podcasts will be broadcast during the Easter/Summer holidays at a time to be confirmed later and the winners will be decided by listeners’ online voting.
The winning team will receive a gift voucher to the value of £50 and a trophy to be competed for on an annual basisMidlothian Digital Learning Team.
Support is available. A member of the Midlothian Digital Learning Team can provide a maximum of a day in school and bring along an easy-to-use professional recording unit. Students will be given a demonstration of the unit then be encouraged to use it independently. The content of the podcast would have to be ready to record before that day. Pre-recorded interviews and music can also be added then.
For further details and to apply to take part please email…
Alan.thomson@blackdiamondfm.com
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