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Jersey students have enjoyed record success in largest youth writing contest in the world, winning a total of 86 awards for their climate change-inspired entries.
Together, Jersey schools submitted 274 entries to the 2020 Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition, with island students winning 13 gold, 18 silver and 55 bronze awards.
The previous best performance by Jersey students was in 2014 when students from the island won 61 awards and a Jersey entrant gained the overall Junior Prize for the entire competition.
In the junior category (14 and under), entry topics ranged from, “Imagine you are Planet Earth, what would you say to humans?” to, “It is not too late to save our oceans. True or false?”
Senior entrants (14 to 18-year-olds) were invited to imagine a speech as President of one of the Commonwealth’s 31 Small States or argue that “The destruction of the oceans is everyone’s concern”, among other themes.
Pictured: The 2020 contest's theme was climate change.
Answers did not have to be in the form of an essay – poems, letters, folk tales, and scripts were also welcome.
Two students were deemed ‘Gold Finalists’: St. Michael’s Hannah Goddard (top, left) is on the left and Les Quennevais’ Amanda Creavy (right).
Their entries were read by the international expert panel of authors, journalists and poets who took the final judging decisions as to who were the winners and runner-ups of the senior and junior sections of the whole competition.
They were named joint winners of Jersey Award cup, which was presented by the Bailiff in a scaled-back ceremony last week.
Amanda wasn’t the only successful student at her school – in fact, Les Quennevais gained 47 awards in total: five gold, 10 silver and 32 bronze.
Pictured: The trophy winners with Chris Marshall of Langham Hall Fund Management, who sponsor the local awards.
St. Michael’s Preparatory School also enjoyed major success with a total of 23 awards (seven gold, four silver and 12 bronze).
Pupils who were at JCG Prep in summer 2020 gained five awards (two silver and three bronze), students in Year 7 upwards at JCG took home eight awards (one gold, one silver and six bronze), while La Moye pupils secured three awards (one silver and two bronze).
Amanda Creavy and Hannah Goddard (junior gold finalists and joint winners of Jersey Award cup)
Skye Alldis, Alice Brasher, Dante Chain-Lopez, Tiago Costa, Oliver Cranmer, Georgina Drummond, Dylan Green, Alexander Hendy, Freddie Holt, Scarlett O’Shea and Isabelle Wilmott.
Hayden Abel, William Allen, Solene Bishop, Benjamin Burnett, Robyn Dangerfield, Alice Edge, Shaymus Fitzpatrick, Jenson Fryer, Reuben Fryer, Cari Green, Megan Hawthornthwaite, Holly McWhinnie, Lucie Morris, Chaley Nozedar, Matilda Robottom, Sophia Sebastianelli, Tiffany Smith and Jagoda Zelazko.
Freya Allaway, James Barclay, Talia Bavington, Lucia Berner, Alek Blampied, Frances Boleat, Adrian Bors, Alissa Brunwin, Bo Buckley, Anne-Marie Cann, Theo de Poerck, Rosie Dillon, Tallulah Emery, Oscar England, Sylvia Fernandes, Ruby Filleul, Scarlett Flambard, Thalia Fletcher, Victoria French, Josephine Grace, Logan Hendry, Macey Higginson, Jaide Kevany, Amy Larkins, Zara Lawrence, Lottie Leatt, Hannah Le Monnier, Rhiann Liddiard, Finn Lightbody, Summer Liot, Hanna Logan, Poppy Mallett, Riley McAllister-Quinn, Dylan McGee, Amber McGurty, Charlotte Moore, Declan Moore, Ella Nightingale, Zala Pallot, Jack Park, Nathanel Pirouet, Taormina Plummer, Jonah Price, Mia Procter, William Rigby, Bea Ruark, Alexander Sadler, Rufus Snyman, Cydney Thebault, Cerys Thomas, Grace Thompson, Bramble Train-Perchard, Alice Williams, Sophia Williamson and Ada Wilmett.
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