WIZE – supporting digital wellbeing in the Forth Valley and West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative – is the successor to the Central E-Safety Partnership, continuing to help celebrate great uses of the Internet and mobile technology, and promote the safe use of the Internet and digital technology to reduce online and e-crime and risk of harm to children, young people, adults, and vulnerable groups in the Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, Stirling and West Lothian Council areas.
This page is an ARCHIVE of legacy resources/activities shared/promoted by the Central E-Safety Partnership for reference and to acknowledge the work undertaken by those taking part in the Central E-Safety Partnership
2015 Online Safety Songwriting Competition
Write a song or rap to help deliver a strong e-safety message and promote positive uses of technology
Help celebrate great uses of the Internet and mobile technology, and promote tips for keeping safe online and in using mobile devices.
You can find e-safety advice and guides here which might help choose the messages you wish to include in your song or rap:
http://www.saferinternet.org.uk/
Who can enter
Children and young people who live in the Forth Valley area or who attend schools within the Forth Valley E-safety partnership area (Clackmannan Council, Falkirk Council and Stirling Council areas) in the following categories:
Entry categories
Age 8-11
Age 12-15
Age 16-18
Entries can be from individuals or groups of children and young people – in the event of the group being of different ages the entry must be in the category for the eldest member of the group.
How to enter
What’s most important is the message and not the medium. Entries can be in whatever form is easiest for you. Entries can be in written form such as sheet music style (to include words and melody, text and music notation), or an audio recording, or a video recording (though images must not include faces).
Send your entry (or a link to your entry if stored online elsewhere) via email. This may be a link to the audio or video hosted elsewhere such as SoundCloud or YouTube. Make sure you include details of the names of who created the song or rap, the age category, and where you’re from (school name or area in the Forth Valley area).
What you’ll win
Winning songs will be recorded by Rock the Talk. Winners will also get to meet local “The Voice” television show singer Stevie McCrorie. And there will be other exciting prizes.
Deadline for entries
Launch is Safer Internet Day 2015 on February 10 with deadline for entries being received being 31 March 2015
How your song will be judged
After the deadline the judging panel will select a winner in each category and all entrants will be advised of the outcome of the judging process.
How your song will be shared after the deadline
All songs which meet the criteria of promoting positive uses of the Internet and delivering an e-safety message will be shared in a public online space and will include the names of the writers and their school/area
Terms and conditions
- All entries must be received no later than the closing date of 31 March 2015.
- All entrants must be living in the Forth Valley area or from schools within the Forth Valley e-safety Partnership area (Clackmannan Council, Falkirk Council, and Stirling Council areas).
- Material submitted must be the original work of the children or young people entering the competition, should not have been previously entered in any competition and should not infringe any copyrights or any other rights of third parties.
- Songs may be written by groups of children or young people working collaboratively and must be entered in the category of the eldest child/young person in the group.
- Entries must include the names of all those who wrote the song, the category in which they are entering, the name of their school (or location area), and the full text of the song lyrics.
- Winning entries will be posted online following the outcome of the judging process. All songs which meet the criteria of promoting positive uses of the Internet and delivering an e-safety message will be shared in a public online space and will include the names of the writers and their school/area
- Entrants should keep a copy of their songs as entered material will not be returned.
- By entering the competition entrants accept the terms and conditions and agree that entries may be used by the Forth Valley e-safety Partnership for promotional purposes at no cost, which will include placing them online and promoting via various avenues. The rights and ownership of the songs will remain with the writers.
This competition is promoted by the Central E-Safety Partnership which covers the Forth Valley area of central Scotland.
See the poster below:
Winners of 2015 Central E-Safety Partnership Songwriting Competition
Congratulations to the Winners of the 2015 Central E-Safety Partnership Songwriting Competition!
There were 54 entries, involving 250 children and young people, from 12 establishments from all parts of the Central E-Safety Partnership area covering Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling council areas. In the 8-11-year-old category there were 29 entries involving 168 children; and in the 12-15-year-old category there were 25 entries involving 82 young people.
Entrants were asked to write a song or rap to help deliver a strong e-safety message and promote positive uses of technology in order to help celebrate great uses of the Internet and mobile technology, and promote tips for keeping safe online and in using mobile devices.
Entries came in several forms – whatever was easiest for the entrants to ensure there were no barriers to creativity of participants – including videos shared via online video streaming sites, some sent by email in mobile device video format, some as plain text, some as mp3 audio files and some using music notation software.
The judging panel thoroughly enjoyed the process of selecting the winning entries. All entries displayed creativity and a clear understanding of the messages being conveyed.
Winner in 12-15 age category
Braes High School, Falkirk – Lucy Ferguson, Alana MacKay, Lauren Miller, Jenna Riach with song entitled “Alone”
Teacher: Anne Patterson, Principal Teacher Information Technology
Runner-up in 12-15 age category
Denny High School, Falkirk – Jack Kellett, Jonathan Craig, Ryan Innes, Joshua MacDonald, Conall Grant, Gordon Macaloney, Eldon Tayag, Ross Forshaw
Teacher: Stacey Maitland
Joint Winners in 8-11 age category
East Plean Primary School, Stirling – Amber Currie and Laura Livingston with song entitled “Online Safety Song”
Teacher: Mark Hill
AND
St Serf’s Primary School, Clackmannanshire – whole class P5 with song entitled “Stay Safe Online”
Teacher: Miss Alison Bain
Runner-Up – 8-11 age category
Killearn Primary School – Let You Know – Rosie Whyte, Ciara Finn and Emma Wilkes
Teacher: Ali McLean
Congratulations to all winners!
All who entered are thanked for giving of their talents and time – the judges were impressed by the quality of entries. All qualifying entries will be shared on this online space over time.
Fiona McLeod MSP, in her role as acting Minister for Children & Young People for The Scottish Government, presented the prizes to the winning pupils at a ceremony on 19 June 2015.
Thanks are accorded to the following for kindly providing prizes for winners:
RM Education Ltd www.rm.com
Haydock Music www.haydockmusic.co.uk
Stirling Council www.stirling.gov.uk
Misco UK Limited www.misco.co.uk
Choices for Life (Police Scotland and Young Scot) http://young.scot/choices-for-life/
Cineworld Falkirk http://www2.cineworld.co.uk/cinemas/Falkirk
Vue Stirling http://www.myvue.com/cinemas/about-vue-cinemas/cinema/stirling
Rock the Talk Youth Music Project supported by Falkirk Council’s Community Learning & Development Service https://www.facebook.com/rockthetalkmusic
