The GSA have teamed up with Adobe and TA Education run a free creative competition for students aged 8-12.
1st November 2022 to the 5th May 2023 (Extended date!).
The competition will follow the theme of ‘Female Pioneers in Science’ and students will use resources provided by TA Education to produce a creative output of their choice using Adobe Express.
The GSA competition for 2022-3 will close on 5 May. We are now able to accept your entries (the best 2 per category per school). Use this link https://ta.education/adobe-competition-entry/ to add each individual child's work. Judging will take place between 5th May and 16th June, with the winners announced on 19 June. If there are any issues, please contact us on info@tablet.academy with the subject heading as GSA competition.
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- The creative output must be produced in an Adobe Express product which includes Adobe Express, Adobe Premiere Rush and Adobe Photoshop Express. For more details, click here.
- To request free access to Adobe Express for all staff and students, please complete this online form.
- The competition is based on a resource produced by TA Education: Female Pioneers in Science. The creative output will be based on something that the students choose to do based on what they have learned from the resource provided or someone else they select as a pioneer to celebrate.
- To enter the competition, the school needs to register its interest by completing the online registration detailed above. Once the school has registered then, further information will be provided by TA Education. (see registration info above and register here.)
- Registration will close on 24th March 2023. Please ensure you complete it before this date.
- There are three separate year group categories for schools to enter students for the competition.
Years 4 / Years 5 & 6 / Year 7 & 8 - Any student in each school is welcome to take part in the competition. But the school will need to select the best two entries for each year group category and submit them by 5th May 2023 (new extended date).
- The competition will be judged by Adobe, the GSA and TA Education personnel.
- Winning prizes are as follows:
- Engraved glass trophy, a drone with an Adobe hoodie for the winning student in each category.
- Engraved glass trophy for the winning schools.
- Presentation by a TA Education representative to give out prizes at each of the three winning schools.
- The GSA competition for 2022-3 will close on 5 May. We are now able to accept your entries (the best 2 per category per school). Use this link https://ta.education/adobe-competition-entry/ to add each individual child's work. Judging will take place between 5th May and 16th June, with the winners announced on 19 June. If there are any issues, please contact us on info@tablet.academy with the subject heading as GSA competition.
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All the following support is included free of charge for GSA Schools. Contact us to request any further support.
- Free remote technical support to set up and connect Adobe Express to the school's Office 365 or Google Workspace tenancy.
- Teacher training is available for those schools wishing to upskill their staff before introducing the competition.
- Schools can choose to book a Creativity Workshop Day delivered by an experienced educator from TA Education. They will run as a single lesson for each class participating in the competition.
- TA Education will continue to provide remote support to participating schools for the duration of the competition.