
Do you fancy seeing your artwork immortalised on the top of the Google homepage?
The competition is open to all students attending a school in the UK between the ages of 4 and 16. Doodles will be judged in the following four age brackets:
10 finalists will be chosen for each age group in each of the 12 UK regions: Eastern England, North West, North East, East Midlands, West Midlands, South West, South East, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Yorkshire & Humberside.
Prizes: Doodle 4 Google certificate
48 regional winners will be chosen across the age groups and regions.
Prizes: Frame copy of their doodle, doodles to be displayed on the Doodle 4 Google website for public vote, Doodle 4 Google goody bag.
An additional 4 prizes will be awarded to the best doodles designed entirely on a computer.
The public will be asked to vote online for their favourite doodle from each age group, to help select the four national winners.
Prizes: Interactive white board for school, laptop for the winner
An additional prize will be awarded to the best computer designed entry.
Dennis Hwang, Google's webmaster, will pick the overall national winner
Prizes: The winning doodle will be hosted on Google's homepage at www.google.co.uk [2] for 24 hours. The winner will also receive a week-long trip with their family to California, USA. (The trip is for 7 nights, for a maximum of four people, including one adult).
A judging panel will evaluate the entries based on the following criteria:
You will have the chance to design your entry in you Art lesson during this half-term, but for those of you who can't wait, below are some guide sheets from Google to get you started.
Our school deadline for entries is Friday, 17th July. Entries can be given to Mr. Thomas, or Mr. Stephens.
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| google_logo_01.gif [3] | 48.23 KB |
| google_logo_02.gif [4] | 9.46 KB |
| google_logo_03.gif [5] | 48.21 KB |
| google_logo_04.gif [6] | 6.82 KB |
| google_logo_05.gif [7] | 4.97 KB |
Links:
[1] http://www.google.co.uk/doodle4google/files/Doodle4Google_Templates.zip
[2] http://www.google.co.uk
[3] http://www.abertilleryschool.net/sites/default/files/google_logo_01.gif
[4] http://www.abertilleryschool.net/sites/default/files/google_logo_02.gif
[5] http://www.abertilleryschool.net/sites/default/files/google_logo_03.gif
[6] http://www.abertilleryschool.net/sites/default/files/google_logo_04.gif
[7] http://www.abertilleryschool.net/sites/default/files/google_logo_05.gif