1. Category Awards Entry Template
The purpose of this template is to provides the criteria from which all category Award entries are judged and assessed.
You may use any template of your choice however 20 slides is the maximum length of presentation to be accepted by the VSGA including all relevant photos.
The balance between text and photos is at your discretion as is the design.
The total file size of your presentation needs to be less than 20MB. Re-sizing your photos will keep the size down.
Criteria 1-4 are on your school as a whole. Criteria 5-7 are on your specific Award category.

2. Identify the Category of the award you are entering
Include your School name and suburb

3. 1/ School Introduction On your whole school
Tells us about your school.
This may include:
School type
Location
Number of students
Visions and missions
Attributes and achievements
Worth 5 points

4. 2/ General Appearance and Ground Facilities
On your whole school
2/ General Appearance and Ground Facilities
Provide a general overview of what your school looks like. You may provide photos of your main features and/or perhaps list others.
This may include:
Main school building/s
Play grounds/equipment
Sporting grounds/halls, fitness tracks
Amphitheatre
Gardens and plantings
Worth 10 points

5. 3/ Special school yard/garden features
On your whole school
3/ Special school yard/garden features
What special features does your school yard/garden have?
This may include:
Other gardens not in this category
Outdoor classroom/kitchen
Hot house, shade house
Compost bays, worm farms, aquaponics
Water tanks, water saving devices
Animal husbandry, wildlife corners
Environmentally friendly features e.g. insect friendly
Indoor plants
Students art displays
Worth 15 points

6. 4/ New Garden/Grounds Developments
On your whole school
4/ New Garden/Grounds Developments
What new or future plans does your school have for your grounds?
This may include:
Yard/garden projects
New plantings
Garden purchases
Designs that you have worked on with your students
Worth 10 points

7. 5/ Use of Garden On your specific category
In what ways does your school, teachers and/or community use the garden?        
          
This may include:
Educational resource to enrich curriculum
Outdoor classroom
Area for play/recreation
Space to encourage development of health and wellbeing
External or special interest groups using garden
Worth 25 points

8. 6/ Student Involvement On your specific category Worth 20 points
How have your students been involved in the development of the garden?  
This may include:
Planning/design
Development/building
Maintenance/up keep
Kids teaching others about the importance of gardens
To what extent do your students use the garden?
Provision for part/whole school involvement, specific levels/classes
Garden clubs, recess or lunch groups, special student groups
Worth 20 points

9. 7/ Parental, Volunteer and Community Involvement
On your specific category
7/ Parental, Volunteer and Community Involvement
How are parents, volunteers and your local community involved in the garden?
This may include:
Working bees
Classroom/garden helpers
Involvements from members from different community groups
Donations from local business/councils/environmental organisations
Sharing arrangements with local communities
Worth 10 points

10. Bonus points will be awarded to school gardens which:
Are sustainable – designed to protect, restore and enhance the ability of the landscape for self-sufficiency
Demonstrate use of recyclable materials in a practical and/or decorative manner
Worth 5 points
Worth 5 points

11. Review
Please remember to check over your entry to see that your have addressed the criteria in a way that best showcases your school. Best of Luck!