Your World Competition

The theme for this year is ‘Waters of the world’.

Students will be making a 3-minute video of a social action project that focuses on a specified issue related to an identified water source such as sea, river, lake and its impact on a local community. Students could focus on an environmental issue or access to clean water. Students could also look at eco-friendly solutions to water pollution or ways of conserving water.

Interpretation of the theme ‘Waters of the world’

Water is an essential part of life on earth. We all depend on clean drinking water to keep hydrated, deliver minerals and nutrients to our bodies and to carry out daily tasks such washing dishes and cleaning. We are also dependent on water as a source of food through fishing and irrigation to grow crops while many of us are dependent on it for travel, the transportation of essential goods and raw materials. There is a good chance that some of the clothes you are wearing now arrived in your country by water transport!

As we all know, our oceans, rivers and lakes are under threat from pollution such as plastics and chemicals that end up in water systems posing a threat to life within it and the communities that depend on it. With climate change, floods and droughts are becoming more commonplace across many countries across the world so we need to get more efficient at managing water.

Students from PSGN schools aged between 14 and 17. 

Each school can submit one entry in the age category above. Students must work in groups – as this is a collaborative effort – in teams of between three to five students. Students can also seek the advice and support of teachers in their school in producing this 3-minute video.

Benefits of participating in this global competition

The theme of Waters of the world can be related to many of the subjects such as science, Food and Nutrition and global studies. By participating in this competition, students can draw upon their knowledge of these subjects to produce a truly exceptional video that highlights their skills and learning while making it. 

Meanwhile, students will be developing these six core skills which will enable them to grow into well-rounded, creative and critical citizens. 

• Critical thinking and problem solving
• Collaboration and communication
• Creativity and imagination
• Citizenship
• Digital literacy
• Student leadership

Students have to submit videos focused on their world as they experience it. There is room for a great deal of creativity.

We are looking for videos of imagination and originality that will appeal to other students from a very different country.

The video should have been made specifically for this competition. Production quality is not included in our judging criteria. 

Criteria of selection will be based on:

• Content: the originality of the idea
• Structure: the way the idea is organised, laid out and presented
• Visual design: the look and feel of the video
• Overall experience: message comprehension, impact on audience
• Cultural sensitivity: presentation takes into account sensitivities of other cultures, countries and regions and must not contain content that others might interpret as offensive.
• The video should focus on the impact on community and avoid political issues
• The final part of the video should be upbeat and positive in terms of identifying how the proposed solution will create a better future

Global winner                          Sri Lanka            Al Iman Schools 

EU                                           Cyprus                The Grammar School

South America                         Colombia            ASPAEN Colegio El Rosario

Middle East & North Africa      Jordan                 Islamic Educational College

Sub-Saharan Africa                 Malawi                Mzuzu International Academy

East Asia                                 Myanmar            NIEC International School

China Winner                          DUFE International Education Centre

Participating schools in China (this list is in no particular order): 

Hohhot No.2 High School

Hefei Run’an Boarding School

Cardiff and Vale College Changzhou 

Cardiff and Vale College Shanghai