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Introduction | How to participate | How to submit photos | Curriculum links

The Weather Watch 2008-9 Digital Photograph competition is open to all pupils aged between 5 and 16 who attend a school in the county of Kent. Between now and Friday 7th November 2008 pupils are encouraged to upload add digital images to the National Education Network Weather Watch Gallery.

Copies of the digital images taken by the winners and runners-up in each category will be published on the Weather Watch website after Monday 10th November 2008. An email and letter with details about how to collect prizes will be sent to each pupil later that week.

To participate in the competition

Please read and follow the instructions listed below. Failure to follow these guidelines may result in your pupil’s work being removed from the NEN Gallery web-site.

For further details about the competition contact:

Karl Bentley – Ashford ICT AST Gerard O’Sullivan – Geography AST
Ashford Oaks Primary School Homewood School, Tenderen
E-mail:

How to publish your digital images

1. Click on the link below to visit the National Education Network Gallery Kent Weather Watch Page

http://gallery.nen.gov.uk/gallery2446-.html

2. Select and open any one of KS1 and Early Years, Key Stage 2 or Key Stages 3, 4 and 5 folders

Click on log-in

3. Enter the following username and password

Username: weather watch

Password: weather09 All lower case

3. Click on

The box opposite will appear

4. Click on browse to search and select an image

In the title box enter the name of your school and the title of the digital photograph (i.e. Invicta School, Sunset in Dover)

Now tick the boxes below under subjects and Key Stages

Next fill in most relevant user groups

Finally to upload and publish click on Upload Files

Your pupil’s uploaded images will appear in the Weather Watch Gallery once they have been checked by the site moderator

For curriculum links look here:

Creating pictures

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year2/unit2b.html

Combining text and graphics

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year3/text.htm

Monitoring environmental conditions and changes

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year5/monitoring.htm

Multimedia Presentation

www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/qca/year6/presentations.htm

KS3 ideas:

www.geographypages.co.uk/08wonder.htm

Why not encourage your pupils to be creative and have a go!