Leonardo 4 Children 2020: Climate, Equaliy & Peace
Award “Fables” by 6-12 years old children
The authors of the works with the 10 best scoring will receive an award, consisting in:
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publication on “Leonardo 4 Children” book used or raising funds and as donation to children in need;
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presentation at workshop and award ceremony; promotion on website, social media and promotional material, at public events, institutions or public places including famous museums, and during concerts and events;
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“Leonardo 4 Children” award certificate.
Participating children aged 6-12 (number): 67
Submitted works (number): 34
Countries: Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Romania
Jury
The Members of “Leonardo 4 Children” Juries are professionals and experts in children’s education, art, music, science, innovation, philanthropy, with international and multicultural experience.
The Jury for the Award includes the following members: Margherita Mesirca, Denise Monas, Rossella Rusca, Maria Teresa Trisciuzzi, who with great enthusiasm and competence will carefully assess the participating works and scored them on the basis of the following criteria: (i) ability to address the issue of climate change; (ii) creativity and originality; (iii) quality of illustration and visual impact; (iv) work as part of class/team activity; (v) number of frames.
The competition allowed children aged 6-12 across the European Union to use and further develop their creativity and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) skills, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s example, to address a global problem such as climate change.
The “work” submitted for the competition is an original creation by one or more participating children:
“FABLES ON CLIMATE ACTION”: the competition allows children aged 6-12 to use their creativity and their artistic and scientific skills to create their own original Fable to interpret the topic of climate action and environmental sustainability, addressing the problem and possibly proposing a solution.
Winners Fables 2020
The winners of the competition are:
1° Polar Bears Suffering Climate Change by Aayush Ganguly (Crombeen Institute- Belgium)
2° Flying with Leonardo da Vinci’s Projects by Lucia Esposto (Istituto Comprensivo Chiaravalle – Italy) (ex aequo)
(Original Title in Italian : Volando con i progetti di Leonardo da Vinci)
2° The Rainmaker by the preschoolers of the Bambino International Kindergarten of Prague (ex aequo)
3° The Power of Bees by Enea Esposto (Istituto Comprensivo Chiaravalle – Italy)
(Original Title in Italian : La forza delle api)
4° Bee and Blossom by CHALAKOV Gabriel, CHENKOVA Izabela, DIMITROV Bozhidar, ENTCHEV Phillip, IVANOVA Siyana Borilova, PENEV Lyubomir, RALCHEVA Ivayla Georgieva and SOTIROVA Karolina ( European School of Brussels IV)
5° An Act of Kindness by Constantinou Themis, Gregoriou Chrysanthos, Ioannou Constantina, Karatzias Petros, Kathem Ilias, Michael Aristos, Papadopoulos Stavros and Polycarpou Mariam (Anayia Primary School – Cyprus)
6° War against Waste by Isabel Ulusoy (European School, Karlsruhe)
7° The Whale by Mikihiko Asakura (European School, Karlsruhe)
8° Seeds Made of Diamonds by Sapalides Constantinos, Savva Nicholas, Socratous Michalis, Stavrou Vasiliki, Talchouk Anna and Christou Christiana (Anayia Primary School – Cyprus)
9° The Sea and the River Crabs by Maria Toteva, Georgi Dokovski, Damian Evgeniev and Rayna Preslavska (European School of Brussels IV)
10° Stork and Squirrel by Maxim BEKCHIEV, Simeon GEORGIEV, Mariyana IVANOVA, Victoria PENCHEVA, Dimitar PODVARZACHOV and Boris ZHIVKOV (European School of Brussels IV)
