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Powerdown competitions

For individual submission dates please refer to individual briefing sheets or the online booking form.

Poster competition - reception, year 1 and 2 only

Powerdown prize ceremony As part of Powerdown fortnight Primary and Infant schools are invited to take part in a competition to design a poster with the theme:

 ‘Saving energy at home or in school’

The school can enter a maximum of 5 posters in each age category:

  1. - Reception
  2. - Primary: year 1 and 2

Poster competition briefing sheet

PDF file icon  Poster template
  (71KB, 1 pages)

Spoken word competition - year 3-6 and Secondary only

child reading with torchCompetition to write a spoken word piece with the theme: ‘Energy’

The school can enter a maximum of 5 entries each age category:

The spoken word piece can include;

-          Poem (standard, acrostic)

-          Rap or bars

-          Lyrics 

Spoken word briefing sheet

Prizes will be awarded to individuals in each category at the corresponding prize ceremony.

Powerdown day competition - open to all primary schools 

Child turning off lights The Peterborough Powerdown fortnight culminates with the all important Powerdown day on Friday 23 November or Friday 15 March when schools are encouraged to focus efforts to reduce energy consumption as much as possible for one day (please see our Powerdown reading your meter sheet for more instructions on how to measure your energy use). Where possible we will be running spot checks on the data with corresponding AMR (automatic meter readings) where applicable.

How do you run a Powerdown day?

Powerdown day competition

Meter guidance for Powerdown Fortnight -  November 2012

Meter guidance for Powerdown fortnight - March 2013

Special recognition- open to all participating schools

Powerdown winnerThis award is to be presented to a pupil for special recognition of his/her efforts in Powerdown fortnight and/or energy saving in particular.

During and after Powerdown fortnight has happened you can nominate a pupil who you believe makes an extra special effort/commitment to energy saving. You can make up to five nominations per school using the attached form. All nominees will be entered into a prize draw which will be drawn on your specific Powerdown prize ceremony. 

All entries must be submitted to climatechange@peterborough.gov.uk by the dates specified on the briefing sheet.

Special recognition briefing sheet