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KWN National Contest Held in Australia
The 2008 National KWN Contest was held in Australia on September 4. Among entries from 75 participating schools, Mooloolaba State School’s "Planet Earth" topped six categories: Regional, National Primary School, Queensland Primary School and National Spotlight Awards for Writing, Videography and Editing. "Planet Earth" discussed the rate at which the world is using energy and how we can make a difference before time runs out. As the regional winner, the school will represent Australia at the Asia Pacific Regional Awards Ceremony which is planned on being held in Bangkok in December. The school also became the first to enter as a national winner in the Global Contest 2009. |
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Hong Kong Winner of Global Contest Visits Beijing
Students and teachers from Kowloon Tong School from Hong Kong, the Grand Prix winner of the KWN Global Contest 2008 in Communication Category, visited Beijing from August 10 to 13 as part of the Grand Prix prize package. They attended the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and visited Beijing Fangcaodi Primary School to meet its KWN team. The Beijing students welcomed the Hong Kong students with traditional Chinese dances, piano performance and screening of a video they produced. The Hong Kong students also showed their award-winning video. The trip gave the Kowloon Tong students a "once-in-a-lifetime experience" as they said. |
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Japanese Winner of Global Contest Visits Beijing
Three students and a teacher from Tobu Junior High School from Japan, the Grand Prix winner in the Ecology Category of the Global Contest, were also in Beijing from August 19 to 22. The Japanese group also attended the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and met with a KWN team of Shi-ja Primary School. The Beijing students impressed the guests by performing exquisite tea ceremony and playing the erhu, a two-string traditional Chinese musical instrument. Ms. Bronte Barratt, a gold medal swimmer and Panasonic Australia’s Olympic Ambassador, joined the students at Shi-ja school. The trip left an unforgettable impression on the students. |
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