Marine Month Competition
November 01, 2016 Pinkey Ngewu
THINK BLUE – THINK OCEANS – THINK MARINE BIG 5
Dyer Island Conservation Trust in partnership with CapeNature and the Overstrand Municipality ran a competition with the schools in the Overberg area, from Hawston to Gansbaai. October month was a national marine month.
This competition ran in three different categories with exciting prizes!
Categories:
Colouring competition – Grade 1 till Grade 3
Poetry competition – Grade 4 till Grade 7
Essay competition – Grade 8 till Grade 11
The learners wrote a poem / essay about our oceans – impact of pollution – the marine BIG 5 – Ways how we can take care of the oceans.
They used their imagination!! Did research and used facts! They went crazy!!
Winners:
Colouring : 1st Ntsako Sithole from Curro
2nd Rachel Horn from Okkie Smuts
3rd Ronja Conrad from Okkie Smuts
Poetry : 1st Kaylin Robertson from Gansbaai Primer
2nd Meaghan McLachlan from Hermanus Primary
3rd Nevellia October from Laerskool Gansbaai
Essay : 1st Aimelize Geerdts from Gansbaai Academia
2nd Odwa Mntakaziwa from Gansbaai Academia
Special Commendation
Humour : Tsoanelo Haarhof from Gansbaai Primer
Dederei Johnson from Mount Pleasant
Outstanding effort : Lara Strydom from Laerskool Gansbaai
This competition aimed at enhancing the learners to understand the ocean systems, create awareness about our MARINE ENVIRONMENT, the MARINE BIG 5 and in the process inspiring them to take care of our oceans. 
