The Art of Volunteering AWARDS NIGHT 7 JUNE 2007   To mark Volunteers' Week, among a range of activities, Volunteer Centre Fife held an Awards night at the Rothes Halls in Glenrothes for the 16 finalists from primary schools in Fife who had taken part in ‘The Art of Volunteering’ competition. The aim was to encourage interest in voluntary activity amongst primary age children and to recognise the work that schools do to encourage young people to become active citizens.

Three schools picked up their paint brushes and rose to the challenge: Castlehill Primary School (Cupar); Dunnikier Primary School (Kirkcaldy); and Kingsbarns Primary School ( St Andrews). Each school received a cheque for £40.00 as a donation as a thank you for their participation.

Sixteen finalists were chosen from the many excellent entries received. Judging proved to be very difficult in deed and eventually six overall winners were selected from the finalists. Our photo shows the delighted winners with their prizes: certificate, Methil Moggie trophie and £10 gift voucher from WH Smith. From Left to Right: Jamie Glen, Lewis Somerville, Caera Sullivan, Caitlin Thomson and Suzanne Adam. Unfortunately, Stephanie Warne, also one of our winners, was unable to attend.

A most enjoyable night was held at the Rothes Halls on 7 June to mark the occasion with finalists, parents and teachers taking part in a quiz with prizes and live entertainment by some pupils from Leslie Primary School.

Our Fabulous Posters

Here are all of our finalists – just click on the name to see their works of art and on ‘winner’ to see the artists and their prizes.

Suzanne Adam, Dunnikier PS - Primary 5 WINNER!

Kirsten Blair, Castlehill PS - Primary 6

Hannah Donaldson, Dunnikier PS - Primary 7

Lewis Downie, Dunnikier PS - Primary 5

Jamie Glen, Kingsbarns PS - Primary 4 WINNER!

Molly Groves, Castlehill PS - Primary 6

Rachel Kelsey, Dunnikier PS - Primary 6

Alexander McBain, Dunnikier PS - Primary 5

Caitlin Murphy, Castlehill PS - Primary 7

Meghan Nicol, Castlehill PS - Primary 4

Alex Peterson, Castlehill PS - Primary 4

Lewis Somerville, Dunnikier PS - Primary 7 WINNER!

Caera Sullivan, Castlehill PS - Primary 4 WINNER!

Caitlin Thomson, Dunnikier PS - Primary 5 WINNER!

Stephanie Warne, Kingsbarns PS - Primary 7 WINNER!

Sarah Wheelan, Kingsbarns PS - Primary 6

Our Entertainment - Raising Awareness of Green Issues

Our live entertainment came in the shape of a presentation by some of the pupils from Leslie Primary School who volunteered to tell us about their work to achieve their Green Flag Eco status. The children (pictured below) showed us photos and drawings about their Eco learning during 2007. They had been very inspired by a trip to the Earthship, a house which is completely run on renewable energy, so much so that they set about designing their own Earthships.

The pupils had also been very concerned about disappearing habitats and took up the challenge of designing posters to advertise a local event run by the Fife Council Ranger Service – planting a wildlife meadow which they also participated it. The presentation was extremely well written and entertaining.

To read the full version click here.

The evening’s theme of young people and their contribution to their communities culminated in a marvellous rendition of ‘Ma’ Green Granny’ by the pupils – with all the actions!

Margaret Johnston, the pupils’ teacher at Leslie Primary School, wrote the song which is sung to the tune of “Oh canny chuck yer grannie off the bus” and goes like this …

Our fabulous Moggie cake was designed by Glen Bakers in Glenrothes – scrumptious - and not a morsel left at the end of the night!

Each winner received one of our fantastic bespoke Methil Moggies designed by Earthen Images in Markinch. A huge thank you goes to all the children who participated in the competition.

Pupils from Castlehill Primary School in Cupar

Pupils from Dunnikier Primary School in Kirkcaldy

Jamie Glen from Kingsbarns Primary School near St Andrews