School Arts Competition- New Year | 新年绘画比赛
We are expanding our art themes to include new School Year, New Year on 1 January- Gregorian calendar (a solar calendar) and New Year at Chinese Lunar calendar. Schools are to organise the competition and we provide e-gift vouchers to winners judged by schools.
How to boost confidence and celebrate everything new at school? Organise the school pupils to create an A4-sized drawing/painting of "New Year". Send us the winning artwork, which will be exhibited at the Ballroom, Sheffield City Hall, during Chinese Lunar New Year Gala 2024.
We provide prizes to your school winners.
Art Theme: New School Year, New Year on 1 January, and Lunar New Year.
Amazon Voucher Prizes: £10 winner and £5 runner-ups.
Categories: KS1, Lower KS2, Upper KS2, KS3, KS4 and KS5.
Postal address: 2-4 Palmerston Road, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TE. Artwork must be original and created by hand using e.g. water-soluble, pastel, graphite, charcoal or coloured pencils etc.
Submission should include: Winners’ Names, Category; Total Number of Participants in Each Category (minimum 25); School’s Name, Contact Teacher’s name/school email/mobile.
Entry Form and Flyer: will be publicised in summer 2023.
10 FREE Tickets: If your school wants to apply for up to 10 free tickets* to the Lunar New Year Main Show at Sheffield City Hall 2024 (where winners will be exhibited), you can either indicate by including a note with your postal submission or send an email to confucius@sheffield.ac.uk, indicating your interest. School arranges to distribute the tickets to school staff, parents and pupils.
Artwork Exhibition, including Prizes Collection and Tickets Collection by a School Representative will be held during Sheffield Chinese New Year Pre-Show, at Ballroom, Sheffield City Hall. The Pre-Show will be Free Admissions.
Deadline: In January 2024.
For any enquiries, please contact Dr. Hu at 07593502130, and email: confucius@sheffield.ac.uk
Previous Competitions
- 2023 - Rabbit
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The Year of the Rabbit fell on 22nd January 2023. The traits of the rabbit are popularity, compassion, and sincereness. We believe there can be no better traits to represent our unified spirit in the year of 2023 - and we’re overjoyed to be able to share this spirit with schools across the country!
We have received winner entries from 19 schools. All entries uploaded on Flickr, Public View, All Rights Reserved.
Click to see all entries at KS1
Click to see all entries at KS2 Lower
Click to see all entries at KS2 Upper
Click to see all entries at KS3
Click to see all entries at KS4
Click to see all entries at KS5
Overall Winners, judged by the Confucius Institute.
Misha Yakovenko_ KS1 at Hallam Primary
Minsa Hakim_ L-KS2 at Oasis Academy Fir Vale
Sibghatallah Tareen_ U-KS2 at Oasis Academy Fir Vale
Ved Seelam_ KS3 at Birkdale Senior School
Yi Nuo Chen_ KS3 at Star Mandarin School
Jessica Chen_ KS4 at Star Mandarin
Anne Yates_ KS5 at Tapton School
- 2022 - Tiger
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We have received winner entries from 25 schools and one Arts Club. All entries uploaded on Flickr, Public View, All Rights Reserved.
Overall Winners, judged by the Confucius Institute.
KS1, Marvin from Birkdale Prep-School
KS2L, Samuel from Greystone Primary School
KS2U, Sophie from Hallam Primary
KS3, Amy Hobson from Yewlands Academy
KS4, Emily from Sheffield High
KS5, Charley at King Edward VII School
Online Sino-British Children Painting Exhibition 2022
Chinese New Year Painting Competition for Schools has attracted participates from Peking University Elementary School (PKUEC), China. To promote cultural exchanges between the UK and China, the First Online Exhibition, features Winning paintings submitted from the Competition for Schools- jpg image, as well as additional supporting materials, such as greetings in video formats.
All the materials submitted belong to the individual child and school, whose right of authorship and ownership will be respected and retained. SCI and PKUEC will have publishing right in this cultural activity.
Click to see CI_ CNY Arts competition, We are Friends
- 2021 - Ox
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Flickr photos
Click to view school's winning entries and some individual submissions
Submissions
The Zodiac Ox Art Competition was opened to schools, as well as to individuals.
From schools: one First Prize winner and two Runner-ups at each Key Stage category and at each participating school.
From Individuals: one First Prize, one Second Prize and one Third Prize, at both adults entries and children's entries.
Number of participating schools was low, compared with previous years. However, the feedback was still encouraging.
"Happy New Year to you all from all the staff and pupils at Town Field Primary School Doncaster. The children have really enjoyed taking part. These are our totals: 74 entries at Y1 through to Y6, a mixture of class and remote learning work."
"Thank you for doing this competition, it means a lot to the children to have some tiny bit of normality in their lives."
"I lead with enthusiasm; I think my students share my love of creating art. And with this continuing situation your competition has given them a focal point and rekindled their energy and enthusiasm for creation."
- 2020 - Rat
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View entries at Flickr
18 schools had took part in this Competition. On 27th January 2019, artwork exhibition, plus a prize giving ceremony, were held at Sheffield City Hall.
The Overall Winners across the 18 schools:
KS1 category _ Maria at Porter Croft C of E Primary School
KS2 Lower _ Eunha Ryu at Westbourne School
KS2 Upper _ Berfin Balaman at Nether Green School Art Club
KS3_ Zach Watson at Birkdale School - 2019 - Pig
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Flickr photos
Click to see all entries at KS1
Click to see all entries at KS2 Lower
Click to see all entries at KS2 Upper
Click to see all entries at KS3
Click to see all entries at KS4
Click to see all entries at KS5 / Six-Form
Submissions
Around 2000 pupils submitted entries from 38 schools, including:
Anns Grove, 61 pupils,
Dobcroft Infant, 180 pupils
Killamarsh Infant, 53 pupils,
Nether Green Infant, 47 pupils,
Nether Green Junior, 105 pupils,
Star Mandarin School, 150 pupils,
Stradbroke Primary, 27 pupils,
Tinsley Meadows Primary, 360 pupils
Town Field Primary, Doncaster, 44 pupils
Walkley Primary. 248 pupils
Westways Primary, 180 pupilsOn the 6 February 2019, a prize giving ceremony was held and the overall winners across the 38 schools were announced.
KS1_ Isla Allard from Meersbrook Bank Primary School
KS2 Lower _ Siddharth Satyawadi from Birkdale Prep School
KS2 Upper _ Sarah Dahmani from Nether Edge Primary School
KS3_ Simon Peng from Birkdale Senior SchoolNo KS4 and KS5 overall winners, because there were less than 5 entries at each category.
- 2018 - Dog
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Flickr photos
Click to see all entries at KS1
Click to see all entries at KS2 Lower
Click to see all entries at KS2 Upper
Click to see all entries at KS3
- 2017 - Rooster
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Flickr photos
- 2016 - Monkey
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226 entries from 40 schools across Yorkshire and Humber, and Derbyshire, were received and displayed at Sheffield City Hall as part of Chinese New Year show.
86 1st-prize winners at each participating schools, plus 6 Overall Winners at each Category, received their prizes from the Lord Mayor of Sheffield.
Flickr photos
Click to see entries at Key Stage 1
Click to see entries at Key Stage 2 Lower
Click to see entries at Key Stage 2 Upper
Click to see entries at Key Stage 3
Click to see entries at Key Stage 4
- 2015 - Goat
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160 entries from 35 schools across Yorkshire and Humber and Derbyshire were received. All entries were displayed at Sheffield City Hall as part of Chinese New Year Show.
There were 52 first prize winners, plus 2nd and 3rd prize winners at each participating school. 1st-prize winners, including 4 Overall Winners, received their prizes from the Lord Mayor of Sheffield.
Flickr photos
Click to see entries at Key Stage 1
Click to see entries at Key Stage 2
- 2014 - Horse
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120 entries from schools in Yorkshire and Humber and Derbyshire were received. After careful judging, 36 winners and 56 runner-ups were selected. The Painting Exhibition and the Prize-giving Ceremony took place at Sheffield City Hall as part of Chinese New Year Show.
Flickr photos
Click to see winners and some runner-ups at Key Stage 1 entries
Click to see winners and some runner-ups at Key Stage 2 entries
Click to see winners and some runner-ups at Key Stage 3 entries
Click to see winners and some runner-ups at Key Stage 4 entries
- 2013 - Snake
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Flickr photos
Click to see 1st prize images of Infant entries from all participating schools
Click to see 1st prize images of Junior entries from all participating schools
Click to see 1st prize images of Senior entries from all participating schools
- 2012 - Dragon
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Flickr photos
Click to see first prize images of Infant entries
- 2010 - Tiger
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Flickr photos
Click to see top images of Infant entries
Click to see top images of Junior entries
For more information, contact:
Email: confucius@sheffield.ac.uk