NAISAK primary school participates in Global Campus World Oceans Day Art Competition

Primary school students were celebrated this Sunday, 2^nd June 2024 for their participation in the Global Campus World Oceans Day Art Competition.

As part of global campus’ social impact initiative, NAISAK students participated in this year’s World Oceans Day art competition by creating art pieces using recycled materials reflecting their view of oceanic life/features.

The competition was open to all students from November 2023 to the end of April 2024. Primary school students submitted inventive art pieces that really showed their understanding of the competition and its requirements.

Social Impact Lead and Year 1 teacher, Ms. Hannah Nesbitt was proud of her students and praised them for their efforts and creativity saying, “as a cause very close to my heart, I was so delighted to see the hard work, creativity and individuality in the pieces entered for this World Ocean’s Day competition. I hope that this competition gave the students an opportunity to think about the impact of pollution on the oceans, whilst also inspiring their peers too.”

A big congratulations to Mysha Ajmani in year 6, who was selected as the winner from the Primary school at NAISAK. Her entry can be found on Global Campus Art Competition - All Entries (padlet.org)

World Ocean Day is a recognised international day that takes place annually on the 8^th of June. The concept was originally proposed in 1992 by Canada's International Centre for Ocean Development and the Ocean Institute of Canada at the Earth Summit – UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

From the Global Campus website, it states that “the art competition is linked to and helps to launch the Eco School’s challenge for November: (water)”

Artist and internet personality, Stéphanie Kilgast, was the chosen judge for this competition. Kilgast’s work reflects on the theme of the competition as it is inspired by nature and biodiversity. Plants, mushrooms, insects, and other animals are represented in a swirl of colours. Kilgast’s series of colourful sculptures called "Discarded Objects" are created using organic (natural materials) sculptures on manufactured (man-made) objects.

NAISAK Social Impact Student Lead, Darifa Saidy, presented the students with their certificates along with Ms. Nesbitt. Inspired by her participation in the UN Student Summit last summer, Darifa has taken on the role of Social Impact Student Lead this year. She's brought her valuable knowledge back to NAISAK and spearheaded the planning for events like World Children's Day and Earth Day.

“We're grateful for Darifa's leadership and hope her passion for social good inspires her peers to continue these initiatives next year, as Darifa graduates and pursues her education, we have no doubt she'll continue to make a positive impact, perhaps even within the UN itself!” said Ms. Nesbitt.

NAISAK is proud of all the primary school students and their boundless creativity. Wishing them better luck at winning the competition for the years to come. Nevertheless, making the NAISAK community proud!