ACT CHIEF MINISTER’S ANZAC SPIRIT PRIZE 2015
STUDENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
As part of the Centenary Commemorations of the 1915 ANZAC Landing at Gallipoli,
the ACT Government is proud to announce the
ACT Chief Minister’s ANZAC Spirit Prize 2015
All ACT students in years 9 or 10 in 2014, aged between 14 and 17 years of age, are invited to participate
in this competition. Students who competed in previous competitions are eligible to re-apply unless
they were previous winners.
For the competition, students are asked to submit an original, creative response to the following task:
THE TASK
In the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial, there are 15 stained glass
windows.
Each window shows a figure dressed in a uniform and under each figure is a word that
describes a quality exhibited during wartime.
For example, one window features a nurse. This window bears the word ‘Devotion’
and includes the symbols for the Red Cross and charity. The nurse represents all
military nurses who have shown dedication to their patients and a commitment to
caring for the sick and wounded during wartime.
The qualities named on the windows are: Candour, Loyalty, Resource, Comradeship,
Ancestry, Audacity, Endurance, Decision, Patriotism, Chivalry, Curiosity, Independence,
Coolness, Control and Devotion.
Topic: These qualities are enduring themes in Australian military history. Explore one or
more of these 15 qualities, as evidenced at Gallipoli and other theatres of war and,
through your creative response, show how these qualities are still present today as an
unbroken thread in Australian history.
OVERVIEW
Up to four students with winning entries, accompanied by two teachers, will represent the ACT on a
funded 14 day Study Tour of Turkey, including Istanbul, Troy and the Gallipoli Peninsula. The group will
travel with a battlefield tour specialist and visit a number of key battlefields on the Gallipoli Peninsula,
including beaches and cliffside locations where the ANZACs landed and fought, and war cemeteries of
that region. On ANZAC Day 2015, the group will attend the Dawn Service at ANZAC Cove and then walk
to the Australian Lone Pine Service, where the winning students will lay a wreath at the end of the
service.
The winning students will be considered ambassadors for Canberra and they will promote the ACT
Chief Minister’s ANZAC Spirit Prize both in the ACT and overseas.
These Terms and Conditions are available on the ACT Education and Training Directorate’s website:
http://www.det.act.gov.au/act-chief-ministers-anzac-spirit-prize-2015.
STUDENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS
By signing the entry form for this competition, the entrant is deemed to have read and consented to
these Terms and Conditions.
COMPETITION DETAILS
ELIGIBILITY
1. The ACT Chief Minister’s ANZAC Spirit Prize 2015 competition is open to all students who:
1.1. Are in years 9 or 10 in 2014.
1.2. Are aged between 14 and 17 years of age inclusive as at the date of departure in April
2015.
1.3. Are enrolled in an ACT school or are registered for home education under the Education
Act 2004 (ACT).
1.4. Hold a current Australian Passport at the date of departure in April 2015, with a
minimum of seven months validity.
1.5. Noting the activities included in the Study Tour, are able to sustain themselves
physically and emotionally for the duration of the Study Tour, including having the
ability to engage in extensive travel and self-manage a healthy diet.
2. A student who submitted an entry in previous ACT Chief Minister’s ANZAC Spirit Prize
competitions, meets the criteria in Item 1 above, and is not a previous winner, is eligible to enter
the ACT Chief Minister’s ANZAC Spirit Prize 2015.
3. Family members of a member of the judging panel will not be eligible to enter.
4. The Competition opens on Thursday 31 July 2014 and closes 4.30 pm, Thursday 13 November 2014.
5. There is no entry fee for the competition.
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ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Competition Entry (60%)
6. One written or non-written creative response only may be submitted as an entry per individual
entrant. A single entry submitted by a group of students will not be accepted.
7. The creative response must be an original, written or non-written piece of work or composition of
the entrant and the original work of the entrant. It must be researched, planned and designed with
minimal support. It must be able to stand on its own and address the Task without the Rationale
(Item 9).
8. Geographically and historically correct, with a focus on the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915.
9. It should demonstrate a complexity of ideas.
10. It should be based on two primary reference sources (Item 15).
11. The entry must include a completed entry form endorsed and signed by the entrant’s parent/carer
and the entrant’s school Principal or the Directorate’s Delegate if the entrant is homeschooled.
12. A creative response that addresses the task will only be accepted if it is in one of the formats listed
below:
12.1. An original artwork, such as a painting, sculpture, textile or photographic display, no
larger than 2 metres x 2 metres.
12.2. Media/digital presentation recorded as a playable CD or a playable DVD, which can be
inserted into a computer and played by the judges, to be no greater than 3 minutes in
length.
12.3. An original musical or instrumental composition, recorded as a playable CD or a
playable DVD, which can be inserted into a computer and played by the judges, to be no
greater than 3 minutes in length.
12.4. A poem, script or short story, no more than 1,000 words, submitted in hard copy format
(paper).
Not accepted:
12.5. Prezi and PowerPoint presentations are deemed not appropriate as a creative response
for this competition.
12.6. An essay is deemed not appropriate as a creative response for this competition.
13. No entries will be accepted by email. The creative response is to be delivered on physical media by
the student to the teacher-in-charge as outlined in Item 18.
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14. In addition to the creative response, each entry must include:
Rationale (30%)
14.1.
A 500 word Rationale, explaining how your creative response addressed the task.
14.2.
Why did you choose to express your creative response in this particular medium – justify it.
14.3.
Demonstrate an interest in military history through the application of the history to your
entry; not a re-telling of the history.
14.4.
Demonstrate an understanding of the decision made to be on the Gallipoli peninsula for
the 1915 campaign.
14.5.
How do your choice of primary sources relate to your entry.
References (5%)
15. A bibliography, using the Harvard system of referencing, available at
http://www.det.act.gov.au/act-chief-ministers-anzac-spirit-prize-2015.
15.1.
Cite at least two primary sources, with at least one source from the Australian War
Memorial’s collection.
15.2.
Provide a minimum of six bibliographic references, which include the two primary sources
mentioned in Item 10.
Please note: If a reference is taken from Wikipedia, or similar, the citation must include the actual
source material used in the article. For example:
Bean, Charles (1941). The Story of ANZAC from the Outbreak of War to the End of the First
Phase of the Gallipoli Campaign, May 4, 1915. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–
1918. Volume 1 (11th ed.). Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, p. 152. In: ‘Landing at
ANZAC Cove’ [Internet]. Wikipedia. Available from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove#cite_note-11 [accessed 6 May 2014].
Post-Study Tour Contribution to Education (5%)
16. In 100 words or less, describe and/or list in what ways, other than those outlined in Item 17 below,
how you would you use the information you gain from the Study Tour to share with the ACT
community and the ACT education system.
17. Students are expected to:
17.1. Provide a written report to the ACT Chief Minister and the Director-General, ACT
Education and Training Directorate of the Study Tour.
17.2. Be available both pre- and post-Study Tour for all media and Directorate requests for
interviews, filming and speaking at functions.
17.3. Speak at their school’s ANZAC Day Ceremony.
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SUBMISSION OF ENTRIES
18. All entries are to be delivered by the student by 4.30 pm on Thursday 13 November 2014 to:
The Teacher-in-Charge
ACT Chief Minister’s ANZAC Spirit Prize 2015
Hedley Beare Centre for Teaching and Learning
51 Fremantle Drive
STIRLING ACT
19. The completed Student Entry Form will be signed and dated by the Directorate’s Teacher-inCharge as receipt of submission of the entry and attached to the entry at the time of delivery.
20. Late entries will not be considered.
21. Entries will not be returned.
22. The Directorate has sole discretion to exclude any entry from the competition if it deems it
offensive/inappropriate.
OWNERSHIP AND USE OF ENTRIES
23. The entrant warrants that his or her entry is their own original, creative response.
24. The entrant warrants that his or her References acknowledge all primary and secondary sources
accessed for the creative response.
25. With respect to the creative response, the Territory will make available for collection, at its
discretion and within three months, the creative response. While the Territory will take
reasonable care of the creative response, the Territory will not be liable for any accidental damage
or loss to it.
26. The entrant grants to the Territory a non-exclusive, perpetual, royalty free licence over their
creative response to supply, reproduce, publish, perform, communicate, broadcast, adapt and
copy it, including but not limited to uses in publications relating to future competitions.
27. Notwithstanding any other uses the Territory may make of the responses, the Territory may:
27.1. Publish any submitted creative response in a number of different mediums, including
the Internet, for the purpose of promoting this and future competitions, and for
notifying the public of the Competition.
27.2. Promote any celebration or event associated with the ACT Government.
28. Entrants/parents/carers accept that once the creative response is in the public domain, the
general public will be able to view the entry.
29. The entrant indemnifies the Directorate against any loss or damage incurred by the Directorate as
a result of infringement of a third party’s rights in relation to the entrant’s creative response.
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CONSENTS
30. Entrants warrant that they have obtained the consent of the person/s whose images appear in any
photographic or digital creative entry (or, in the case of a minor, the consent of the parent/legal
guardian), to having the photo or other image of him or her being taken, and being submitted to
and used and published by the Directorate for the purposes of the Competition and in the
promotion of this and future ANZAC Spirit Prize competitions in accordance with these Terms and
Conditions.
31. Entrants warrant that they have obtained all relevant permissions required to take photographs or
video submitted in the Competition, including, but not limited to, any permission to photograph in
or on non-public premises, any painting, sculpture, drawing, engraving, photograph or any other
artistic work visible in the photograph submitted.
JUDGING
32. The Judging Panel will include representatives from the public and non-government education
sectors and community-based representatives to judge the creative responses.
33. The Judging Panel’s decision will be final and non-appealable.
PRIVACY
34. Personal information provided with, or in the entry, will be stored, used and disclosed in
accordance with the requirements for the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
35. The Directorate collects personal information about the entrant for the purpose of conducting the
competition, (including notifying winners and issuing acknowledgement of receipt of entries), and
for educational use in schools, promotional and/or reporting purposes.
36. The Directorate may:
36.1.
Publish or otherwise disclose to the public the name, age and year level of the entrant,
photo or image of the entrant and the entrant’s school details for the purpose of
publicising the results of the Competition and promoting this and future competitions.
36.2.
Disclose the winning entrants’ personal details and the Study Tour itinerary to the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in the event of an event warranting such
disclosure. This will be for the entrant’s personal safety while overseas and in compliance
with best practice for international travel.
NOTIFICATION OF COMPETITION RESULTS
37. The winning students will be contacted via telephone, in the first instance, in November 2014 and
by formal letter.
38. Unsuccessful entrants will be notified via email in November 2014.
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PRIZE DETAILS
39. The winning students will be accompanied by two, Teacher Quality Institute and Working With
Vulnerable People (General) registered, ACT teachers, who may or may not be from the winning
student’s school.
40. The winning students will fly, with the two accompanying ACT teachers, economy class with
Singapore Airlines on a Study Tour with Boronia Travel Centre and will travel with a contingent of
students and teachers from Tasmania.
41. A retired army colonel from Canberra will be the official battlefield tour guide for Boronia Travel
Centre and accompany the Study Tour group. The accompanying teachers will work collaboratively
with the official battlefield tour guide and adhere to advice and guidance provided by the guide in
relation to the Study Tour. A Turkish guide, as required by the Turkish Government, will also
accompany the Study Tour group.
42. Accommodation will be in three star-rated hotels in Istanbul and on the Gallipoli Peninsula. Three
meals a day will be catered for in this Study Tour package.
43. The winning students and the accompanying teachers will be accommodated in separate hotel
rooms; there will be no shared room accommodation.
44. The winning students, with the accompanying teachers and the battlefield tour guide, will leave
their hotel at 1.00 am on 25 April 2015 to travel to the ANZAC Commemorative Site in preparation
for the Dawn Service. After this Service, they will then walk the three kilometres climb to Lone Pine
for the Australian Service at 10.00 am.
45. The winning students will be supplied with promotional clothing, which must be worn whenever
possible whilst on the Study Tour and at any official ceremony or function associated with the
Competition, such as attendance at the ANZAC Day services and for the Laying of the Wreath at
the Lone Pine Service.
46. The Prize includes: up to $AUS120 towards the Competition winner’s travel insurance; the total
cost of a Turkish visa; and $AUS100 for gratuities for the Turkish guide.
47. If, for any reason, a winning student is unable to attend the Study Tour, there will be no
replacement Study Tour for that student. The Directorate reserves the right to reallocate the Prize
to a runner-up student as a ‘back-up’ student and, if necessary, the Directorate reserves the right
to maintain or change the accompanying teacher(s) to accompany the runner-up ‘back-up’
student, at the Directorate’s sole discretion.
48. The Directorate reserves the right to cancel or make alternative arrangements to the Study Tour,
without any liability to the winning students and/or the accompanying teachers, based on safe
travel advice, including that provided by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
49. The Prize is not transferable.
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REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS
50. The winning students must be available to travel from Canberra to Turkey between 16 to
29 April 2015 and participate in a funded 14 day Study Tour of Turkey, including Istanbul, Troy and
the Gallipoli Peninsula.
51. The winning students are required to have the ability to self-manage a healthy diet and be
physically and emotionally fit and able to undertake extensive walking tours of war cemeteries,
key battlefields and ANZAC landing sites on the predominantly undeveloped Gallipoli Peninsula.
Some activities may require walking up to eight kilometres on uneven surfaces.
52. The winning students must be available for the announcement of the ACT Chief Minister’s ANZAC
Spirit Prize 2015 in December 2014, at a time and place to be confirmed.
53. The winning students must be available both pre- and post-Study Tour for all promotional, media
and Directorate requests for interviews, filming and speaking at functions, in addition to requests
from the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn Catholic Education Office or the Association of
Independent Schools of the ACT, relevant to the winning student’s education sector.
54. The winning students are required to speak at their school’s ANZAC Day Ceremony in 2015 or
provide a presentation.
55. The winning students must attend two pre-Study Tour briefings with their parents, the
accompanying teachers, the teacher-in-charge and the official battlefield tour guide prior to
departure. The first pre-Study Tour briefing will be held in December 2014.
56. The winning students and their parent/carer must comply with all Directorate applicable policies
and procedures relevant to the Competition and the Study Tour.
57. The winning students must hold a valid Australian passport at the date of departure in April 2015,
with a minimum of seven months validity from the date of entry into Turkey.
58. The winning students are responsible for arranging and paying for their own passport.
59. Parents/carers must sign and submit all permission forms for their child to participate in the Study
Tour and the ANZAC Day commemorative activities. Parents/carers must complete all overseas
excursion consent and medical forms as required by the Directorate.
60. Each winning student and their parent/carer must sign a ‘Code of Conduct’ form, to indicate in
writing their preparedness to accept the recommended procedures and supervision necessary for
the safety and comfort of the group. The ‘Code of Conduct’ form will include consequences for a
breach by the student of the ‘Code of Conduct’.
61. In the event of an accident where medical attention is necessary and the parent/carer of the
student requiring medical attention cannot be contacted, the accompanying teachers will, in
consultation with the official battlefield tour guide, send for an ambulance or a doctor, (whichever
is appropriate), or arrange transport to the nearest or most convenient medical facility. The
choices stipulated by the parent/carer on the medical information form will be respected where
possible.
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62. It is the responsibility of parents/carers to be aware of the vaccination requirements for travel to
the countries included in the overseas excursion. Parents/carers should be advised to seek advice
from a medical practitioner as soon as possible before departure.
63. The winning students are required to have adequate travel insurance. It is important that the
chosen insurance policy covers the participant for the relevant activities to be undertaken. The
Directorate does not automatically accept liability for additional costs that may arise from any
contingency.
64. Reimbursement for travel insurance of up to $120 will be provided to parents/carers following
receipt by the Directorate of a Tax Invoice from the insurance organisation, and which includes the
organisation’s ABN.
65. Students/parents/carers need to think carefully about how the students will access spending
money and the reason for taking valuable or sentimental items overseas whenever possible
66. Entrants acknowledge that there are no funds or means available for an additional person/s, other
than the two accompanying teachers, to accompany the winning students.
ACCOMPANYING TEACHERS/CHAPERONES
Selection of the Accompanying Teachers
67. The winning students will be accompanied by two, Teacher Quality Institute and Working With
Vulnerable People (General) registered ACT teachers, who may or may not be from the winning
student’s school, who will be selected in accordance with the following procedure.
67.1. Following the selection of the winning students, each winning student’s school
principal will be requested by the Directorate to nominate a teacher from their
school, who must be of the same gender as the school’s winning student.
67.2. From the pool of the nominated teachers, the Directorate will select the two teachers
to accompany the winning students, whom it considers suitable in the Directorate’s
absolute discretion. In making its selection, the Directorate may take into account
any requirements or matters it considers relevant, including but not limited to:
(a) gender considerations
(b) education sector considerations
(c) school representation (if more than one student from the same school)
(d) the Directorate’s policies and procedures for overseas excursions.
67.3. The teachers unsuccessful in the selection process, from the pool of nominated
teachers, will be considered as ‘back-up’ teachers, in the event that one and/or both
of the selected accompanying teachers are unexpectedly unable to participate in the
Study Tour.
67.4. The Directorate’s decision regarding the selection of accompanying teachers for the
Study Tour is final and non-appealable.
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SUPERVISION AND DUTY OF CARE
68. The two accompanying teachers will:
68.1. Irrespective of the education sector they represent, be required to follow the
Directorate’s policies and procedures, including the guidelines which form part of the
Directorate’s Overseas Excursion Policy 2010.
68.2. Participate in the Study Tour in the role of duty-of-care in relation to the winning
students.
68.3. Supervise and accompany the winning students from the time of departure from the
Canberra, for the duration of the Study Tour and up to arrival back in Canberra and for
any activities associated with the Study Tour, including taking all reasonable care to
protect the winning students from injury, provide, or seek medical care as necessary,
and control and supervise their behaviour and activities.
68.4. Provide support and mentoring to the winning students and be proactive in assessing
the students’ needs.
68.5. Endeavour to provide a happy, caring, safe and positive environment in which all
aspects of the welfare of the winning students is promoted.
68.6. Undertake pastoral duties for the duration of the Study Tour, including helping the
students settle and assist with overseas travel, and dealing with any difficulties,
including accommodation, travel and/or social/personal difficulties.
69. The Directorate does not guarantee that a winning student will be accompanied by a teacher from
their school; based on the gender of the winning students and the selection process outlined in
Item 66, the two accompanying teachers will be allocated accordingly.
FURTHER INFORMATION
70. Further information can be obtained via email on ANZACSpiritPrize@act.gov.au or from the ACT
Education and Training Directorate’s Curriculum Section on 02 62056869.
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