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DIY Sprinkler Challenge

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DIY Sprinkler Challenge!

Enter for a chance to win a $75 e-gift card of your choice!

 

One of the best ways to beat the summertime heat is being able to run through the sprinkler, in the yard, to cool off. How much better would it be if you were able to enjoy the very sprinkler that you designed and created? 

Contest Details:

  • There may be up to 3 winners, one in each age group: Grade K-3, 4-8, 9-12.
  • You must provide a plan/design for your sprinkler
  • You must include which Skills for Success are being used during the process.
  • Any material may be used to create your sprinkler, i.e. a hose, water bottle, PVC pipes, pool
    noodles, water balloons, etc.
  • Get creative and have fun!
  • There are no dimensional parameters.
  • The deadline to enter is September 2, 2022 (Submit Entries Here).

 

Judging:

  • Provide a plan/design for your sprinkler – 1 point.
  • Submit two photos of your sprinkler, one with the water on and one with the water off – 2 points.
  • Creativity – 1 point.
  • Include one of more Skills for Success** that was used – 1 point.
  • Bonus point – Submit a video of your sprinkler, while the water is on – 1 point.
  • A total of 6 points may be earned.

 

If this competition speaks to you, check out our Provincial Competitions

 ** Skills for Success are the skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work and life.

Stay tuned for more cool Skills Canada BC content and challenges to come!

 

Inventor’s Safety Challenge Challenge Winners

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Please join us in congratulating Grace Zhou, a grade 11 student at North Delta Secondary School for winning the Inventors Month Online Safety Challenge! You can view the entry here.

This challenge was created in recognition of International Inventors month, and Occupational Health and Safety Awareness week in May.

The theme was to get creative and spread awareness about occupational health and safety through a trade or technology while incorporating Skills for Success in order to prevent a workplace injury.

Grace clearly and creatively focused on the baking trade, showing the potential safety hazards and how to prevent these accidents from happening while highlighting some Skills for Success. 

We also want to say a BIG thank you to Shoshawna Blair for judging & sponsoring this challenge. 

Thank you to all those who participated in this online challenge.

Please click here to visit our online challenge web page for more upcoming challenges and summer activities!

Best regards,

Michelle Skelly
Skills Canada BC’s Director of Programs

Contest Details

 

MotorcyclePowersportBC Awards first Annual Scholarship for SCBC Competitor at SCNC 2022

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Skills Canada BC Competitor and BCIT student, Rina Nand, was awarded the first Annual Scholarship at the Skills Canada National Competition in Outdoor Power and Recreation Equipment Competition by MotorcyclePowersportBC.

Congratulations to Rina for achieving a bronze medal at the Skills Canada Nationals competition and for being the first recipient for this annual scholarship award.

See attached press release for further details.

 

Best regards,

Michelle Skelly
Director of Programs
Skills Canada BC

Rina Nand accepts scholarship award from MPBC Chair Mike Skiba (r)  Also present, Mubasher Faruki – BCIT Associate Dean, School of Transportation and Michelle Skelly, Director of Programs, Skills Canada BC 

Spring Has Sprung Challenge Winners

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Please join us in congratulating Casey Lee Soto, Shaylee Hutchinson and Grace Zhou for winning the Skills Canada Spring Has Sprung Online Challenge.

Grade K-3: Casey-Lee Soto’s Kindergarten class at Dasmesh Punjabi School

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Grade 4-8: Shaylee Hutchinson grade 8 at homeschool

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Grade 9-12: Grace Zhou grade 11 at North Delta Secondary School

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Thank you to all those who participated in this online challenge. We had many amazing submissions. Please stay tuned for our next online challenges, coming soon.

Best regards,

Michelle Skelly

Skills Canada BC’s Director of Programs

Contest Details

 

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