Inter School Competition

We’re excited to be invited to take part in a special inter-school challenge! Winning entries will have their drawings or poems engraved on plaques displayed on the new tree planters along Queen Street, Newton Abbot – a prominent and long-lasting way to showcase their creativity to the whole community.

Queen Street is a key walking route for many of our families heading to school or visiting the shops, cafés and local businesses. In partnership with Devon County Council, Teignbridge have been working to make the area safer, greener and more welcoming. Improvements include widened pavements, new crossings, 20 mph limit, reduced through traffic, new seating and the planting of beautiful Juneberry trees.

The Juneberry trees do more than brighten the street with their wonderful white blossom, gold or coppery coloured leaves, and lush berries – they can also support biodiversity by providing nectar for pollinators, and shelter and food for birds.

We would love for our pupils to take inspiration from the Juneberry trees – either by walking down Queen Street to see them in person or by reading our short Key Stage 2 fact sheet (school children of any age are welcome to enter). Then, we’re inviting them to either:

• Draw their best picture of a Juneberry tree, or
• Write a short poem about trees (up to 200 words).

We ask for all entries to be submitted by Wednesday 4 June via email. A panel consisting of the Queen Street project team will then select seven winning entries from across the participating schools to be featured on the plaques on the wooden tree planters.