Full Results
Thank you so much to the 32 schools that took part in the Japan Webpage Contest for Schools 2010, for your wonderful and inspiring webpages. Thank you also very much to everyone who voted their favourite shortlisted entry which decided the result of the Public Vote Award. We are delighted to announce the top prize-winners as below:
Overall Winner
What the judges liked:
- Excellent website which made us smile and want to visit again
- Imaginative and original projects with Japanese partner school, presented in a clear and inspiring way
- Good, clear design and range of media
- Excellent contributions from students, including narrated video and playground interviews
- Wonderfully entertaining and creative Egg Hatching Stories by students
Runners-Up
Do you like origami, anime and Godzilla? This site is for you! Created by 32 talented Scottish primary school children.
What the judges liked:
- Huge range of impressive and entertaining Japan-related activities, from kokeshi dolls to ninjas to Godzilla
- Whole website is a collaborative project owned by the class, made with real passion
- Quality and creativity of students’ work
- Informative and inspirational for other schools
- Vibrant and colourful design, with brilliant artwork, photos and videos, including stop-motion animations
What the judges liked:
- Excellent website with a huge amount of content
- Appealing to a wide audience including other Japanese teachers, thanks to brilliant teaching resources
- Original “Musubi” project reaches out to community
- Students’ involvement in developing site, including excellent Year Group pages
- Year 10 Qhub is an excellent addition
Design Prize
What the judges liked:
- Funky and original design
- Opening animation
- Stylish use of famous Japanese backgrounds for students’ self-introductions
- Amazing project with popstar Suga Shikao
- Useful learning resources for students
Public Vote Award (decided by Online Vote)
Do you like origami, anime and Godzilla? This site is for you! Created by 32 talented Scottish primary school children.
Received 568 votes out of a total 2192 (26%).
Shortlisted Entries
Altrincham Grammar School for Girls
Our Japanese club is taught by an ex-student. See examples of our work and information about our fun club!
Dame Bradbury's School
Our website pages reflect how we celebrated Japan’s fascinating culture in just one day, for children from three to 11.
Gartree Community School
Find out about Taiko Drumming then test your knowledge and see how far you can Fling the Teacher.
James Allen's Girls' School
Taiko drumming, bento boxes, watching cherry blossom in Japan falling at 5 centimeters per second... View much more here!
Other Entries in the 2010 Japan Webpage Contest for Schools
Bexley Grammar School
Year 11 students created everything you see from scratch; the design
and layout; the artwork; the Japanese explanations; the stories.
Lady Manners School
A taste of Japan-related activities at school, written by students for students, including photos of past events and nifty weblinks.
Newstead Wood School for Girls
This website is the work of Y9 students who created and designed it with original drawings and photographs.
St Cedds
St. Cedd's and Chuo Elementary Schools have collaborated on various projects; Year 6 designed this website to show our achievements.
The Wavell School
Anpanman and Shokupanman introduce you to a quiz and photos from our trips to Japanese Embassy in London and Yokohama.
Other Japan-related pages by UK schools not entering the 2010 Webpage Contest
Kings’ School Winchester
kingsjapanese.edublogs.org - Club website
www.sushisurfers.blogspot.com - Student blog
If you are a UK school and have a Japan-related webpage that you would like us to feature in this section, please let us know!
