Pop-Up Book Design Competition

from THE FOBISIAN February 2022, Term 2 Issue 38

Education Perfect Challenges

Pop-Up Book Design Competition

Anna Glossop Head of Year 10, Assistant Curriculum Leader - Arts Prince of Wales Island International School

From September to November 2021, Prince of Wales Island International School (POWIIS) hosted a Pop-up Book Competition for FOBISIA schools. This was during a COVID-19 lockdown period for many schools with students working online from home or in school in a limited capacity.

Participants were tasked with adapting one of the UN Sustainability Goals into an educational pop-up book with a narrative and some moving parts to help to educate other students about a sustainable approach to life.

The level of craftsmanship and time spent making these practical outcomes was particularly impressive and I hope that the competition benefited our students, particularly with screen time having been at an all time high over the last two years.

We were amazed here at POWIIS with the quality of the work submitted and the time and creativity invested in the outcomes. 31 schools registered to take part in the competition and we received entries from year 5 to 9, and selected 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each of these categories. The winners creations can be viewed here.

The work that we received ranged from hand crafted pop up fully bound books to digital animated cards and many students across the range of schools submitted video footage of reading through and presenting their stories, books and narratives which really brought their work to life.

Collectively, our students are the future inheritors of our planet and it is paramount that they have sustainability and the core values of the UN sustainability goals built into their education to help shape them into the future change makers and responsible young people who care for and respect their planet.

I want to thank all of the extremely talented students for taking part and their submissions and I hope they enjoyed the competition.

Congratulations to the following schools for winning prizes in one or more categories for their outstanding work: • Seoul Foreign British school • Taipei European School • Bangkok International Preparatory & Secondary School • Prince of Wales Island International School (Primary) • Nexus International School, Malaysia • St Andrews International School Bangkok • The British School New Delhi • The International School of Penang (Uplands ) • Prince of Wales Island International school, Penang • The International School of ParkCity, Kuala Lumpur • GEMS International School, Tropicana Metropark