Terms and Conditions of Entry
1. By entering the Challenge, entrants’ parents/carers agree to abide by these terms and conditions.
2. Challenge is open to children in Kindergarten to Year 7 (2011 school year) in Western Australian schools and to students who receive home schooling in Western Australia.
3. Challenge period is 1 December 2011 to 6 February 2012 inclusive. Printed entry forms must be received by 13 February 2012 at the Department of Education, 151 Royal Street East Perth WA 6004 or at a Western Australian public library. Online entries must be submitted electronically by 13 February 2012. Entry is by completing a printed reading log or registering at the Challenge website and completing an online reading log and recording reading of 10 hours for children from Kindergarten to Year 3 and 15 hours for children from Years 4 to 7. Printed reading logs must be signed by a parent/carer and online entries must be approved by a parent/carer. No responsibility is taken for entries not received by the Department.
4. Stickers and prizes consisting of bookmarks, pencils, erasers and tattoos will be given out to children for every five hours of reading completed during the Challenge. Stickers and prizes can only be collected from a Western Australian public library. Although every effort will be taken to ensure sufficient stocks of stickers and prizes are supplied to libraries, a limited supply is available. Stickers and prizes will be available only until stocks run out.
5. Each child sending a completed reading log will receive a certificate signed by the Premier. Only one certificate per child will be sent regardless of the number of entries submitted.
6. There will be three prize draws for children entering the Challenge:
i) major prize for children from Kindergarten to Year 7
ii) prizes for children from Kindergarten to Year 3
iii) prizes for children from Year 4 to 7.
Prizes will be awarded to the valid entries selected at random on 20 February 2012 at the East Perth office of the Department of Education.
7. There will be one major prize consisting of a trip for a family to explore Western Australia, valued at up to $6,000 from QBE Australia. The first valid entry drawn will win the prize. The prize includes expenses for airfares, ferries, car hire including insurance and accommodation. The trip must be taken before 30 November 2012 and must be used during the school holidays.
8. There will be 10 prizes consisting of an iPod Nano (8GB) and a book from Fremantle Press.
9. There will be 15 prizes consisting of a Kobo e-reader and a book from Fremantle Press.
10. There will be two prize draws for parents/carers who have either read to their child throughout the Challenge or have participated in the Parent Challenge and have ticked the box on the entry form. Prizes will be awarded to the first two valid entries selected at random on 20 February 2012 at the East Perth office of the Department of Education. There will be two prizes consisting of a Kobo e-book reader.
11. The prizes are not redeemable for cash and are non-transferable. The prize draw will be final and cannot be contested. No correspondence will be entered into. Although every effort will be made to ensure prizes and certificates are sent to the address stated on the entry form, the Department takes no responsibility for items not received by entrants.
12. The bookmark design competition is open to children in Kindergarten to Year 7 (2011 school year) in Western Australian schools and to students who receive home schooling in Western Australia. There are two categories – Kindergarten to Year 3 and Year 4 to Year 7. One winner will be selected from each category, with the winning bookmarks printed and distributed to public libraries for use as prizes during the Challenge. In deciding on the winning bookmarks the judging panel will consider how well the design incorporates the themes of reading and ‘exploring Western Australia’ as well as how the design will reproduce when printed. The decision of the judging panel is final and no appeals will be entered into.
13. Entry constitutes the consent of entrants’ parents/carers for personal information of entrants collected in the entry to be used by the Western Australian Government for promotional purposes.
14. The State of Western Australia accepts no responsibility for any loss, damage, accident, death or injury resulting directly or indirectly from the Challenge.
15. The Department of Education will not be responsible for any failure by sponsors to fulfil obligations to donate prizes as previously agreed.
16. The Challenge may be withdrawn at any time without notice.
