Call for entries from students in grades 5 to 7

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Lord it over Melbourne

Enter now! Junior Lord Mayor 2016 Competition

 
2015 Junior Lord Mayor Claire McDaniel and Lord Mayor Robert Doyle

Little big boss of Melbourne: Reigning Junior Lord Mayor Claire McDaniel, from Loreto Mandeville Hall, Toorak, with Lord Mayor Robert Doyle.

 

It's free, fun and you learn about Melbourne

Entry is open to Victorian students in grades five to seven (10 to 12 years of age). The competition encourages students to learn about Melbourne history and civic duty.

It's a great classroom activity students will love.

To enter is easy. Students complete questions on the entry form. From up to seven finalists, the overall winner is chosen by our judges. With thanks to 13CABS, our competition partner.

Entries close 5pm, 15 August 2016.

 

 

Melbourne Day Education Kit

Free classroom resource: learn who founded Melbourne. To be used in conjunction with the Gilbert and the Guardians of Melbourne e-book (see below).

Learn more: Gilbert and the Guardians of Melbourne education kit

Free education kit for teachers to use in class

Developed by the History Teachers' Association of Victoria and Melbourne Day Committee to make Melbourne's history engaging.

 

Got Gilbert yet? Stop pussyfooting

Learn who founded Melbourne with Gilbert the Tassie tabby, our first cat.

Learn more: Gilbert and the Guardians of Melbourne

Free e-book — purr-fect for classrooms

Developed by the History Teachers' Association of Victoria and Melbourne Day Committee, the colourful e-book is ideal for teachers to use in classrooms and parents at home.

 

We're celebrating 181 years in August

 

We thank our generous sponsors and partners

City of Melbourne
13CABS - proud sponsor of the 2015 Junior Lord Mayor Competition
Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses
 
Melbourne Water
Metrol Trains
Enterprize - Melbourne's tall ship
Zouki Group
illy Australia
Aged Care Report Card
 
History Teachers' Association of Victoria
Lombard the Paper People
Levantine Hill Winery
Eureka Skydeck
UMS, Urban Maintenance Systems
William Angliss Institute
Akqire Digital