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Rules of Scratch International

Programming Trial

This document contains the rules for the SCRatch International Programming Trial SCRIPT
2017.
The contest targets primary and secondary pupils aged 7 to 16. Pupils organized in teams of
twofour members will design a project in Scratch programming language (version 2.0).
Scratch is a programming language developed by Lifelong Kindergarten group from MIT
Media Lab. With Scratch, pupils as young as 6 years old can learn basic programming
concepts. Scratch software can be downloaded for free from http://scratch.mit.edu/.

The Aim and the Objectives of SCRIPT

The aim of SCRIPT 2017 is to promote programming among primary and secondary pupils
using Scratch programming language.
The contest objectives are:
O1.

Stimulating pupils to code.

O2.

Developing English language skills of pupils and teachers.

O3.

Promoting the best teams.

O4.

Dissemination of the best projects.

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Sections and Age Categories

The contest has six sections:

Greetings

Stories

Games

Simulations

Music and Dance

Educational Software

For each of the six sections there are ten age categories, one for each grade from 0 to 9.
According the Romanian educational system, a pupil in 0th grade is 7 years old. This means
that the maximum age of a participant is 16 years old, corresponding to 9th grade (grade 0
> 7 years old; grade 1 > 8 years old; grade 9 > 16 years old).

Who Can Participate

At SCRIPT contest, can participate 7 to 16 years old pupils from schools or after school clubs.
The pupils cannot participate individually. They must be organized in teams of two, three, or
four members. The members of a team must be from the same organization (school or club)
and to fit the age categoryit is not allowed for a pupil to participate in a lower or a higher
age category.
Each team must have a coordinator that is teacher in the same organization as the pupils.
A pupil can be member of many teams if the teams participate in different sections. That
means that a pupil cannot be member of two teams that participate in the same section.

Stages of Competition

4.1 Schools Registration

An organization can participate in the contest if it is registered in competition by a teacher in
that institution, using an online form specified by organizers. The form asks contact data
information, and information related to the number of the teams coordinated for each
section of the contest. The number of coordinated teams influences the number of the
projects which can be send for international phase, according to section 4.3.
The maximum numbers of participant schools from a country, other than Romania, is three.
The school must register before the deadline specified in section 4.7.

4.2 Projects Design and Teams Guidance

Coordinator teacher coaches the pupils in developing the project, but this must be the result
of the teams members.
The projects must be original and must be made by the teams who send the projects.
English is the language of the projects. The projects that use another language will be
disqualified.
The projects authors must own copyright for music, sounds, text and images used in the
project. The projects which doesnt comply with this rule will be disqualified.
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The projects dont have to contain information related to the authors, school, coordinator,
or country. The projects that contained this kind of information will be disqualified.

4.3 Projects Selection for International Phase

To increase the quality of the projects sent for the international phase, each educational
institution will organize a preselection of the projects (specified through the form discussed
in section 4.1) created by the teams in that institution. The jury will select for international
phase around 25% of the all projects created in that institution.
Regarding to the project that an institution will send to the international phase, will be
followed next rules:
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The number of the projects sent to the international phase is around 25 % of the
project created in that institution and recorded through the online form discussed in
section 4.1.

An institution can participate with at most two projects for each section and age
category.

A teacher can coordinate at most one project for each section and age category (i.e.
maximum ten projects for each of the six sections).

4.4 Projects Submission

The projects will be sent at the contests email address, scriptrial@gmail.com, before
deadline specified in section 4.7.
Each submitted project will be assigned to one of the six competition sections by its
designers.
SCRIPT organizers may disqualify any project whose content is considered inappropriate or
breaks the rules of the contest.

4.5 Projects Evaluation

The projects will be evaluated by a jury of programming teachers. The ranking of projects
will be according with the grade done by the jury.
Projects evaluation criteria:
Originality

Using Scratch characteristics

Creativity

Project global quality

Each project will receive a grade from 1 to 10. For each section and age category there will
be a ranking of the projects, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes, and Honourable Mentions will be
granted according to the next rules:
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First ranked project can receive 1st prize, the second ranked project can receive 2nd
prize, the third ranked project can receive 3rd prize, and the fourth ranked project can
receive Honourable Mention.
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The grade of a project must be greater than or equal to 9 for the 1st prize, greater
than or equal to 8 for the 2nd prize, greater than or equal to 7 for the 3rd prize, and
greater than or equal to 6 for Honourable Mention.

The number of prizes will not exceed 25% of the number of projects created in that
section and age category. There could be an exception if for a section and age
category the number of the projects is less than 16.

4.6 Projects Dissemination

For each project participating in the contest, the authors of the project give the organizers
the right to use the project for educational or advertising purposes. The organizers must
specify the projects authors, the coordinators name, and their organization.
The awarded projects will be posted in SCRIPT 2017 studio on the website
http://scratch.mit.edu/.

4.7 Schedule
The milestones of the competition are:

01 February 2017

Launching the competition

12 March 2017

Registering the organizations

11 May 2017

Submitting the projects by email

01 June 2017

Announcing results

14 June 2017

Sending diplomas

30 June 2017

Creating a gallery with awarded projects

Final Decisions

The jury decision is final and cannot be contested.

The rules can be improved based on the proposals from competition participants. The
proposals will be submitted at the address scriptrial@gmail.com.
The changes of the present regulation will be transmitted timely to all interested people.

SCRIPT 2017 Coordinator,

Mihai Agape

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