Class groups

The Doodle 4 Google 'My invention...' competition is open to all students attending primary or secondary school or Youthreach groups in the Republic of Ireland. Doodles will be judged in the following five groups:

• Doodle Class Group 1: Junior Infants, Senior Infants
• Doodle Class Group 2: 1st, 2nd Class
• Doodle Class Group 3: 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th Class
• Doodle Class Group 4: 1st, 2nd, 3rd Year
• Doodle Class Group 5: TYO, 5th, 6th Year, Youthreach

Title and supporting statement

In addition to producing a doodle, students also need to:

• Submit a title for their doodle
• Write a supporting statement for their doodle – no more than 50 words long. Students should explain how they have portrayed the theme ‘My invention…’ in their doodle
• Students do not need to draw their doodle on the Google template but the Google logo must be clearly visible in all doodles

Submitting entries

• You will have until Monday 10th December 2012 to submit your school’s entries
• When you are ready to submit your entries, you should complete the online entry form
• There is a limit of six entries per school. Consider holding an internal competition to select the best doodles from your school
• You will also need to complete the form we have posted to your school (or you can use this PDF version). Please complete one form per doodle
• Attach the form to the corresponding doodle so we can correctly identify each one
• Each student’s name should be clearly indicated on the back of their doodle as well
• Post your school’s entries to the address below by Monday 10th December 2012: Doodle 4 Google, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4
• We can only accept submissions by post

Design guidelines

• The doodle should be presented on a white, landscape sheet of A4 paper only
• You can download the Google logo template from our Lesson Resources page here
• Students do not have to draw directly on the template but as the winning doodle will be displayed on the Google homepage, please ensure that the Google logo is clearly visible and recognisable
• The doodle can be in pencil, crayons, felt tip, paint, or can be created using computer drawing or design software. Unfortunately we cannot accept 3D entries