Click on the links below and listen to the jingles by the schools that won the first ever Environmental Cadet Biodiversity Jingle Competition!

Sunnyside Tutorial Sunnyside

Pares Primary School Pares

Five Islands Primary Five Islands

Seventeen schools, both Primary and Secondary, competed in the first ever Environment Cadet Biodiversity Jingle Competition. The competition was organised by the Environment Division in order to make children more aware of the issues relating to biodiversity and how it can be preserved.

The Environment Cadets created songs that spoke about specific flora and fauna in Antigua and Barbuda and discussed the growing concern of littering and pollution in the twin-island state.

The winners for the competition were Sunnyside Tutorial, Pares Primary and Five Islands Primary. The top Secondary school prize was won by the Antigua Girls’ High School, while Sunnyside Tutorial won the top Primary school prize. Both schools were presented with a fruit basket by Mrs. Andrea Marshall, Environment, Health and Safety Manager of Sandals Grande Antigua Resort and Spa.

The winning schools will have the opportunity to visit Pelican Lodge Studios where they will record their jingles professionally, and were presented with invitations to the studio by Vaughn Skerritt, a representative from Pelican Lodge Studios. The jingles will be aired on national radio stations on 22 May, the International Day of Biological Diversity. The three winning schools also received the SIRMM Biodiversity Award.

“I was extremely impressed with the courage of many of the performers as well as the huge effort they put into their performances. It was great to see school kids putting in so much time and energy for a good cause, such as the one for raising awareness on the importance of Antigua and Barbuda’s biodiversity” stated Frances Fuller, Environment Officer within the Environment Division.

The cadets were treated to a performance by Tian Winter with his hit song “Baby I”. Winter was one of the judges for the competition. Also on the judging panel were Quincy Etinoff, organist and choirmaster of the Ebenezer Moravian Church, and Vinema Jarvis, Director of Sanctuary.

The Environment Division wishes to thank all those who participated in the competition and looks forward to hosting similar competitions in the future.