School Class 39

Class 39

2026 School Section

Contact Convenor: Catherine Dowdell 705-241-3849

Please note: All entries in the school section must include a BLUE SCHOOL TAG. Blue school tags may be picked up at elementary schools or at the Fair Office or the local New Tecumseth Library.

Rules

1. New: Entries are grade appropriate to a student’s grade as of the current school year.
2. All exhibits must be the original work of the student.
3. All entries will be judged on originality of idea, creativity, and overall effect.
4. If an entry is not worthy of a prize, judges may disqualify an entry.
5. Exhibitors are allowed only one entry in each section.
6. Judge’s decision is final.
7. Exhibits are placed in classes at the owner’s risk.
8. Blue tickets must be filled out for each entry. Incomplete entry tickets will not be judged. Home schooled exhibits must include a phone number and address, along with the student’s full name.
9. All entries are to be delivered to the Beeton Arena on Thursday, September 17th between 7:00–9:00 p.m. and Friday, September 18th between 8:00–11:30 a.m.
10. No exhibits are to be removed from the hall until 5:00 p.m. Saturday, September 19th.
11. All schools must pick up their entries between 5:00–6:00 p.m. on Saturday September 19th.
12. Note: Parents encourage children, but take no part in their work.
13. Teachers are asked to check that their students (especially in lower grades) are entering exactly what is specified in each section.

Please note: Creative Writing Competition rules have changed. ALL Creative Writing Competition entries MUST be received on Thursday, September 17, 2026 to be considered.

Primary

Section: Kindergarten

1. Printing: Your own first name, on lined or unlined paper.
2. Picture: “Torn Paper” – use pieces of torn paper glued onto construction paper to make a picture of a horse.
3. Picture: Theme – “Torn Paper” – use pieces of torn paper glued onto construction paper to make a picture – no templates.
4. Picture: Theme – “Me and a pet” – create a picture of yourself and your pet or a pet you would like to have, any medium.

Section: Grade One

5. Picture: Draw a picture of yourself doing something to help at school or home, any medium.
6. Craft: Make a folded paper fan, make it colourful, any medium.
7. Picture: Create a picture of a building(s) that you would see in your community (i.e. house, barn, fire hall, school), any medium.
8. Craft: Make a puppet of something that would fit within the theme of “170 Years of Harvest Roots”.

Section: Grade Two

9. Printing: In pencil on lined paper, this poem: The pumpkin / Orange, round / Cold, firm.
10. Picture: Create a picture showing the members of your family, any medium.
11. Picture: Create a picture showing a farm, any medium.
12. Poster: Create a poster showing a safety rule that you would use at school or at home. Print the rule on the poster.

Section: Grade Three

13. Printing: In pencil on lined paper, this poem: Memories / Of the fall Fair / Lots of trees, fruits and veggies / So happy to share / Stories and memories / At the Beeton Fall Fair
14. Picture: Draw a picture of a tractor.
15. Picture: Draw a picture reminding people to recycle.
16. Picture: Create a picture of a farm, any medium.

Primary Specials: Kindergarten, Grades 1–3

17. Kindergarten & Grade 1: Beeton Fair Picture: Draw a picture, titled, of an event you would see at the 170th Fair (i.e. dog show), any medium.
18. Grade 1: Create a collage using items from nature.
19. Grade 2: Beeton Fair Picture: Draw a picture, titled, of an event you would see at the 170th Fair (i.e. dog show), any medium.
20. Grade 3: Create a collage using items from nature.

Junior

Section: Grade Four

21. Cursive Writing: On lined paper, this poem: What is your first memory of the Beeton Fall Fair? / Do you remember? / Would you like to share? / Let’s all have fun together at the Fair!
22. Create: A flag for the 170th Beeton Fall Fair.
23. Poster: Create a poster for the 170th Beeton Fall Fair.
24. Postcard: Create a postcard depicting the Fall Fair on one side, and a message on the other side. Any medium, maximum 4″x6″.

Section: Grade Five

25. Cursive writing: On lined paper, this poem: One day I found an acorn. / It was from an oak. / It had dropped from way up high, from the canopy. / I remember planting it. / Now it is a tree.
26. Picture: Draw your first name only in Graffiti art.
27. Craft: Make a greeting card for any occasion.
28. Poster: Create a picture showing one scene in two seasons.

Section: Grade Six

29. Cursive writing: On lined paper, this poem: One day I found two pumpkin seeds. / I planted one and pulled the weeds. / It sprouted roots and a big, long vine. / A pumpkin grew; I called it mine.
30. Create a representation of Earth, Water, Air & Fire.
31. Picture: Create a farm scene depicting livestock and trees, any medium, maximum size 8.5″ x 11″.

Junior Specials

32. Grade 4: Fair Picture: Create a picture, named, of any aspect of the 170th Fair, any medium.
33. Grade 5: Pumpkin Art: Create a picture depicting pumpkins, any medium, maximum size 8.5″ x 11″.
34. Grade 6: Fair Poster: Create a poster depicting the Fall Fair, titled, using theme of “170 Years of Harvest Roots”, maximum size 8.5″ x 11″.

Intermediate

Section: Grades Seven and Eight

35. Create an original “Coat of Arms” for the 170th Beeton Fall Fair, maximum size 8.5″ x 11″.
36. Sketching: A pencil sketch of any subject, no larger than 11″ x 14″.

Intermediate Specials

37. Poster advertising the 170th Beeton Fall Fair (i.e. date, place, 170th year, etc.), any medium, maximum size 24″ x 36″.
38. Create a picture depicting the theme of “170 Years of Harvest Roots”, in any medium, maximum size 11″ x 17″.
39. Review a book and persuade your audience to read it through your own words, without the use of AI. Maximum 300 words. Submission must be on 8.5″x11″ paper and must be neatly and legibly written, printed, or typed.

Creative Writing Competition

Submissions:

1. Grade 7 – Short Narrative
2. Grade 8 – Short Narrative
3. Grade 7 & 8 – Poetry

New Rules

1. Submission entries must be made known to the School Section Convenor by Friday, September 11, 2026 to be considered.
2. Entries to the Creative Writing Competition must be received on the evening of Thursday, September 17, 2026 to be considered for the competition.

Rules

3. The submission MUST be the original creation of the student in his/her grade seven/eight year in the month of the Beeton Fall Fair.
4. Topic(s) may be the student’s own choice.
5. The short narrative should be a minimum of 250 to a maximum of 500 words in length.
6. All grade seven/eight students may submit one piece of short narrative and one poem only.
7. Submission must be on 8.5″ x 11″ (letter size) paper and must be neatly and legibly written, printed or typed.
8. The best submissions in each of the two categories are to be forwarded to the Convenor of the School Section by 11:30 a.m. on Friday, September 18, 2026, at the Beeton Arena.
9. If entry is not worthy of prize, judges may disqualify.

Prize money for each article:

• 1st place: $5.00
• 2nd place: $4.00
• 3rd place: $3.00
• 4th place: $2.00
• 5th place: $1.00