Primary schools have less than one month until The Hockey Museum’s Art of Hockey competition closes.

The Hockey Museum’s Art of Hockey competition, supported by The National Hockey Foundation, is open to primary schools across the United Kingdom. Children are invited to design their own piece of two-dimensional artwork about the sport of hockey, using South American influences.

Teachers can download competition guidelines, entry forms and inspiration posters to support the way in which they organise the competition in school. The inspiration posters provide a good display to show children some of the artwork already in The Hockey Museum’s collection.

The winning design will be announced on Day One of the prestigious 2016 Champions Trophy, and both the winning design and shortlisted entries will be displayed throughout the world-class event. The Hockey Museum’s exhibition will be on 10-26 June at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre, on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London. Plus a number of children and schools will win Art materials.

Deadline for entries is Friday 6 May 2016. More information and all of the competition resources can be found at www.hockeymuseum.net/education. The winning design will be announced on Friday 10 June 2016, eight weeks before the Rio 2016 Olympic Games begins.

“Entries have already started arriving at The Hockey Museum” says Jon Rye, volunteer Education Officer at The Hockey Museum. “We are really pleased with the interest shown by schools in the first few weeks of the competition and it is hoped that schools are almost ready to submit their entries before the deadline. Exciting times ahead!”