Rock Stars: Mountsorrel Quarry Schools Competition 2025

Celebrating our local stone through creativity

Mountsorrel Quarry is proud to launch the Rock Stars Schools Competition 2025, inviting primary school-age pupils from Mountsorrel and neighbouring villages to get creative and tell the story of Mountsorrel’s famous pink granite.

This exciting competition is all about celebrating local heritage, learning something new, and giving children the chance to win amazing prizes while showing off their artistic talents.

This competition is part of our commitment to being a good neighbour and building relationships with the local community. We want to celebrate our local landscape, helping young people understand more about what makes Mountsorrel’s pink granite special and to take pride in their area’s heritage and future.

We can’t wait to see your Rock Star entries!

About the competition

The competition is aimed at primary school-aged children aged 5-11 in the local communities closest to Mountsorrel Quarry - including Mountsorrel, Quorn, Barrow, Swithland, Rothley, and other local villages. We’d like the children to create something imaginative that tells the story of Mountsorrel’s pink granite - its past, present, or future. The theme is broad and fun - and we can’t wait to see how young minds bring it to life!

Your entry could be:

A drawing, painting, or sculpture
A poem, or a short story

Prizes

1st Place: the winner will receive four tickets to a day at the Silverstone Festival 2025, a Tarmac goody bag and a VIP Quarry Tour for up to 4 people and a Tarmac goody bag.

7 Runners-Up: runners up will be given a VIP group Quarry tour for up to 4 people, plus a Tarmac goody bag.

Winning entries will also be featured at local events such as the Mountsorrel Revival Festival, displayed at the Quarry, and shared in the local press and online.

Judging Criteria

Entries will be judged by an independent panel of representatives from local organisations, as well as a representative from Mountsorrel Quarry.

Entries will be assessed based on the following criteria:

Creativity and originality
Relevance to the theme
Effort and engagement
Emotional or visual impact

Key dates

Deadline for entries: Monday 7 July 2025
Winners announced: Monday 21 July 2025
Prize events: August 2025
Quarry Tour: 14 or 15 August
Silverstone Festival: 22 – 24 August

How to enter

Step 1: Read the entry pack and key facts

Read our Mountsorrel fact and figures here and our entry pack here to learn more about the competition and what to submit. Please also take a look at the terms and conditions here and judging criteria.

Step 2: Create your entry

Choose any format - from drawings, to poems and sculptures – and get creative!

Step 3: Submit online

Scan or take a good quality picture of your child’s creation and submit the entry on their behalf by emailing it to [email protected] along with the parent consent form below.

If you have questions or need help, email us at: [email protected]

Parental Consent & Entry Form

Please complete the form below to confirm your consent for your child to take part in the Rock Stars competition, and to allow us to use their creative work and related images as part of the project’s promotional activities. Please send completed forms and a picture of the entry to [email protected]

Parent Consent Form

Rock Stars: Mountsorrel Quarry Schools Competition

Participant Details

Child's Name

First Name

Last Name

Child's Age

School Name

Parent / Guardian Details

Your Name

First Name

Last Name

Relationship to Child

Email

Phone

Upload your entry

Maximum upload size: 10.24MB

Consent & Permissions

Please read the following and tick the boxes to indicate your agreement. Please note that entries cannot be considered if permission is not provided for these aspects.

I give permission for my child to take part in the Rock Stars: Mountsorrel Quarry Schools Competition 2025.

I consent to my child’s creative submission (e.g. drawing, poem, sculpture) being displayed at public events including the Mountsorrel Revival, on quarry display boards, and used in Tarmac promotional materials.

I consent to my child’s name, age, and school name being published alongside their submission in: Press releases, Online content (e.g. website, social media), Physical displays and printed materials.

I give permission for photographs or video footage to be taken of my child and/or their submission during: The Silverstone Festival prize experience; The Mountsorrel Quarry tours.

I consent to these images being used in Tarmac’s publicity materials including: Press articles; Tarmac websites and social media channels; Educational displays and marketing materials.

I confirm that the submission created by my child is their own original work.

I understand that my child will retain ownership of their creative work.

By entering the competition, I grant Tarmac and EQ Communications a royalty-free, non-exclusive licence to use, reproduce and publicly display the work (credited where appropriate) in connection with the Rock Stars competition and future educational or promotional materials. The work will not be sold or commercially exploited.

Data Protection

Your personal data will be handled in line with UK GDPR and will only be used for the purposes of administering this competition. Data will be securely stored and not shared with third parties. It will be deleted after the competition concludes, except where needed for ongoing promotional use as permitted above.

If you are human, leave this field blank.

If you are struggling to upload the entry please email it to [email protected] along with a completed parental consent form.

About Mountsorrel Quarry

Mountsorrel Quarry is one of the largest granite quarries in Europe and is known across the UK for its unique pink granite. Here are some key facts, figures and images to provide you with inspiration.

Downloads

Download Entry Pack PDF