Kids (Ages 7-11): 

• Scratch game 

• Scratch animation 

Youth (Ages 12-15): 

• Scratch game 

• Scratch animation 

People’s choice award (7-15): 

• A Scratch game or Animation, from the shortlisted entries, as voted on by Wyndham Libraries Staff members 

All competition entries will be reviewed anonymously by this process: 

Step 1: Does the entry meet the entry guidelines? If it does it will progress to step 2. If it doesn’t, it will not progress. The entrant will not be notified if the entry does not progress to step 2. 

Step 2: Once the competition closes, all valid entries will be remixed in order to prevent further changes being made.  

Step 2: Judges will review and score the entry based on: 

• Coding 

• Engagement 

• Graphics 

• Originality 

• Sound 

• Story and instructions 

Scores will not be made public. 

1. This competition is run by Wyndham City Council in the state of Victoria, Australia only. 

2. By submitting your child’s entry to this competition, you: 

1. confirm that you are their parent or legal guardian (‘parent’); 

2. consent to your child entering this competition; and  

3. accept these terms and conditions of entry. 

3. Entries that do not comply with these terms and conditions will not be valid and will not be accepted. 

4. Entrants must be aged between 7 and 15 (as of 11th October 2026) and must either be a member or have a parent who is a member of Wyndham City Libraries.  Council staff, Councillors and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.  

5. To enter the competition, you must submit a properly completed entry form via Council’s website that includes a link to your child’s game or animation that they have created using Scratch, between 12:00pm on 17 August 2026 and 11:59pm on 11 October 2026.  Entries which are incomplete or are received outside of this period will not be accepted. 

6. You acknowledge and agree that: 

1. your child must create a Scratch account in order to create their entry, which must be retained for the duration of the competition; 

2. creating a Scratch account requires your child to provide personal information to a third-party provider and agree to their terms of service.  Council accepts no liability in respect of Scratch’s collection, use or disclosure of personal information; and 

3. your child may delete their Scratch account at any time, however if such a request is made prior to 20 November 2026, their entry will also be deleted and as such, be invalid. 

7. Only one entry per entrant per entry category will be accepted.  You acknowledge and agree that if your child submits multiple entries, they will only be eligible for a maximum of one prize in the entire competition. 

8. Entries must be your child’s own original work and must not contain any offensive or inappropriate content, or infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights.  Council reserves the right to exclude from entry any entries which in its reasonable opinion breaches this condition. 

9. All entries will be remixed to prevent further changes once the competition closes on 12 October 2026.   

10. Entries will be judged by Council staff between 12 October 2026 and 7 November 2026. One winner per prizecategory will be chosen, based on the judging criteria published on Council’s website. One winner, as voted on by Wyndham Libraries staff, will be awarded the People’s choice category. Each winner will receive a $50 prepaid Mastercard.  Winners acknowledge that terms and conditions apply to the redemption of the prepaid Mastercard.  A copy of these terms and conditions will be provided on claiming of the prize.  The total prize is valued at $250.  

11. Entries that have been shortlisted by the judges will be added to the Wyndham Coding Champs Studio on Scratch by 5:00pm on7 November 2026. 

12. Winners will be announced at the Wyndham Coding Champs 2026 awards night, to be held at Point Cook Library from 4:00pm to 6:00pm on20 November 2026. 

13. Winners and shortlisted entrants’ names may subsequently be published on Council’s website and social media pages. 

14. If a winner’s parent cannot be contacted by 5:00pm on 27 November 2026, Council may opt to conduct further judging to determine a new winner. 

15. If a prize has not been claimed by 5:00pm on 4 December 2026, the winner will be deemed to have surrendered the prize and Council may opt to conduct further judging to award the unclaimed prize. 

16. All entrants will be awarded a certificate of participation, which will be sent by mail to participants who do not attend the Awards night.  

17. Council reserves the right not to award a prize in any category. 

18. Prizes are not transferable or exchangeable for cash. 

19. You acknowledge that your child retains copyright in their entry. 

20. You consent to the sharing of your child’s entry to the Wyndham Coding Champs Studio on Scratch and at the Wyndham Coding Champs 2026 awards night.  You further consent to the publication of your child’s entry, their first name and their age on Council’s website and social media pages for the purpose of promoting the Wyndham Coding Champs 2026 competition. 

21. You must indemnify and hold harmless Council, its councillors and employees against all costs, claims and liability arising in connection with a breach or potential breach of these terms and conditions. 

22. Where you have opted to join the Wyndham City Libraries mailing list, you acknowledge and agree that Council may periodically provide you with promotional material by email.  You acknowledge that you can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time. 

23. Council accepts no responsibility for late, lost, incomplete, corrupt or invalid entries. 

24. If for any reason, the competition cannot be run as planned, Council reserves the right to cancel, terminate, alter or suspend the competition and/or modify these terms and conditions. 

25. Council’s decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into.