Water Week posters are wet and meaningful

STUDENTS from across the region have been acknowledged for their efforts in creating posters for Central Highlands Water as part of National Water Week

The 113 posters contained messages about the importance of clean, accessible water to the community and the environment.

CHW Managing Director, Paul O’Donoghue, said the quality and tone of the messages reflected the role young people are playing in environmental stewardship.

“You’re seeing a real trend where children and teenagers have taken on a proactive theme around what they want to see their world look like,” he said. “Water is a really important part of that and the continued interest by all of the kids who have put applications in shows water, and all of those things around humanity and what’s going on in the world, are really important to them.”

Now in its running for the 26th time, this year’s poster competition theme was ‘It’s time to change the world’ with pupils from grades prep to 6 submitting entries.

Winners received a bike and gift pack valued at $250 while runners up got a scooter voucher and prizes to the tune of $150.

The winners were – Prep – Levon Carroll, Hepburn Primary School, runner up – Coco Draffin, Skipton Primary School. Grades 1 and 2 – Ruby Sim, Skipton, runner up Aurora Rowe, Hepburn. Grades 3 and 4 – Darcy Wood, Carisbrook Primary School, runner up Harry Collins, Skipton. Grades 5 and 6 – Henry Wendels, runner up Damian McDougall, both from Carisbrook.