South East Water ran a photojournalism competition for Secondary School Students to celebrate National Water Week 2011. The competition involved students showcasing their photographic talents around the theme ‘How You Value Water’. The winner is:
Callen Rawlings, Year 7, St Michael’s Grammar, for his picture ‘Pit Stop’.
"Often we forget about others and we just focus on ourselves. This photo shows how the dragonfly’s need for water is just as important as our need for water. Even a drop of water can be valuable to a dragonfly. I have called this photo ‘Pit-stop’ because the dragonfly is like a racing car. It has been flying around for hours and it is desperate for a drop of water. Just like a racing car pulling in for a pit-stop for fuel and a change of tyres, this dragonfly has swooped in for a drink. It’s hard to imagine that so little water could make a difference, but it does. Just ask the dragonfly!" -Callen Rawlings
The National Water Week Poster Competition for primary schools ran again and hundreds of entries were received from 30 schools across the region (a new record!). Students were asked to create a poster reflecting water issues that were important to them. The posters showed wonderful creativity, lots of artistic talent and most importantly a great wealth of knowledge around water. Winners included:
Prep 1st Prize Ada Rai, Dandenong South Primary School
Grade 1 and 2 1st Prize: Cass Logan, St John the Baptist School
Grade 3 and 4 1st Prize: Emily Brotherton, St Louis de Montfort’s Primary School
Grade 5 and 6 1st Prize: Sara Joseph, Overport Primary School
Sara also received 2nd Prize in the State Competition, which is a wonderful achievement
The winning posters have been created into murals with artist Tony Sowersby and will be on display at the Mt Martha Sewage Treatment Plant for a year before returning to their creators school to share the message with current and future students.
Three Water – Learn it! Live it! schools were selected to host South East Water Fairs with their students. This involved musical performances, badge making, education games, such as the ‘Great Wall of Buckets’ and ‘Pipes and Leaks’. The schools were also given a gift from South East Water of renowned community artist Tony Sowersby creating a mural for their school to keep.
2010
We ran and advertising campaign for secondary schools and a documentary competition for primary schools. The winning schools videos were shown and Federation Square on the big screen, with competition participants invited to attend. View the winning entries on our "And the winners are ..." page. In addition the very popular, annual state-wide primary poster competition was held.
The winners of the SEW 2010 National Water Week competitions are: Primary School Documentary:1st Place: Bentleigh West Primary School2nd Place: Woodleigh Junior College
Secondary School Advertisement:1st Place: Elwood College
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