‘Water for me, Water for all’ poster prize winners

This year’s annual TasWater Water Week Poster Competition prizes have been announced with winners coming from all parts of the state.

Students from 25 primary schools entered the competition, TasWater receiving more than 300 entries based on the National Water Week theme for this year, ‘Water for me, Water for all.’

TasWater Education Officer Teleah Healy says we have been absolutely delighted with the participation in our fifth annual poster competition.

“The students through their entries have all demonstrated a real awareness of the importance of water in our everyday life and consideration for how we use water and what we can do to protect our water environments and resources for the future.”

“Here in Tasmania it is easy to take our flushing toilets, running taps and hot showers for granted but across

the globe 2.1 billion people lack access to safe, readily available drinking water.“

“The quality of the posters meant that judging was not easy and all students should be very proud of their work.” Teleah said.

Hobart area students took out first place in class categories from Prep through to Grade 6 with Albie de Gooyer of Lauderdale Primary, Glover Howells from Campbell Street Primary, Molly Galbraith of Rokeby’s Emmanuel Christian School and Home Schooler, Kathleen Bosveld of Collinsvale, each winning a Samsung Tablet.

Poster entries from the area will be on display at the Hobart and Glenorchy Libraries from this week with winners presented with their prizes at the Glenorchy Library next Wednesday.

Back - L to R: Kathleen Bosveld, Bosveld Home School, Molly Galbraith, Emmanuel Christian School. Front -L to R: Lexie Warfewood and Clover Howells, Campbell Street Primary School