A school art competition has given young artists in Casey a chance to shine with Narre Warren South MP Gary Maas honouring the students’ work.
Government schools took part in Mr Maas’ Community Matters Bookmark Art Competition during 2019.
Grade 5 students from the participating schools entered the competition with the design emphasis on the theme of ‘diversity in our community’.
Each participating school had finalists with a winner decided by a poll on Facebook. The winners’ pictures were then made into bookmarks and distributed amongst each of their schools.
Mr Maas was pleased to recently visit local primary schools to hand out bookmarks to students.
The winners were Iliana Anahi Alam (Brentwood Park Primary School), Lucas Bartlett (Strathaird Primary School), Akein Siriwardane (Berwick Fields Primary School), Amelia Klat (Hillsmeade Primary School), Mia Carla Gomez (River Gum Primary School), and Vinuli Goonasekera (Oakgrove Community Centre), with each receiving a certificate and book voucher for their winning entries.
Mr Maas thanked all those involved in the Community Matters Bookmark Art Competition and encouraged local students to keep reading.
“It’s fantastic to see local students in Narre Warren South unleash their artistic skills in the inaugural Community Matters Bookmark Art Competition whilst also looking into the important topic of diversity,” Mr Maas said.
“These bookmarks will be distributed to young bookworms from the participating schools and I hope all students open their eyes to the world of books around them”.
