Introducing the winners of the annual schools firework safety poster competition
Children from 34 schools in Bath entered this year’s Rotary Club of Bath Fireworks Safety Poster competition sponsored by Bath Building Society. Category winners were invited to the Bath Guildhall for a presentation ceremony attended by the Deputy Mayor of Bath, Councillor Ian Halsall.
Richard Ingle, Chief Executive at Bath Building Society, said: “It’s the 54th year the Society has supported the initiative which is very much part of the autumn term calendar in our local primary schools. We are thrilled to congratulate all the young artists who took part this year. The creativity shown by the students was great to see and their posters deliver an essential message about staying safe during the bonfire night celebrations. A huge well done to all the winners, your work will make a real difference in keeping our community safe.”
Age 4-5
1st Enid Robinson, St Johns Catholic Primary School
2nd Alexander Tucker, Farmborough Church Primary School
3rd Rosa Grey, Weston All Saints Church of England Primary School
Age 6-7
1st Sienna Calvert-Jones, Widcombe Infant School
2nd Pernille Elkins, Oldfield Park Infant School
3rd Quino Viarino, St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Age 8-9
1st Eva Thomas, St Saviours Junior Church School
2nd Alice Bodman, St Philip’s Church of England Primary School
3rd Amber Boyd, Combe Down Primary School
Age 10+
1st Forest Moon, Weston All Saints Church of England Primary School (overall winner, pictured)
2nd Beatrice Craig, Freshford Church School
3rd Bailey Chambers, Batheaston Primary School
Specialist Schools
1st AJ, Watson, Threeways School
2nd Frazier Hudd, Threeways School
3rd Kyle Janes, Threeways School
Winners were presented with a monetary voucher to open a Bath Building Society account, an art set and a Bath Building Society goody bag.
The posters were judged on the firework safety message and artistic merit. Judges for this year’s competition were Councillor Bharat Pankhania, Mayor of Bath, Meghann Elvin and Niki Ambler-Shattock from Avon Fire & Rescue, Richard Bush, The Rotary Club of Bath and Tiffany Hardie-Albutt, Bath Building Society.
The annual Rotary Club Fireworks Display will take place on Saturday 1st November at The Recreation Ground. All children who entered the competition have been given access to a free child voucher that can be exchanged for a ticket to the firework display when purchasing an adult ticket.