At the end of last year we ran a Christmas card competition to help raise awareness for the African Refugee Education Project. Mr Nigel Lea-Wilson, Trustee of the AREP Charity, was pleased to have EB Education Services supporting the project. The donations raised will help to enhance the education of the refugee children he works with.
We received a number of festive card designs, with some very creative techniques and approaches used.
Nicola Cutts from Stockport Grammar School was the winner of the Year 12-13 age category! She won a £50 Amazon voucher and a pack of her Rudolph card designs.
Mr Davies, Head of Art for Stockport Grammar School said “Pupils from SGS entered their designs into the Christmas card competition organised by EB Educational Services Ltd. There were some imaginative and skilful designs entered in both the year 7-11 category and the year 12-13 category. As well as having her design printed onto cards, she won a £50 Amazon voucher which was presented to her by Chris and Karen. The pupils enjoyed having the opportunity to take part.”
Izzy Perry from Priestnall School was not only the winner of the Year 7-11 age category but also our overall winner! This meant she received a £50 Amazon voucher, a pack of her cards and £250 for her school’s Art department.
Chris, from EB Education, said “I really love this design, Izzy has done amazingly well. She is exceptionally talented and has really shown us that she has a real passion for art. It was great to be able to present Izzy with the award for designing our Christmas card in front of her peers”.
Karen and Chris were fortunate enough to take part in the celebration assembly held for Priestnall School on the last day of term before the Christmas holidays in which they presented Izzy and the school with their prizes. Mr Nokes, Curriculum Leader of Art and Design at Priestnall School said the students really enjoyed participating in the competition. He also had positive words to say about Izzy. “She’s great. She’s in my art class and is very keen on developing her artwork, I’m glad she is being recognised!”
It’s good to see local companies supporting the talent and ability in the local community, helping schools in the area further develop. Many businesses in the Heatons area of Stockport proudly displayed the Christmas card designed by Izzy Perry and made a donation to the AREP charity. Thank you to Littlewoods Butchers, FEED, The Savoy, Eternal Envy, Soleil, Thom’s Bar, Back’s Delicatessen, Blue Door Flowers, Victoria Highfield Jewellers and Blazier Hair & Beauty, Brent Hairdressing, John Delany Motors, Grasse and The George & Dragon.
We want to say a massive thank you to everybody who entered, we were so impressed by all your talent! Take a look at some of our other entries below.
Jacob J Aimee R Alex B
Ellie A Hannah N Holly W
Maddie C Zara Rose A Millie G
Matilda G Faith M Emma L
Antonia M
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Christmas Card Competition Newspaper Article
It’s time to put your artistic talent to good use and design your very own Christmas Card for a chance to win £50 in vouchers for yourself and £250 for your school! Festive designs can be created by hand or made on the computer.
Send a photo of your (or your child’s) Christmas card design to our Facebook page with the entrant’s name, age category and school code (if you have one).
Share the post.
(If the entrant/entrant’s parent doesn’t have Facebook, you can contact us for more information on entering).
If you haven’t got a code from your school and would like one, then contact us for your school to be in with the chance of winning £250 for their Art Department.
Only 1 design per person.
Only a front cover design needed.
No inappropriate or offensive designs.
Vote by ‘liking’ your favourite design(s) on our FB page.
We encourage you to ‘share’ your entry from our FB page to gain more likes!
Click here to view all entries.
Key Stages 1 and 2 (years 1 – 6)
Key Stages 3 and 4 (years 7 – 11)
Key Stage 5 (years 12 – 13)
Each winner will receive a £50 voucher from a choice of one of these retailers: Amazon, Waterstones, GAME, WHSmiths, Next, Topshop, Debenhams, Toys R Us, River Island and Asda.
Each winner will have their card design printed and a pack given to them. If you would like additional cards, or your school would like some cards, please contact us for details.
If a school code is provided, the overall winner’s school will receive a £250 donation to their Art Department.
13th December: Voting closes.
15th December: Winners announced for each age category based on the number of likes/quality of design.
AREP are a small charity whose main focus is the education of young people in Uganda, South Sudan and Kenya. They aim to relieve poverty and advance the education and training of people, particularly but not exclusively young people, living in East Africa, to enable them to develop practical and academic skills which may assist them to improve their conditions of life.
We are running this competition to try and raise awareness for the African Refugee Education Project. We will be making a donation to this project based on the number of entries we receive – so get designing!
