The Board held a writing and creative arts competition for young people in NSW alongside Law Week in 2009, with the theme of 'Diversity Makes the Difference."

This year entrants could use a variety of creative media to enter the competition, as long as words were involved. We received nearly 300 entries from over 30 different schools from around the State, including stories, poems, essays, songs, PowerPoint presentations, drawings, posters and collages. The entries we received were very creative in their expression and interpretation of diversity.

The entries were divided into 3 age categories; 5-8 years, 9-12 years and 13-15 years. Judges examined pieces in terms of creativity, originality and the impact of the message. Due to the high numbers of entries received from the age 9-12 category and the high quality of entries, the Board decided to award two winners in this category.

The winners received $100 book vouchers for themselves and for their school/agency, and all winners and runners up received certificates. Congratulations to all our entrants, winners and runners up.

Winners and runners up

Age 5-8 category

Winner
Georgia Natoli (aged 8) from St Aloysius Primary School, Cronulla - written work

Runners up
Sophia Kenny (aged 8) from Forestville Public School - cartoon
Mia Campbell (aged 6) from Annandale North Public School - drawing and story
Annabel Dedener (aged 8) from Central Mangrove Public School - poster

Age 5-8 category winning and runner up entries

Age 9-12 category

Joint winners
Luke West (aged 11) from Orange Grove Public School, Leichhardt - rap song
Kajol Priyanka (aged 11) from Wiley Park Public School - written work

Runners up
Aaron Clarke (aged 10) from Bourke/Walgett School of Distance Education, Brewarrina – written work
Rebekah Smart (aged 10) from Belair Public School, Adamstown - PowerPoint
Adrian Tasselli (aged 9) from Banksmeadow Public School - PowerPoint
Meredith Colagiuri (aged 9) from Kurrajong East Public School – drawing/flip-chart
Flaviah EdelRoort-Bonacci (aged 11) from Banksmeadow Public School - poster
Harry Reynolds (aged 9) from Kurrajong East Public School - poster

Age 9-12 category winning and runner up entries

Age 13-15 category

Winner
Tiana Podinic (aged 14) from Bossley Park High School - poster

Runners up
Saba Vayani (aged 15) from Glenwood High School – written work
Prakash Dubey (aged 14) from Epping Boys High – written work
Abby-Gai Robertson (aged 15) from Connections, Ettalong – written work

Age 13-15 category winning and runner up entries

Equal Time newsletter special competition edition (pdf - 1013 Kb)

Equal Time newsletter special competition edition (Word document - 87 Kb)

Worksheets for teachers

As part of the competition, the Board provided worksheets for teachers to use to workshop diversity issues with their pupils. These are available for download:

For primary school:
Worksheet P1 (181 Kb)
Worksheet P2 (191 Kb)
Notes for primary school teachers (52 Kb)

For secondary school:
Worksheet S1 (81 Kb)
Worksheet S2 (48 Kb)
Notes for secondary school teachers (92 Kb)