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AUTUMN BOOKMARK COMPETITION 2021 – 833/2021

By November 11, 2021 No Comments

The annual Bookmark Competition by Gibraltar Cultural Services is organised on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and in conjunction with the Gibraltar Dyslexia Support Group. The competition attracted a total of 739 entries.

The awards were presented on Wednesday 10th November 2021 at 4.30pm at the GEMA Gallery, Montagu Bastion. The overall results, with judge’s comments, are as follows:

Overall Winner                                           Daniel Allen – St. Joseph’s Upper Primary School

 

‘Simple yet powerful message about how teachers can influence a child’s belief in themselves.’

                                               

Winner School Year’s 3–6                   Sienna Parody – St. Joseph’s Upper Primary School                                           

‘Colourful, clever design, powerful pictures.’

                              

Winner School Year’s 7–10                Ella Garcia – Westside School

 

‘Colourful, great artwork, inspiring message.’

 

Winner School Year’s 11-13              Mariah Davis – Westside School

               

‘Eye-catching, colourful and challenges people to find their own superpower.’

                                               

Adult Winner                                                Maya Bezalel Baharal

 

‘A heartfelt message from a teacher’s perspective showing how much they care and help their students.’

Highly Commended Certificates:

 

Bodene Bonnici                                            Adult Category

Faye Chichon                                                School Year’s 7-10 – St. Joseph’s Upper Primary School

Amelia Debenham                                     School Year’s 7-10 – Westside School

Andzela Dinic                                                School Year’s 7-10 – Westside School

Isabella Anne Fernandez                       School Year’s 3-6 – St. Joseph’s Upper Primary School

Clare Francis                                                 Adult Category

Ana Golding                                                   School Year’s 7-10 – Westside School

Adrianna Hermida                                      School Year’s 7-10 – Westside School

Finn Patrick Logan Hughes                  School Year’s 3-6 – Loreto School

Sarah Lugaro                                                 School Year’s 3-6 – St. Joseph’s Upper Primary School

Adam Viñales                                                School Year’s 3-6 – St. Joseph’s Upper Primary School

Luke Zammit                                                  School Year’s 7-10 – Westside School

Stuart Byrne, Dyslexia Gibraltar Chairperson said:

“Dyslexia Gibraltar would like to thank all the participants for their entries and hopes that in the process of doing research for their bookmark designs, they found out a little bit more about Dyslexia. We also want to thank the Ministry of Culture and the Department of Education for making this a success as part of the annual Cultural Programme.”

 

ENDS