Leamington Pupil Wins Firework Safety Poster Competition
Thomas Warden a pupil at Telford Infant School, Cubbington, has won first prize in the Warwick Area, under 7 age group, of the 2009 Warwickshire Trading Standards Firework Poster Competition. Thomas was presented with his prize today, Monday 11th January.
Warwickshire County Councillor Richard Hobbs, Portfolio Holder for Community Services said: "I would like to congratulate all the children who took part in last year’s Firework Safety Poster Competition; the number of entries was fantastic. A great deal of time, effort and imagination was obviously put into the design of each entry.
"Warwickshire Trading Standards Service works hard to help ensure that Bonfire Night is a safe and enjoyable event for everyone and I hope that this year’s competition helped children to think about the dangers of fireworks, and how they can keep themselves safe."
Over 970 children took part in last year’s competition. The competition is a fun way of helping children to think about the dangers of fireworks and reduce the number of firework related accidents.
The competition winners (ten in all across the counties five districts and boroughs), will each receive a £10 book token and see their poster enlarged and reprinted in time for it to be used as part of next year’s competition.