Pictures left to right: Winning entry: Aditya Bhandari (robin design); Runners up: Ariyan Vaghjiani (animal tree design); Miriam (festive animals design); Jack Oktay (robin with a Christmas hat design); Kanishka Gajendran (festive squirrel design); all entries; Cannon Lane Primary entries; Hillside Junior School entries; Reddiford School entries; St Helen's School entries.
In September, I launched my Christmas Card Competition, inviting children in primary and junior schools across the constituency to design a card that will be printed and sent to local stakeholders, including schools and healthcare providers, to wish them a Merry Christmas from their Member of Parliament. The theme this year was local wildlife and I am thrilled that so many children decided to get creative and take part.
I would firstly like to thank everybody who entered the competition this year. I was genuinely overwhelmed, not only by the number of entries, but by their creativity. It was a difficult decision to choose one winner, but I am delighted to announce that Aditya Bhandari, Age 8 from Reddiford School designed this year's winning entry, featuring two festive robins, that will be printed on my Christmas card.
I am also delighted to announce four runners up, whose designs will also be featured:
Jack Oktay, Age 8, Cannon Lane Primary School
Miriam, Year 5, Hillside Junior School
Ariyan Vaghjiani, Age 10, Reddiford School
Kanishka Gajendran, Age 13, St Helen’s School
I know that so much effort was put into these entries and so I would also like to pay a special thank you to all 2021 entrants from Cannon Lane Primary School, Hillside Junior School, Reddiford School and St Helen's:
Cannon Lane Primary School
Leo Wallis, Age 11
Rowan Elizabeth White, Age 9
Prerna Nandha, Age 10
Amity Thorpe, Age 10
Melissa Drozd, Age 9
Hamdan Sultan, Age 8
Anna Speel, Age 11
Hillside Junior School
Emima, Year 4
Elsa, Year 5
Ana Maria- Year 5
Aashiyana, Year 5
Tania, Year 5
Kelsie, Year 5
Santiago, Year 5
Tcharlly, Year 5
Filipa, Year 5
Laila, Year 5
Alfie-Jay, Year 5
Matei, Year 5
Seyi, Year 5
Casia, Year 5
Justin, Year 5
Sam, Year 5
Eunice, Year 5
Kai, Year 5
Alfie, Year 5
Alex, Year 5
Bruna F, Year 5
Idean, Year 5
Ibrahim, Year 5
Reddiford School
Aman Mehra, Age 11
Rhea Ramessur, Age 10
Medhavi Kadel, Age 8
Zaynah Khan, Age 8
Shubham Saha, Age 8
Anni Shah, Age 10
Arjun Dutta, Age 9
Krisha Bidadi, Age 10
Aadit Kumar, Age 7
Eva Maria Baghi, Age 10
Sanvi Singh, Age 8
Aaryan Varsani, Age 8
Mihir Sharma, Age 7
Aleah Salehi-Reyhani, Age 7
Sophie Cegla, Age 8
Zakir Anwer, Year 4
Kishann Yohamoorty, Age 8
Maleeya Hirani-Patel, Year 3
Aarav Jai Singh, Age 9
Asha Mahadeva, Age 9
Khai Shah, Age 9
St Helen’s
Amber Patel, Age 12
