Disabled children aim high in art competition
Children and young people attending Special School in Knowsley
have taken part in an art competition to find out what 
interests them and how
they like spending their free time.
Pupils were invited to enter the competition as part of the
borough’s Aiming High for disabled children and young people
programme.
The competition was divided into four age categories, which were
all inundated with entries of a very high standard.
In two special award ceremonies the lucky winners were presented
with a certificate and treated to Argos vouchers for first, second
and third prize. The art work from the winning entries will be
reproduced for the programme’s newsletters, flyers and other
publicity materials and all the entries will be displayed in
council buildings around the borough.
Cllr Graham Wright, Cabinet Member for Children and Family
Services, said:
“The competition was a great way of encouraging the children to
bring out their creative talents. The judges had a tough time
choosing the winners because all the entries were excellent and
worthy of winning a prize.
“It will be really rewarding for the children to see their work
reproduced on publicity materials for the Aiming High for disabled
children and young people programme and recognition of the obvious
time and effort they put into their entries.”
Photo: Prize winners from Knowsley Central Primary
Support Centre
(L-R: Daniel Winstanley; Ryan Jones; Daniel Clarke;
Paris Foster; Jonathan Horton and Pauline Coulter, Children and
Family Services Manager for children with
disabilities)
For media enquiries, contact: Sandra Issar, Knowsley Council,
0151 443 3224
Note for editors:
The winning entries were:
3 – 6 year olds:
1st prize – Ryan Jones, aged 6, Knowsley Central Support
Centre
2nd prize – Paris Foster, aged 6, Knowsley Central Support
Centre
3rd prize – Daniel Winstanley, aged 5, Knowsley Central Support
Centre
7-11 year olds:
1st prize – Adam Pittam, aged 11, Alt Bridge
2nd prize – Jonathan Horton, aged 8, Knowsley Central Support
Centre
3rd prize – Daniel Clarke, aged 10, Knowsley Central Support
Centre
12-14 year olds:
1st prize – Ryan Edwards, aged 13, Alt Bridge
2nd prize – Jeanette Anne Pierce, aged 14 1/2, Alt Bridge
3rd prize – Jack Cullen, aged 13, Alt Bridge
15-18 year olds:
1st prize - Daniel Boner, aged 15, Alt Bridge
2nd prize - Brooke Louise Bowker, aged 15, Alt Bridge
3rd prize - Meriam Onuchukwu, aged 15, Alt Bridge
