The remarkable level of participation required our judges to carry out a very careful evaluation, especially given the high quality of the work submitted.

Congratulations to the winners from Victoria: Petra, a Year 1 student at Footscray Bilingual Primary School, and Edward, in Year 3 at St Patrick’s PS in Wangaratta.

For New South Wales, in the Prep–Year 2 category, the first prize was awarded to Luca, a Year 1 student, while in the Year 3–6 section, Asia stood out. Both students attend the Italian Bilingual School in Sydney.

In Western Australia, the winner of the Prep–Year 2 category is Layla, and for the Year 3–6 category, Amara, both from Lesmurdie Primary School.

Petra from Footscray and Amara from Lesmurdie also won the overall Australia-wide award.

The high school winners, both at state and national level, were Karla, a Year 8 student at Good Samaritan Catholic College, and Sofia, a Year 9 student attending the Co.As.It. language school in Sydney.

Congratulations to all the winners and participants.