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Rosewell’s Eva crowned Christmas card champion at Barratt’s festive lights switch on

Pupils at a Midlothian primary school have been letting their creativity shine by creating their very own Christmas card designs as part of Barratt Developments’ festive competition. 

Barratt Developments Scotland – which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes – invited pupils from Rosewell Primary School to try their hand at designing their very own festive cards, with the winning design being transformed into a physical pack to be given to residents at the housebuilder’s sites.

After judging more than 20 entries, Eva Hall from Primary 6 was crowned champion of the festive design competition, winning a £50 Smyths voucher in the process. The 10-year-old’s design depicts a snowy Christmas Eve sky with Santa’s sleigh flying over rooftops.

To mark her win, Eva and her fellow pupils who took part in the competition were invited to switch on the Christmas tree lights at David Wilson Homes’ Rosewell Meadow development on Thursday 7th December.

All budding artists were awarded a chocolate selection box for their efforts, with Eva doing the honours and switching on the lights.

Shona Richardson, Headteacher at Rosewell Primary School, said: “The pupils were very excited to be asked to take part in the Christmas Card competition.

“We have a number of creative and imaginative pupils at Rosewell so this was right up their street. Some even gave up their lunch breaks to join a ‘Christmas Card Art Club’. It was so popular that we had to bring in extra tables and chairs. It was a hive of festive activity!”

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Anne Ross, Sales Director at Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes East Scotland, said: “We were extremely impressed by the designs Eva and her schoolmates created.

“Not only did they capture the joy and fun of Christmas time, but you could also see how much time and effort each pupil put into their work.

“We hope our small events bring a bit of festive sparkle to the communities we are building within East Scotland.”

Neil Hanna www.neilhannaphotography.co.uk 07702 246823

For more information on David Wilson Homes in Scotland, visit:

www.dwh.co.uk/new-homes/scotland/edinburgh/

Pupils’ Christmas cards bring festive cheers to Princes Street

Christmas cards designed by Edinburgh school pupils will brighten up Princes Street this festive season by being displayed on all digital bus shelter screens.

Pupils from across the city entered the competition to design the cards for the Education and Children’s Services of the City of Edinburgh Council and the Lord Provost.

In total 11 designs will be shown on the screens, with three of them – chosen by Education Convener Councillor Joan Griffiths, Lord Provost Robert Aldridge and Executive Director Amanda Hatton as their official Christmas cards – unveiled at a special event.

The winning designs were created by Lucas Virdee (Victoria Primary School), Aastha Arya (Tynecastle High School) and Flora Goater (Echline Primary School).

The Christmas card competition is an annual event but hasn’t taken place since 2019 due to the pandemic. This is now the sixth year that JCDecaux UK has offered lucky pupils the chance to have their designs shown on digital screens in Princes Street.

Lord Provost Robert Aldridge said: “I’m sure all the pupils and their families will be really excited to see their designs on public display and everyone who took part in the contest deserves special mention.

“Our young people are showing real creativity and artistic talent with these cards and the Winter Windows display in Princes Street Gardens.

“It’s great to see the cards promoted on the digital bus shelters as it will definitely bring festive cheer to shoppers!”   

Cllr Griffiths said: “This is my first year for choosing winners and it was really difficult due to the high quality of entries. I really want to thank JCDecaux for continuing to support this festive project after an enforced gap of two years as there’s no doubt the young people love taking part.

“Huge congratulations to Luca, Aastha and Flora whose designs will also feature on our Christmas cards.

Carolyn Howieson, Partnership Manager at JCDecaux UK, said: “We are delighted to be working in partnership with The City of Edinburgh Council, bringing these beautiful Season Greetings designs by local children to digital screens in Princes Street, showcasing the talented young artists in the city.”

The designs will be displayed on all the bus shelters in Princes Street.

MKM launches children’s Christmas card competition

MKM branches across Scotland are leading the search for the design of the builder’s merchants official 2021 Christmas card

To kick off the Christmas season MKM branches across Scotland are inviting children in the region to enter the MKM Building Supplies cracking Christmas competition.

MKM would like schools and the children of tradespeople from across Scotland to get involved and enter. The competition winner will earn a £100 voucher and see their design printed on a whopping 10,000 cards.

Children can enter the competition by creating a design on the competition theme ‘The Spirit of Christmas’. The card designs are to be created using an A4 size of paper or a computer and should be submitted as a photograph, scanned copy or computer file in JPEG or PDF format.  The winning design will appear on Christmas cards sent to MKM customers, suppliers and partners.

The competition will accept entries in three age categories, 0-5, 6-10, 11-16 and the winner of each category will get £100 in vouchers and one  of the winners will see their design in print on the Christmas cards. 

Kate Tinsley, CEO of MKM Building Supplies said: “This competition will be a fantastic way of spreading the Christmas spirit! It’s great to be able to celebrate with the MKM community, our amazing staff and loyal customers.

“As an independent business, we value the areas local to our branches and always do what we can to support them. Our Christmas card competition is a way to bring that ethos to life, and celebrate it. Each and every branch does so much in their communities, it is brilliant to bring everyone together in this competition”

The competition deadline is Sunday the 14th of November.

Entries need to include the name, age as of 1 December, and date of birth of the enterer as well as a guardian’s address, email and contact number. 

To enter visit https://mkm.bs/christmas-card or email christmascard@mkmbs.co.uk. For more information about MKM Building Supplies, visit www.mkmbs.co.uk.

MKM branches in Scotland are located in: Aberdeen, Aviemore, Dumfries, Dundee, Edinburgh, Elgin, Galashiels, Glasgow, Inverness, Irvine, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Oban, Perth, Peterhead, Ruthin and Stirling. 

St. Peter’s P4 Elsie wins Miles Briggs Christmas card competition

Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has selected the winner of his annual Christmas card competition, which he has been running since his election to the Scottish Parliament in 2016.

This year’s Christmas Card theme was NHS Scotland, to honour frontline workers who have worked incredibly hard throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

The competition was open to all primary schools in Edinburgh and the Lothians, and Elsie Adams age 8, from P4 at St Peter’s Primary School in Morningside, was chosen as the winner.

Elsie won £50 Amazon voucher (sponsored by Morrison Construction), afternoon tea at the Caledonian (sponsored by Waldorf Astoria) and a family day out at Conifox Adventure Park (sponsored by Conifox).

Miles was unable to present Elsie with her prize in person due to Covid-19 restrictions.

Lothian MSP, Miles Briggs, said: “There were some very creative Christmas cards this year and pupils in Edinburgh and the Lothian’s once again showed their artistic talent.

“The competition was very close with hundreds of Christmas card entries from primary schools across the region, with inventive designs from hand sanitiser to the distinctive NHS rainbow.

“What was clear from the entries was that primary school pupils are aware of the tremendous effort that NHS staff have made throughout this year.

“Congratulations to the winner Elsie, whose bright card and fun design stood out as the winner of my 2020 Christmas card competition.”

Pupil Christmas cards bring festive cheer to Princes Street

A series of Christmas card designs by Edinburgh school pupils are brightening up Princes Street this festive season by being displayed on all the street’s digital bus shelter screens.

Xmas card bus shelter
Eleven designs will be shown on the screens, with three of them – chosen by Education Convener Councillor Ian Perry, Vice Convener Councillor Alison Dickie and Executive Director Alistair Gaw as their official Christmas cards – unveiled at a special event on Friday.

They were designed by Jack Thomson (Oaklands School), Halle Jacobs (Sighthill Primary School), and Joshua O’Brien (Woodlands School).

The Christmas card competition is an annual event and for the fourth year JCDecaux offered the added incentive of 11 lucky pupils having their designs shown on their digital bus shelter screens in Princes Street.

Cllr Perry said: “It was really difficult picking the winning designs for the bus shelters as the quality of the entries once again was really high. I’m delighted we’ve got three winners for our Christmas cards with Jack, Halle and Joshua’s festive designs.”

Cllr Dickie added: “It was great to see how excited the pupils were this morning when their cards came up on the digital bus shelters. All the entries deserve special mention and thanks must go to JCDecaux for having the designs displayed until Christmas Day.”

Danielle Jeffrey, Partnership Manager at JCDecaux said, “For the fourth year, JCDecaux and the City of Edinburgh council have worked together to display some of the fantastic Christmas cards on the digital screens in Princes Street. We’re always delighted to be part of this project that showcases the beautiful artwork created by talented pupils at local schools.”

The designs will be displayed throughout December until Christmas Day on all the digital screens on Princes Street.