Say No to Discrimination

Celebrate “The NSW Schools Writing Competition” funded by Law Week

For the third year running the Board held a competition for school students – Say No to Discrimination – as part of this year’s Law Week events.

This year students were asked to write about their experiences of discrimination, harassment and bullying and to describe a world without discrimination, harassment and bullying.

The Board would like to congratulate all who participated in this competition. We received over 600 entries. There were poems, acrostic poems, narratives, dialogues, songs, role plays, and dissertations as well as illustrations and musical compositions to enhance their messages.

The Attorney-General John Hatzistergos presented the winners with certificates and book vouchers for themselves and their schools at a ceremony at Parliament House on 2 May. Finalists were also presented with certificates.

The Writing Competition was great fun and and an exciting way to spread the message about the importance of treating everyone fairly.

The judges were very impressed by the quality of the entries and selecting the winners was a very difficult job. Many of the entries showed a great deal of creativity. There were great poets, story-tellers, rap artists and song writers amongst the entrants. But the winning entries stood out for their exceptional creativity and inspiration.

Winners were awarded in each of the categories: Kindergarten to Year 2; Years 3 to 6; Years 7 to 9 and Years 10 to 12. Five finalists were awarded in the K-2, 7-9 and 10-12 categories. Because there was such an enormous response from Yrs 3-6 ten finalists were awarded in that category.

Press release from the President.doc(65Kb)

ADB Writing Competition 2008 Winners
ABD Writing Competition 2008 Finalists Yrs K-2
ADB Writing Competition 2008 Finalists Yrs 3-6
ADB Writing Competition 2008 Finalists Yrs 7-9
ADB Writing Competition 2008 Finalists Yrs 10-12

As part of the competition, the board provided worksheets for teachers to use to workshop issues of bullying and harassment with their pupils.
Details are listed below.