Many congratulations to Grace in Year 8 who has been selected as the winner of this year’s Southborough Lions International Peace Poster competition. Grace’s intricate ‘dove of peace’ design was chosen by the Club for their competition and, on Thursday 6 February, we were delighted to welcome members from Southborough & District Lions Club in to our Year 8 assembly to present Grace with the ‘John Verrico’ shield along with a special voucher award.

Also, in attendance at the event was Baldev Bahra – Lions District Representative – to present Grace with an additional award for her further success in the competition at the district level. Grace’s artwork was selected as the runner-up entry from the southeast district, shortlisted for this accolade from out of the 50 Lions clubs in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

During the assembly, Year 8 student Poppy was also presented with a reward by Southborough Lions Club who announced that Poppy’s poster had been chosen as their runner-up design in the competition. We are immensely proud of our students’ engagement with this project and of Grace and Poppy’s success at both district and regional level.

Subject Leader for Art, Mrs Vamplew commented, “Many thanks to Southborough and District Lions for their sponsorship of this very special art contest with St Gregory’s. It is wonderful to be able to collaborate on a project which encourages students to express their vision of peace and inspire the world through art and creativity. We are thrilled that St Gregory’s students have been so successful, and have once again excelled in this competition!”