It has been announced that Ian Cawsey MP will be presenting the awards to the winners of EITI’s schools’ competition for 2005.

EITI, an interpreting and translation company based in Howden, runs an annual contest for schoolchildren in the Yorkshire region. Last year, entrants were asked to design a poster on the theme of ‘language and communication’. This year’s event challenged pupils to design a Christmas card on the theme of ‘Christmas around the world’.

As part of the competition, EITI produced classroom handouts entitled ‘Ten Christmas facts from around the world’ and ‘How to say “Merry Christmas” or “Season’s Greetings” in other languages’.

Mr Cawsey will be presenting prizes to three winners during a special ceremony at EITI’s company headquarters on Friday 9 December.

The overall winner of the competition was 11-year-old Abbie Martin from Kingsway Primary School in East Yorkshire. In addition to collecting a £50 book voucher, Abbie will be able to see her design transformed into a professionally produced Christmas card. Also, Kingsway Primary School will be presented with 500 cards with their own message printed inside.

The other winners who will be receiving awards from Mr Cawsey are Emma McDonald from The Read School, Drax, in the 5-9 age group, and Stacey Webb from Vermuyden School, Goole, in the 14 plus category.

“This was an incredibly hard competition to judge,” said Carolyn Burgess, EITI’s Chief Executive. “We had a wonderful response from schools all over the region, and, once again, the overall standard of entries was incredibly high.

“We’re delighted to hear that everyone enjoyed taking part, and we very much hope that children have learned a little bit more about the customs and cultures in other countries.”

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From EITI’s news archive:

Yorkshire gears up for ‘Christmas around the world’

Schoolchildren rise to the challenge of language and communication

Challenge to local schoolchildren