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Seven crafty primary schools win a share in $21,000 by going green

<h2>Meet the Australian primary schools that have won their share in &dollar;21&comma;000 worth of cash and prizes in the Bostik Smart Schools program&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<h3><strong>Full list of Smart Schools winners&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p><strong>Age 5-8 Category Winner&colon;<&sol;strong> Pascoe Vale North Primary School&comma; VIC&period; Project&colon; Time Machine&period; <br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Runner Up&colon;<&sol;strong> Bellerive Primary School&comma; TAS&period; Project&colon; Recyc-hill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;14221" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-14221" style&equals;"width&colon; 618px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-14221 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;BostikBelmSth010-1024x682&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"618" height&equals;"412" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-14221" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Belmore South Public School&comma; NSW<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Age 9-10 Category Winner&colon;<&sol;strong> Belmore South Public School&comma; NSW&period; Project&colon; Strive to survive&period; <br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Runner up&colon;<&sol;strong> St&period; Bernard&&num;8217&semi;s Primary School&comma; VIC&period; Project&colon; Clag Bottles In Bloom&period; <br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Special mention&colon;<&sol;strong> Dandenong North Primary School&comma; VIC&period; Project&colon; Eco-Mansion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;14222" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-14222" style&equals;"width&colon; 680px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-14222" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;school-news&period;com&period;au&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;08&sol;046&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"680" height&equals;"452" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-14222" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Leschenault Catholic Primary School&comma; WA<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><strong>Age 11-13 Category  Winner&colon;<&sol;strong> Leschenault Catholic Primary School&comma; WA&period; Project&colon; Precious Oceans&period; <br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong>Runner Up&colon;<&sol;strong> Drouin Primary School&comma; VIC&period; Project&colon; The machines take over&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>People’s Choice Category Winner&colon;<&sol;strong> School of the Good Shepherd PS&comma; VIC&period; Project&colon; Collaborative Collage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Launched on 22 April and closed on 14 July&comma; three winners were chosen based on selection criteria in  each age group category&colon; 5-8 years&comma; 9-10 years and 11-13 years&comma; each receiving &dollar;5&comma;000&period; The Runner’s  Up of each category also received a &dollar;1&comma;000 product pack and the People’s Choice Award collected &dollar;3&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This year’s environmental theme was selected to support education around sustainability and  recycling while aligning with key school curriculums&period; Bostik’s Category Manager&comma; Mellissa Coulter&comma; says that introducing grants like this is a great way to  help schools raise much needed funds while allowing children to participate and lead in the process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The aim of the Smart Schools program is to support learning outcomes within school curriculums  and help stimulate creative thinking and problem solving in the classroom&comma;” she says&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By asking our future leaders to create these projects&comma; it encourages discussion around the importance of caring for the environment&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It’s been fantastic seeing so many schools across Australia submit stand-out projects that showcase  students’ creativity and inventiveness&period; It made it very difficult to choose the winners&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Creative projects around the environment&comma; climate change and sustainability&comma; allows kids to  understand how our eco-system works and helps them become more conscious of their everyday <br &sol;>&NewLine;actions&period; This competition is just one of the ways we hope to give back to our school community&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6>The Bostik Smart Schools program was in collaboration with Winc and OfficeMax&period; Primary school students across Australia could enter a unique craft project to win one of three first prizes of &dollar;5&comma;000 for their school&period;<&sol;h6>&NewLine;

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