Portaferry pupil Grace recognised for poster work

Portaferry pupil Grace recognised for poster work

24 July 2024

GRACE Bryan, a pupil at St Patrick’s Primary School in Portaferry, won a third place prize in the P7 category at Northern Ireland Water’s annual ‘Water People’ schools’ poster competition.

The utility company recently celebrated the creative skills of primary aged pupils from across the country at the annual awards ceremony. 

This year, pupils were asked to create a poster to highlight ‘our water’ people and their vital roles. 

NI Water chief executive, Dr Sara Venning and judges, NI Water Scientists, Jack Irwin and Sharon Stewart, joined the finalists, their parents and teachers, and praised them for their amazing work.

Dr Venning congratulated all the entries and said each had an important message, with all entrants showing great artistic talent which made it a difficult task for the judges. 

“This year’s theme of ‘Water people’ was a chance to highlight the variety of skills there are within NI Water and celebrate the many diverse people who work hard to keep our water flowing,” said the chief executive.

“NI Water has over 1,500 staff carrying out a variety of roles we might not always associate with a water utility.  

“Naturally, we have the more visible roles of water and wastewater technicians, engineers, and scientists.  However, we also employ electricians, mechanics, solicitors, accountants, communications professionals and many others.”

Dr Venning said these people all have essential talents and skills that help make sure consumers have clean safe water to drink and that the water they have used is recycled safely into the environment. 

Dr Venning added: “The annual school competition is now well established and ever growing in popularity. Our judges had a difficult task in selecting the category finalists, as the standard of work was – as always – very high.  

“A huge thank you to everyone who took part, whether you submitted a poster, provided an idea or encouraged your school to join in.”