CUB reporters from across the Hunter and Central Coast converged on Hunter Stadium on Tuesday for the annual Newcastle Herald school newspaper competition award ceremony.
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More than 300 students, teachers and parents from schools as far south as Gosford, as far west as Merriwa and as far north as Karuah attended the ceremony, with more than $8000 worth of prizes on offer from sponsor, the Newcastle Permanent Building Society.
Over 1300 students particpated in the competition this year – a joint initiative with the Perm – with teams producing their own two-page newspaper published in the herald through out the year.
Students were awarded for the best stories, photographs, advertisements, cartoons and comment pieces, with best overall primary entry going to Jewells Primary School and All Saints College, St Joseph’s Campus Lochinvar taking out the secondary award.
The 2015 Winners
Special Achievement
The Kotara School
Wakefield School
Dungog Public School
Primary: Best Advertisement
Highly Commended
Allanah Box, Eleebana Public School
Molly Hanson, The Junction Public
Winner
Evie Sharp, St Peter’s Primary School Stockton
Secondary: Best Advertisement
Highly Commended
Callum Prescott and Connar Edwards, Toronto High School
Jacob Findlay, Callaghan College Wallsend
Winner
Kari Bullman, Northlakes High School
Primary: Best Cartoon
Highly Commended
Ben Ellicott, Lakes Grammar
Anneka Argent and Cameron Kop-Conrow
Myra Paleologos, Bolwarra Public School
Lucas Price, Karuah Public School
Winner
Aidhan Stanwell and Matthew Hallett, Jewells Public
School Secondary: Best Cartoon
Highly Commended
Ashleigh Rosenkranz, All Saints College, St Joseph’s Campus Lochinvar
India Pryor, San Clemente
Winner
Kaiden Unwin, Cooks Hill Campus
Primary: Best Editorial
Highly Commended
Year 5/6 Samurai Writing Group, Karuah Public School Lucy Saywell and Chelsea Webb, Nulkaba Public School
Winner
Ryan Woolnough and Lennox Hepple, Jewells Public
School Secondary: Best Editorial
Highly Commended
Jasmine Sullivan, San Clemente
Jazmin Barnes, Cooks Hill Campus
Winner
Emily Gilmour and Hayley Van Tol, Maitland Grossmann High School
Primary: Best News Story
Highly Commended
Ella Angeli, Sophie Arthur, Eleanor Moore and Olivia Maume, Belair Public School
John Magner, Darcy Moore and Damian Jamieson, St Joseph’s Primary Merriwa
Winner
Sarah Hawkins, Hinton Public School
Secondary: Best News Story
Highly Commended
April Eipper, Merriwa Central School
Kobe Noble, Ula Johansson and Abby Rooker, Toronto High School
Winner
Finn Rayment, Cole Bennett and Atreyu Cortez, All Saints College, St Joseph’s Campus Lochinvar
Best News Video
Highly Commended
The Junction Public School
Winner
Thornton Public School
Primary: Best Photography
Highly Commended
Thornton Public School
Jewells Public School
Winner
Rani Dowdell-Reddy, Pelaw Main Public School
Secondary: Best Photography
Highly Commended
Petra Greaves, All Saints College, St Joseph’s Campus Lochinvar
Jordyn Baker, San Clemente
Hunter Sports High School
Maitland Grossmann High School
Winner
Dylan Page, Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College, Tumbi Umbi
Primary: Young Journalist of the Year
Highly Commended
Jessica Olsen, Dungog Public School
Phoebe Parker, New Lambton Public School
Tulip Cranson, New Lambton Public School
Sophie Henderson, Jesmond Public School
Winner
Angus McGrath, Congewai Public School
Secondary: Young Journalist of the Year
Highly Commended
April Eipper Merriwa Central School
Stephanie Cody, West Wallsend High School
Winner
Kye Abrahams, Hunter Sports High School
Primary: Best Newspaper
Highly Commended
Kurri Kurri Public School
Hinton Public School
The Junction Public School
Winner
Jewells Public School
Secondary: Best Newspaper
Highly Commended
San Clemente
Maitland Grossmann High School
Hunter Sports High School
Winner
All Saints College, St Joseph’s Campus Lochinvar
