The Department of Education says entries are now open for the Farm Safety Calendar competition, which gives Primary School students an opportunity for their artwork to be published in the 2022 calendar.
Minister for Industrial Relations, Grace Grace said the 12 winning entries would be hanging in homes, workplaces and businesses across the State, reminding Queenslanders of all ages to work and play safely on farms.
“It’s a great way to get kids thinking about safety and then having important messages prominently displayed throughout the year,” Ms Grace said.
“The agriculture industry employs around three per cent of Queensland’s workers and accounts for more than 30 per cent of workplace deaths.”
She said farm vehicles, sometimes involving children, figured in a large proportion of those incidents.
This year’s Farm Safety Calendar competition asks students to draw and colour a picture to illustrate one of a range of farm safety messages about electrical safety, animal safety, tractor and machinery safety, quad bike safety, water safety, and health and wellbeing.
The annual competition has been running since 2015 and almost 6,500 children having entered over the past six years. The winners in the current 2021 calendar were selected from more than 1,500 entries.
The 12 winners receive a $250 gift voucher and $500 for their school. Entries close on 25 June, with the winners to be announced in September.
The illustration above features the entry of Daisy Dobbin, Year 3, Charters Towers School of Distance Education on the April page of the 2021 calendar.
