Luke Gosling (Solomon, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I want to celebrate our Territory kids, our teachers and our whole school community that work together to support the next generation of young Territorians. Every year I sponsor the Palmerston Young Writers Festival, which showcases this wealth of young Territory talent. This year it was facilitated by Driver Primary School and was supported by the City of Palmerston, the council, and the library.

The winner of the Paint a Poem category for grade 2 students was Ella McCulloch, who wrote 'A Bee':

There once was a bee

Who lived in a tree

He loved his hive

So gave his friends a high five

And they all went to get honey

The poem itself was accompanied by this beautiful, well-coloured drawing of a plump bee and its friend. Ella has clearly shown her skill in painting and poem writing.

Another noteworthy submission was by Patrick Warby, who achieved first place in the category of digital media. Patrick made this colourful pizza menu using animation software, and his pizza shop's hook is: 'Do you love mouth-watering, succulent, freshly baked pizza? Then this pizza is for you!'

Well done, Patrick. Well done, Ella. Thanks to all our wonderful teachers who do such an excellent job in bringing up the next generation of young Territorians.

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