The Minister for Education and Early Learning, Prue Car, is inviting public school students from Kindergarten to Year 6 to design her 2023 Christmas cards.

Students can let their imagination roam to reflect the theme, ‘The Joy of Giving’, in any artistic medium.

The annual competition last year attracted a record field of 1,100 entries from 90 NSW public primary schools with one student selected as the winner. The images ranged from surfing Santas to Australian birds and animals and scenes of summer.

This year’s 30 winning artists will have their artwork featured in a pack of Christmas cards used by Minister Car, Education Secretary Murat Dizdar and the Department’s Deputy Secretaries, along with a book pack and 20 copies of the card for their personal use.

Artwork from the competition runners-up will feature on Christmas cards for other members of the Department.

Competition guidelines

• Kindergarten to Year 6 students who attend a NSW public school are eligible to participate.

• Only one entry per student will be accepted.
  

• Schools are to submit the artwork entries on behalf of their students by email to mcc@det.nsw.edu.au

• Please name saved artwork files in the format of schoolname-firstname-lastname.png – for example, Christmas-PS-Santa-Claus.png
  

• Each artwork entry must include the student’s full name and school name.

• Artworks may be created using any medium but are to be no larger than 21cm x 30cm (A4).
  

• The artworks may be in portrait or landscape format.

Key dates

Submit artwork to mcc@det.nsw.edu.au by 5pm 1 November 2023.

The winning artists will be notified by 10 November 2023 and will need to complete a Permission to Publish form.

For more information email mcc@det.nsw.edu.au