2003

Thursday 4th December 2003
St Dominic's Student Runner Up in Statewide Christmas Card Competition
Liam Kwawegan, a Year Three student from Mayfield's St Dominic's Centre for Hearing Impaired Children, was this week awarded runner-up in the 10th annual Northcott Christmas Card Competition.

More than 7000 primary and high school students representing 169 schools throughout New South Wales entered the competition judged this year by Reg Mombassa, Mambo cartoonist and "Mental As Anything" band member.

Sharni Thompson, a class-mate of Liam's, was also placed in the final 80 entries.

Each year, The Northcott Society's Christmas Card Competition invites all children of school age in NSW to design the front of a Christmas card. Entry is free and is offered as an opportunity for teachers to discuss disability issues in the classroom.

Ms Frances Belcher, St Dominic's Principal, said that a number of students at the Centre were gifted artists and that students were encouraged to work with mixed mediums, colours and textures. In previous years students from St Dominic's have been successful in the competition.

St Dominic's Centre enrols students who are deaf and hearing impaired from the Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens, Newcastle, Maitland and Manning areas in early intervention, transition, primary and high school programs.

St Dominic's is the only education centre in NSW that offers a single campus facility for deaf and hearing impaired students.

A selection of designs from this year's competition will be used as the creative design for The Northcott Society's 2004 Christmas Card range.

Background Note: December 3 is the International Day of People with a Disability.

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