Fantasy Map Competition

This year the Children’s Book Council of Australia turned 80, and what better way to celebrate than with this year’s Book Week theme: “Book an Adventure”. At our school, the journey began at the start of the year! Through the 26 Book Challenge, students have been voyaging across continents, sailing through stories and collecting passport stamps each time they close the cover on a new book from a specific challenge category.

The adventure doesn’t stop there… We have invited Year 7 and 8 students to set sail on their own Fantasy Map Creation Quest. The challenge: to dream up a magical island and bring it to life in creative writing, describing characters and landscapes from their island. The most enchanting maps and tales will be sent off to an interschool competition, where treasure (in the form of prizes) awaits the winners. To help guide the way, one of our own Book Council members has sketched a fantasy map to inspire brave cartographers. It is pictured here.

All entries must be delivered to Mrs Rieger or the library by Friday 12 September.

OZHARVEST Fight Food Waste Design Competition

Every year, 2.5 million tonnes of food are wasted from homes across Australia. Wasting food wastes resources: water, land, energy and money. It also contributes to climate change as food in landfills produces methane, a toxic greenhouse gas that damages the environment. OzHarvest’s Use It Up campaign is a behaviour change campaign backed by research, encouraging people to waste less and save money by using up food they already have at home. The Use It Up Tape acts as a visual reminder to use up your food.

Students may like to enter a competition to design an eye-catching poster and packaging for the Use It Up Tape. Winning designs will be featured on limited-edition Use It Up Tape packaging distributed to schools nationwide in 2026.

This competition is open to both primary and high school students, with a winner and a state/territory finalist for both. The competition closes on September 22, 2025. Learn more here.

Emma Rieger
Enrichment and Extended Learning