Winfer Gardens wins two top prizes in environment, art contest

Winfer Gardens Primary School won two first place positions in the recently concluded Canada-Commonwealth Day Environment Enhancement and Art competition with West Ruimveldt Primary School emerging the winner in the Environment Enhancement Contest and North Georgetown Primary gaining first place in the Grades five to six category of the art competition.

Canadian High Commissioner Charles Court (fourth from left) Minister of Education Shaik Baksh (fifth from left) and Minister within the Ministry of Education Desiree Fox (sixth from left) stand with head teachers and students from various primary schools as they display their awards.The contest was organized by the Canadian High Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Education to commemorate Commonwealth Day on March 10. Under the theme ‘The Environment –Our Future’, the local competition was hosted under the sub-theme ‘My mind is clean so is my environment’ with the aim of encouraging youths to participate in enhancing and sustaining their environment.