National Water Week poster competition

A national celebration of water

2025 poster competition 

We celebrate National Water Week each year by running a poster competition for young students within our service area.

Early learning children through to Year 6 students were encouraged to design, draw or paint a poster that inspires people to become water heroes and save precious water. 

2025 theme: 'Water Heroes: Save Every Drop'

This year's mission was to create a poster that inspires our community to reduce their use and help save Gippsland’s precious water. Remember, every little drop counts! 

Our Winners

A huge thank you to everyone who entered and for all the teachers and parents that supported students to create their wonderful posters. 

You made our judge's decision very tricky!

Our winners for 2025:

  • Early Learning Collaborative - Goodstart Early Learning Morwell
  • Early Learning Individual - Tom, home education
  • Foundation - Charlotte, Mirboo North Primary School
  • Year 1-2 - Quinnie, St Michael's Primary School Traralgon
  • Year 3-4 - Lenny, Mirboo North Primary School
  • Year 5-6 - Makayla, Heyfield Primary School 

Winning school

Heyfield Primary School has won $500 for STEM resources or a sustainability project.

Congratulations!

State winners

Our winners were automatically entered into the state competition. Congratulations to the following artists who also won state prizes!

  • Early Learning Collaborative - Goodstart Early Learning Morwell | Equal 2nd in Victoria
  • Early Learning Individual - Tom, home education | 2nd in Victoria
  • Year 1-2 - Quinnie, St Michael's Primary School Traralgon | 3rd in Victoria
  • Year 3-4 - Lenny, Mirboo North Primary School | 2nd in Victoria

Well done!

Winning posters from 2025

Check out this year's winning posters below.

A poster featuring children dressed as water heroes watering flowers with watering cans
Artwork by Goodstart Early Learning Morwell. Equal 2nd in Victoria.
A colourful poster featuring flowers and trees and the words "Water Heroes Saving Tap Water and Grow"
Artwork by Tom - 2025 Kindergarten/Early Learning winner (individual). 2nd in Victoria.
A colourful poster featuring a water hero made by a collage of different coloured paper and the words "Be a water hero"
Artwork by Charlotte from Mirboo North Primary School - 2025 Foundation winner
A poster featuring a comic strip design with a female water hero fixing pipes and the words "Water heroes save every drop"
Artwork by Quinne from St Michael's Primary School Traralgon - 2024 Year 1-2 winner. 3rd in Victoria
A colourful poster with a blue background featuring water drops and tips for saving water - short shower, turn off tap when brushing teeth
Artwork by Lenny from Mirboo North Primary School - 2025 Year 3-4 winner. 2nd in Victoria
A colourful poster featuring a water hero rain drop and tips for saving water
Artwork by Makayla from Heyfield Primary School - 2025 Year 5-6 winner
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