Just before half term, we asked our local schools if they would like to get into the festive spirit a little early and enter our Christmas Art Competition. St Andrew’s Primary School and St John the Baptist Primary School said yes, so spent time creating some really wonderful artwork, with a selection of the best from across the year groups being entered to our competition.
The creativity shown by the children impressed us so much that we wanted to share the entries with you all…
Alice, Year 4 (St John the Baptist Primary School)Andrei, Year 2 (St John the Baptist Primary School)Calon, Year 1 (St John the Baptist Primary School)Hadassa, Year 5 (St John the Baptist Primary School)Lila, Year 3 (St John the Baptist Primary School)Skyla, Year 6 (St John the Baptist Primary School)Charlie, Year 4 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Kai, Year 6 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Hanna, Year 1 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Emma, Year 5 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Grace, Year 5 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Harriet, Year 2 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Olivia, Year 4 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Hugo, Year 1 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Noah, Year 5 (St Andrew’s Primary School)Antonio, Year 4 (St Andrew’s Primary School)
The winners will be announced in the December Issue of The Three Villages Magazine, which publishes in a week’s time! So, be sure to pick up a copy to see the winning artwork on the outside and inside back cover.
Thanks go to all the children, their teachers/class assistants and the schools for taking the time to create some beautiful Christmas Artwork for us all to enjoy.
Jenny has lived in the villages for 29 years and regularly walks down the rivers and around the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust (HMWT) reserve. This photograph was taken when up on the viewing point at the reserve.
Huge thanks go to Jenny for letting us use her photograph on the cover!
The robin has long been associated with Christmas. As Molly Murray from The Scottish Wildlife Trust explains: ‘the first legend takes us back to Victorian times, where the tradition of sending Christmas cards started. Royal Mail postmen, who wore bright red uniforms, delivered these cards. This earned them the nickname of “robin” or “redbreast”. Artists usually illustrated Christmas cards with pictures relating to the delivery of letters, such as post-boxes or the postmen known as “robins”, and eventually started drawing the familiar little brown and red bird delivering letters instead of the postmen. This trend caught on and became very popular, and continues to this day, with many robin-themed items being seen on supermarket shelves during the festive period.’
Issue 4 of The Three Villages Magazine will be published at the start of December at all the usual places. It will include the latest Our Historic Churches installment, updates from the local schools and youth groups, and interesting stories from around the villages.
If you haven’t done so already, get your copy of Issue 3 before it disappears!
Thank you for your continued support, The Three Villages Team
Once again, we had a fantastic number of entries for the photography competition and found it really hard to agree on a winner, but congratulations go to Paul Marriott.
The September Issue of The Three Villages Magazine’s cover will feature the work of Paul Marriott from High Flying Drone Shots. The stunning aerial shot was chosen because it shows the beauty of the area in such a unique way.
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Thank you to Paul for letting us use this wonderful image on the front cover!
You will be able to pick up your copy of The Three Villages Magazine: Issue 3 at the start of September at all the usual places. If you haven’t already done so, make sure you get a copy of Issue 2 while you still can!
Thank you for your continued support, The Three Villages Team.
We are delighted to announce the winners of our Children’s Art Competition, which ran over the Easter Holidays. The theme was The Platinum Jubilee and we encouraged the children to be creative in their artwork. We were really impressed with the entries. Thank you to our young artists!
Now to announce the winners…
CONGRATULATIONS
Holly (age 10) – WINNER
Oscar (age 9) – WINNER
Joseph (age 6) – RUNNER-UP
Our winners will all receive a certificate and prize in the coming days.
The winning artwork will appear in Issue 2 of The Three Villages Magazine, which is due out at the start of June! Be sure to get a copy.
The Three Villages Magazine is running a Children’s Art Competition in honour of The Platinum Jubilee. Open to all school-age children within the three villages.
THEME
The Platinum Jubilee You can be as imaginative as you like to create an artwork that celebrates Her Majesty’s 70 years of service.
HOW TO ENTER
Create your artwork and then take a good-quality photograph of the entry.
Send your photograph entries to print.threevillagesmagazine@gmail.com
Please include your first name, age, and village where you live. [Entrants MUST live in one of the three villages.]
**DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 27th April**
PRIZE
We will select two main winners and runners-up whose artwork will appear in the print magazine.
All winners and runners-up will receive a prize and a certificate.
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