left white communities challenges kidscan microgrants play a part toolbox

Hello Baby Calendar Artwork
During National Child Protection Week 06 the Toowoomba Working Party held a poster competition. Local children were asked what was a child friendly community and where did they feel safe and happy.


Image front cover: Keziah, age 5. "I feel safe at home"


Image: Julian age 5 "I love riding horses because it's fun. Mummy, Eliza and my friends are watching me. Rosie, my little sister, likes t climb trees and she is watching me, sitting next to a singing bird. My brother, Fred, is jumping on a trampoline and my new brother, George, is asleep under the tree."


Image: Sally age 9
B ullies are mean! No one wants to be a bully!
U
nlike bullies we have friends!
L ife is too short to be a bully!
L
ife isn't about bullies!
I think bullies are mean!
E
very person has a good side!
S
ome people can't find that good side, but we can!


Image: Lucinda, age 6 "I like rainbows and sunshine and friends."

 


Image: Hugh, age 6 "Playing all day with my brother is good and fun."


Image; Annabel, age 7"I love cuddles from my Mum. She makes me feel safe and happy."

 


Image: Joshua, age 5 "The best thing in the world is to go motor bike riding. It is really good fun and I lagh even when I fall off in the mud. My Mum, Dad and my sister come to watch me, because they think I'm good at riding."


Image: Jack, age 6"I have a good time playing with my friends."

 


Image: Edward, age 6 "I like building with boxes in the shed because it's quiet and I can build all the things I love building that makes me happy. The best thing I have ever made is a skyscraper."


Image: Anthea, age 5"In my garden, I love to play games by myself. I look at the roses and talk to my friend Henry the budgerigar. I ask him would he like a flower and he says "yes". I think Henry is pretty and I like him."

 


Image: Lauren, age 10


Image; dara-Jane, age 6 "I like being in the rain. Annabel and me have heaps of fun in the rain."

 


Image: Paisley , age 6 "We are getting ready to eat. We laugh and talk a lot. we share stories."


Image: Maggie, age 4 'Maggie at the beach."

 


Images: Clementine, age 5 "I love going to the gym because there are lots of children there. I don't know all their names yet but I like them because they help me to jump on the bars and balls. they keep changing the teachers but they all help me. I really like kicking the blue stripy and dotty ball the best. I'm good at kicking."