Winning posters highlight dangers on farms
Six-year-old Stuart Ward's winning entry.
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Two children have been named as the winners of a poster competition to raise awareness of the dangers on farms and crofts.
Six-year-old Stuart Ward, from South Lanarkshire, won the category for children aged six and under, and Gemma Forgie, 11, from Moray, won the seven to 12 category.
Organised by SAC Consulting - part of Scotland鈥檚 Rural College - for the , children were asked to create a poster using paints, crayons or other materials showing examples of farm safety.
Stuart鈥檚 poster had six images drawn in felt pen with messages including 鈥楽heep can head butt you鈥� and 鈥楧on鈥檛 touch chemicals鈥�.
Gemma鈥檚 poster also showed a range of images, drawn in crayon, with captions such as 鈥楥hildren should be supervised to stop them getting to anywhere they shouldn鈥檛鈥� and 鈥楬igh vis for extra visibility if big machinery is around鈥�.
There were 37 entries overall with all children receiving a hi vis safety vest, and the winners each also receiving an art stationary box.
Agricultural Technician Kevin MacKinnon, who organised the competition, said: 鈥淲e had a good response, and the quality and effort of the entries was very high, so it was hard to pick a winner in each category.
鈥淭he winning entries by Stuart and Gemma were outstanding and showed a good understanding of the dangers on farms.鈥�
Posted by 伊人直播 on 05/10/2021
