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23 November, 2024
Moreton students buying smart
Five Moreton Bay students from two local schools have been awarded for their outstanding entries in this year’s Buy Smart Competition.
Olivia and Addison from St Paul’s Lutheran Primary School in Caboolture, and Heidi, Isaac and Sophia from Kurwongbah State School were amongst 45 students from across Queensland to have won a share of over $15,000 for their entries in the competition.
Entries across three age categories addressed a range of consumer issues including scams, budgeting, online shopping, and buying a first car.
Both teams received highly commended awards in the Year 4 to 6 category.
Olivia and Addison’s award was for a short video series covering smarter shopping topics, such as shopping around and unit pricing, while Heidi, Isaac and Sophia were commended for their multimodal presentation featuring a dramatization of a scammer at work, while providing tips on how to be safe when online shopping.
Other creative entries in this year’s competition included a song about scams, an episode of a ‘talk-show’ focusing on shrinkflation, a choose-your-own adventure book for online shopping and a stop motion film for teens buying their first car.
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity, Deb Frecklington, handed out the prizes to the winning students at an award ceremony held at Parliament House on Thursday, November 11.
“The way we use money has changed significantly, so teaching kids about how to use it is even more important,” she said.
More than 8,000 young Queenslanders – from the Torres Strait down to the Gold Coast and out west to St George – took part in the Buy Smart program this year.
Full list of winners at https://cutt.ly/peKej3eg
