Congratulations to all who entered
 

Young water heroes have been celebrated with South East Water announcing the winners of the 2025 National Water Week poster competition.  

More than 6,000 local primary, kindergarten, and early learning students from across Melbourne’s south-east and the Mornington Peninsula took part in this year’s competition in South East Water’s service area. 

A total of 1,166 creative posters were entered reflecting this year’s National Water Week theme, ‘Water Heroes: Save Every Drop’, which highlights the important role we can all play in using water wisely. 

The competition is an opportunity for students to integrate their learning in science and art, giving them an opportunity to express their learning creatively.   

Entries came from 51 local schools and 6 pre-schools, with first prize winners from each category entered into the state level competition.  

We’re proud to say that three of our artists received places in the state competition, and two of them went onto win their age category in the national competition. Amazing effort!

See some of the winning entries on the 2026 National Water Week Calendar. Download the calendar here. 

Congratulations to the local competition placegetters
 

School prize

Mt Eliza Primary School 

Early Learning/Kindergarten - Collaborative entries

1st - Patterson Lakes Kindergarten 

Early Learning/Kindergarten - individual entries

1st

Jiya – Glen Education Edithvale Kindergarten

2nd

Leo - Glen Education Edithvale Kindergarten

3rd

Bowie - Glen Education Edithvale Kindergarten

Prep/Foundation

1st

Olivia  –  Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak 

2nd

Evaan – Homeschool 

3rd

Harper – Mt Eliza Primary School

Claire – The Knox School 

Years 1 - 2

1st

Lara - Kunyung Primary School 

2nd

Lucy – Waverley Christian College 

3rd

Hemi – St Thomas Moore Primary School 

Years 3 - 4

1st

Sayul - Beaconhills College-Berwick Campus 

2nd

Billie Davis - Skye Primary School 

Ralph-James, Beaconhills College

3rd

Hanna - The Knox School 

Years 5 - 6

1st

Sebastian - Brighton Primary School 

2nd

Maheen - Sirius College Keysborough 

3rd

Hania - Sirius College Keysborough5

State competition winners

A big congratulations to the below students who also placed in the state competition.

Prep/Foundation: Olivia Su - Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak

Year 1/2: Lara Birch - Kunyung Primary School

Year 3/4: Sayul Oshane Wimalasiri - Beaconhills College-Berwick Campus

National competition winners

We’re thrilled for these students who placed 1st in the national competition:

Prep/Foundation: 1st place to Olivia Su – Loreto Mandeville Hall Toorak

Year 3/4: 1st place to Sayul Oshane Wimalasiri – Beaconhills College – Berwick Campus

Here’s a video from Gayle Tierney MP, Minister for Water announcing the state winners of the National Water Week Poster competition.

See the winners and place getters for the 2024 schools poster competition. 
See winners

Proudly supported by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and the Schools Water Efficiency Program.