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Together with Arts University Bournemouth (AUB), we invited students to produce a piece of art based on the theme, 'Looking Ahead'.

We received close to 775 entries from 126 schools worldwide. Entries were submitted from students in EYFS through to KS4. Well done to all students who entered. The quality of entries was exceptionally high.

Watch this message from Sarah Charles, Academic Adviser at AUB, about this year's submissions.

Winners

Please click on the images of the winning entries below to view the artwork in more detail. 

Watch this video from Sarah Charles to hear why these entries scored so highly.

EYFS 

Winner: Faris Rami Hamzeh Suleiman Al Jazzar, 5 years old, Gulf British Academy (Kuwait)


Runner-up: Alma Musmar, 5 years old, The English School (Kuwait)


KS1 

Winner: Olesya Ball, 6 years old, Marlborough College Malaysia


Runner-up: Arjun N.A.K, 7 years old, The Edron Academy (Mexico)


KS2

Winner: Ella Meyer, 9 years old, British School of Bucharest (Romania) 
Click here to view a video of Ella's entry.


Runner-up: Kimi Xiang, 11 years old, Huili School Hangzhou (China)


Highly Commended: Clara Sodolescu, 7 years old, British International School Timisoara (Romania)


KS3 

Winner: Shukrona Ahkmedova, 13 years old, International Community School (Jordan)


Runner-up: Irene Alonso Cassio, 13 years old, The British Junior Academy of Brussels


KS4

Winner: Alessandra Barroso Kosanovic, 16 years old, The British School of Amsterdam


Runner-up: Ana Croitoru, 16 years old, King`s oak British International School (Romania)


Prizes

A certificate and prize has been awarded to the winner and runner-up of each category.

Winner: £50 Amazon voucher plus an AUB tote bag with art materials*
Runner-up: £25 Amazon voucher plus an AUB tote bag and sketch book*

*The KS4 winner and runner-up have also won AUB tote bags and an AUB creative workshop or webinar for their whole class (topics to be confirmed).

Interested in Judging?

To register your interest in judging future competitions, please contact students@cobis.org.uk.

2021 Winning Entries

The theme for our 2021 competition was 'Connections'. Click on the image below to take a closer look at the winning entries.