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Each winning pupil was presented with an i-pod prize at The Highland Council�s Education, Culture and Sport Committee. Their designs appear in one month of the calendar which is currently being distributed to all schools and council offices. The competition was sponsored by Bic.  Winners also won cash prizes for stationery for their schools.

Caithness prize winners Tom Sutherland, South Wick Primary and Shannon Hawthorne, Mount Pleasant Primary, Thurso are pictured with (L to R) Andrew O�Sullivan, Lyreco Strategic Account Manager, Chairman of the Education, Culture and Sport Committee, Cllr Bill Fernie and Dan Vangeen, Bic National Account Manager. Grace Mackay from Mount Pleasant not able to attend the presentation.

The winning pupils were:

• Grace Mackay (12) and Shannon Hawthorne (11), Mount Pleasant Primary School, Thurso;
• Tom Sutherland (10), Wick South Primary;
• Harry Stoltman (12), Invergordon Academy
• Jasmine Ross (15), Alness Academy;
• Fern Kelly (13) and Marta Vilmute (13), Charleston Academy, Inverness;
• Max Walker (13) and Adam McArthur (14), Kilchuimen Academy;
• Stacey Grant (14), Grantown Grammar School;
• Roma McCook (14) and Kirsty Turnbull (14), Kingussie High School;

The twelve runners who received digital cameras included:
Ami Scanlon (12) Invergordon Academy;
Mairi Anne Ferrier (14), Alness Academy;
Lucy Cormack (12) and Louise Messider (11), Charleston Academy;
Stuart Archibald (12) and Rebecca Harvey (13), Glen Urquhart High School;
Lucy Paterson (13), Kilchuimen Academy;
Jade MacKenzie (14), Elizabeth Pirie (15) and Arthur Kirkwood (15), Grantown Grammar School;

Andrew O�Sullivan of Lyreco said: "We were delighted with the quality of the 1,200 entries in this year�s annual Lyreco schools design competition. The calendar format allows us to showcase more of the pupils� efforts, rather than just one overall winner.