Our 2024 ‘Decorate Your Space’ Winners
Decorate Your Space invited our Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle communities—including Catholic Schools, St Nicholas, CatholicCare, and Parishes — to decorate a space that uniquely reflects their commitment to children’s safety and wellbeing in line with the theme of National Child Protection Week ‘Every conversation matters’.

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15 December, 2025The creativity and effort displayed by each Diocesan community were outstanding, making the judges’ task incredibly challenging due to the high quality of all the entries.
Despite this, the judges managed to make a decision and decided our winners of the 2024 ‘Decorate Your Space’ Competition. Listen to the following announcements from Bishop Michael Kennedy who shared the winners.
- Primary School Winner
- Secondary School Winner
- St Nicholas OOSH Winner
- St Nicholas Early Education Winner
- Parishes Winner
- CatholicCare Winner
Reaction videos
Watch the reactions from some of our winners:
Further information regarding National Child Protection Week and Decorate Your Space can be found here.
A gallery of all the entries can be found below.