A family meal at Jamie’s Italian, a night at the cinema, £500 for your school and a day out for all your classmates could all be yours.

If you have an artistic flair, you could win £200 plus £500 for their school.

We're encouraging youngsters to pick up a pencil, grab some crayons, or dabble with paint and enter our schools’ artwork competition in association with Bluewater.

Bluewater is simply magical at Christmas time and it has just seen it’s best yet, with Christmas in New York at Glow, Bluewater.

Glow, Bluewater, is a state-of-the-art events and exhibition space that includes a private gallery that opened in November.

Children were able to enjoy the ice-skating rink, try out the incredible snow slide, or meet Father Christmas in his grotto, while taking in the stunning backdrop of a New York skyline, featuring the Rockefeller Centre, Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty.

Creative children can capture their favourite Christmas holiday activity at Bluewater and win top prizes for themselves and their school.

Whether it was the Christmas in New York experience, eating out at one of the Plaza’s restaurants, playing a round of golf at the Pirate’s Cove 36-hole Adventure Golf Course, watching a film at the 13-screen cinema or enjoying Bluewater’s 50 acres of parkland and seven lakes, let them draw or paint what inspires them.

The competition closes on Friday, January 13, and finalists will be selected by the KM Group with the top artworks being put to the public vote.

The lucky winner will receive the following:-

• £100 cinema voucher and £100 ‘Jamie’s Italian’ restaurant voucher
• £500 for their school
• A trip to Glow, Bluewater, for their class to include a tour and fun workshop session and lunch.

Send your artwork to: Gravesend Messenger, 7 High Street Gravesend Kent DA11 0BQ.