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LONDON SCHOOL WINS IT AWARD
Released 16/10/2008
St Mary of the Angels RC Primary School wins first prize in the Make IT Happen challenge
St Mary of the Angels RC Primary School, London, has been named overall winner of the Make IT Happen 2008 challenge, a competition initiated by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) and organised by e-skills UK and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The winners were announced by the Lords Speaker, the Rt Hon Baroness Hayman at a special awards ceremony in Westminster.
Make IT Happen 2008 called on primary school pupils aged nine to eleven to use technology, such as audio-visual materials, web pages or interactive posters, to describe how they would change an aspect of their local community for the better.
Three overall winners were chosen from twelve winners representing Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and each of the nine English regions.
The students of designed a website about saving the environment. This included a rap video about saving water and competitions and puzzles to raise awareness within the local community about what people can do to help save the environment.
Penpol Primary School from South West England received the prize for second place with a film and original song encouraging people to take up sports and be more active. Using a Flash Macromedia package, students were able to ‘free draw' characters participating in sport. The film is now on the Sport Relief and YouTube websites.
Third place was given to Ysgol Glanwydden school in Wales. Pupils at Ysgol Glanwydden used technology to show how boredom can lead to anti-social behaviour and presented their ideas to local councillors to encourage them to open a Junior Youth Club. Ysgol Glanwydden students used a range of technology including PowerPoint, Text-ease and film to communicate their ideas.