Artistic pupils win top Assembly awards

THE creativity of local children has celebrated at Parliament Buildings when 22 pupils from local primary schools gathered in the Great Hall to take part in the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Art Competition Awards event.

By The Newsroom

Published 10th Apr 2012, 14:01 BST

A staggering 2,500 entries were received and among the winners were Ryan Markwell from Moira Primary School along with Christopher Maginn and Kaitlin McCourt, both from Fort Hill Integrated Primary School.

The competition called on children to submit an original drawing or painting based on one of two themes: ‘Remembering the Titanic’ or ‘My World’.

Speaking after the Awards ceremony the Principal Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly Francie Molloy said: “The standard and the level of skill and creativity produced by our local pupils has been beyond compare and certainly made the job of the judging panel very difficult indeed.”

The winning artwork will remain on display in the Great Hall at Parliament buildings until Friday 27 April.

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