Mountrath NS pupils celebrate big win

HUGE celebrations took place in Scoil Bhríde, Mountrath last week when the school was presented with new state-of-the-art Samsung tablets after winning second place in the Roscommon Mini Motion Pictures Film Festival last month.

Following the school’s success, their film Grannie’s Revenge received global attention.

Five primary schools from Laois, Offaly, Longford and Roscommon took part in the festival at Roscommon Arts Centre, where each film was screened in front of three judges representing the Irish Film Industry, Samsung and The Arts Council of Ireland.

Cathy O’Flaherty from Samsung, along with Aideen McHugh of Creative Schools and Lee Williamson from Shuttermaniac Productions, presented ten new devices to the children and staff of Scoil Bhríde this week.

Grannie'sRevenge was created by the children after Scoil Bhríde entered the Creative Schools programme two years ago.

With the support of their teachers, creative associate Aideen McHugh and principal Mary Keegan, the children decided to learn about filmmaking.

In the second year of the Creative School’s initiative, all students had the opportunity to work closely with Lee Williamson from Shuttermaniac to create Grannie’s Revenge, which can be viewed on YouTube.