Creativity still rules

"It's great to see children still using their own imagination and creativity, and they are to be applauded for that," Pat Stafford of Kilcullen Credit Union said at the recent presentation of prizes for the Credit Union Schools Poster Competition.



"In an era of play stations, non-stop TV, and technology driven children's entertainment, you see too many children just sitting there and being entertained and not using their own creative skills."

He said that the standard in this year's competition was once again 'excellent' and the winning posters in each category had gone on to compete at Chapter level.

Special category prizes were awarded to Peter Murphy and Sean Tracey, both pupils of Scoil Bhride.

Nicole Coogan Kealy was the winner of the 7 Years and Under category, followed by Andrea Omonforma and Ava Hodgkins. Commended in the section were Chloe Scott, Mary Aghedo and Patrick O'Connor. All are pupils of Scoil Bhride.

In first place in the 8-10 Years section was Vita Bond, from Lauren Hurley and Cameron Farrell. Commended here were Ella Byrne, Aoife Stafford and Nurquistina Ruslan Hasbullah. All are pupils of Scoil Bhride except Aoife, who attends Brannockstown NS.

In the 11-13 Years category, Tara Mucke took first place, followed by Rachel Hovenden-Kane and Lauren Gibbons. Commended were Ciara McGrath, Andrew Shanahan and Conor Dowling. Rachel attends Scoil Bhride, Ciara is a pupil of Halverstown NS, and the others in this category study at Brannockstown NS.

Ross Clarke of Cross and Passion College won the 14-17 Years category, while Adeline Poufong won the 18 Years and Over.

A set of images from the presentation can be seen here.

Brian Byrne.