Congratulations to Year 8 pupils David Gordon, Carly Ivers, Dionne O'Brien, and Victoria Mogford who successfully won the final of Heworth CLC's Animation Competition. Competing against Cardinal Hume, Lord Lawson and Heworth Grange in the final, having battled through the earlier heats of the competition in December.

The Pupils were challenged to create backdrop's, storyboards, and Digital Stop motion animations (created using 'I Can Animate') based on an environmental theme. The completed animations were finished by adding soundtracks including sound effects and music (created using Garage band). The films were independently judged and marked; Links to the theme, Storyboard sketches, Animation Quality and originality, Backdrops, Sound Effects and Music. Each pupil received 'I Can Animate' software for the school and each other as well as a digital camcorder for the Art department. Well done.