Congratulations to Conor O'Leary, 3rd Year, who we are delighted to announce was winner, of this this year's National Scratch Coding Competition, in the 1st-3rd year category.

Conor was selected as one of 30 finalists in the country to proceed to the National Scratch Competition for Coding. Conor attended the National Awards which took place virtually on Wednesday 4th November. Every year the standard of Scratch projects is high, with the judges having a really difficult job selecting 30 projects out of 500 entrants to proceed to the national finals. Having been awarded as the winner, Conor was commended for his excellent work and highly creative and entertaining Scratch project named 'Don't Fall Off'.

Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively – essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch teaches computational thinking and problem-solving using a powerful yet simple-to-use building block approach to app creation. Scratch is a fun and interesting way to introduce software development to students.  Students experience Scratch as part of their Junior Cycle Coding course at Kinsale Community School.