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CLARE students have proven themselves to be up to scratch after getting top awards in the finals of a national competition. The National Scratch Coding Competition was held at the University of Limerick, bringing together the top scoring teams from all over the country. School students aged six and up across five age categories were invited to demonstrate their Scratch projects to the judges. Students from Feakle National School and Ennis Coder Dojo took home some of the top prizes at this year’s Scratch Finals. Jack Hogan from Feakle National School received the award for Junior infants to 1st Class Category for his project ‘March JH’. Adiel Mickus, Ennis Coder Dojo received the 2nd Class to 4th Class Category award for his project ‘Two Player Maze Game’. This year saw over 160 entries nationwide to the competition. According to Clare McInerney, Lero’s EPE Programme Manager, “The standard for this year’s competition has been incredibly high, it was a very difficult …
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