Success for Stornoway primary school in national Gaelic writing competition

Books Trust Award Winners 2009

Three pupils from Stornoway Primary School have been placed in first and second place in a national Gaelic writing competition.

Freya MacLeod was placed in first place and Andrew Campbell and Katie MacInnes joint runners up in a competition organised by the Scottish Books Trust which promotes and encourages Gaelic and Scottish writing.

They are all pupils of Mr Angus Morrison in classes 6 and 7 in the Gaelic Medium Unit of Stornoway Primary.

The pupils attended The Royal Mail Scottish Children’s Book Awards at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh last Monday evening and were presented with their prizes by Màiri MacMillan of Learning & Teaching Scotland.

This is the second year in a row that the Western Isles have been amongst the prizewinners of this competition.

Chair of the Gaelic Language Plan Implemenation Committee, Councillor Agnes Rennie commented: “On behalf of the Comhairle I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all three pupils and this only serves to highlight the excellent work that is taking place in our Gaelic Medium Units throughout the islands.

The pupils did exceptionally well, in a national competition, and it demonstrates the talent and skills which our island pupils possess”.

This is the second time this year that Stornoway Primary have been placed in the top positions in a national competition.

At the Royal National Mòd in Oban in October they picked up all the prizes in the primary group fiddle competition.

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