West Lothian pupil takes top prize in Halloween contest

Nov 5 2009 by Alistair Watson, West Lothian Courier

A WEST Lothian pupil has conjured up a win for her school in a nationwide competition celebrating Hallowe’en.

Claire Kerr from St Mary’s Primary School in Polbeth, won £250 for her school in a national Hallowe’en competition which was run by Kingsmill Bakery.

Kingsmill launched the initiative to champion creative talent in Scotland’s primary schools, inviting teachers to incorporate the competition into a fun educational lesson.

Pupils were asked to write a story that involves Hallowe’en, a ghost and a Kingsmill bread bakery.

And eleven-year-old Claire showed her talent for the subject and creativity in writing by coming out on tops from all the entries.

Claire beat strong competition from all over Scotland, with entries spanning from Inverness to the Borders.

Kingsmill representative, Dionne Eadie, new business manager, presented the school with a giant cheque for £250 last week.

Dionne commended Claire’s entry which was accompanied by a fantastic drawing showed creativity and really captured the essence of Hallowe’en.

She also paid tribute to all the other entries which were received from the pupils across the country saying the company were delighted with the response.

Pictured above is Claire Kerr being congratulated on her successful spooky tale by Dionne Eadie from Kingsmill.