Cillian Fitzgerald(10), Dónal Baldwin(9) and Phillip Kenny(9) from Ratoath NS, with their game Jerry’s Adventure which won a Judges’ Award at the 13th National Scratch Coding Competition Finals, Photograph: Liam Burke/Press 2

Ratoath students crowned national coding champions

Ratoath students Cillian Fitzgerald, Philip Kenny and Donal Baldwin, pictured, were among the prize winners at 13th National Scratch Coding Competition which brought together top-scoring teams from schools and clubs across the country with participants, aged six years and older, demonstrating their Scratch projects to judges at University of Limerick.