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A still from ‘Super Shampoo’
ST Joseph’s NS in Ballyheigue is the Overall Primary School winner in this year’s Trend Micro ‘What’s Your Story?’ competition.
The school’s win will be formally announced on Safer Internet Day, next Tuesday, February 7, but celebrations are already underway at the school.
The school has won €500 in prize money as overall winners. This is not their first time winning in the Trend Micro “What’s Your Story ?” competition having won the Primary School section in 2016 and 2021. The school also were the overall winner in 2019.
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The competition has been running since 2012 with the aim of highlighting skills that can be learned to make the use of the internet safer for all. This year’s challenge was to produce a two minute film which answered the question; ‘How do you know what’s real or fake online?’
The students from Miss Donegan’s class focused on the idea of “fake advertising” and emphasised the basic guidelines that we sometimes forget i.e. if something seems too good to be true it probably is and alway check a story or advertisement to ascertain if it is factual.
The children came up with the idea of a ‘Super Shampoo’ which would answer all your hair woes. In the film, the product is purchased which leads to a hair disaster but we also see what main character (played by Jack Fay) could have done to ensure that the product was genuine.
The children scripted and devised the format for the film with Saoirse O Hanlon directing. The children were very creative with their delivery and the judges were effusive in their praise.
To celebrate our win this year the whole school has booked tickets for the upcoming ‘Fidget Feet’ performance in Siamsa Tîre. This film is now entered for the Media Literacy Awards.
This year also saw the school win at the Gimpo International Film Festival in South Korea with their film ‘A Local History Story’ which is a short film telling the story of St. Daithleann’s Holy Well in Ballyheigue or Tobar Na Súl as it is known locally.
This film is now gaining recognition closer to home as it will screen in the First Cut! Youth Film Festival in Youghal Co. Cork on March 9.
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