Make IT Happy 2009

In 2009 we asked the UK's primary schools to show us how they would use IT to make people happy.

We had loads of brilliant entries from all over the UK. From these entries our judges selected 12 regional winners. Check out their winning entries by clicking here.

The winners of the 3 overall prizes and the judges Highly Commended prize were announced at a special awards ceremony at the Houses of Parliament. The lucky schools are as follows:

1st Prize: Armthorpe Schools Pyramid, Yorkshire & Humber

2nd Prize: Bowbridge Primary School, East Midlands

3rd Prize: Trowbridge Junior School, Wales   

Highly Commended: Willow Dene School, London  

Regional Winners:

• East Midlands: Bowbridge Primary School (Newark, Nottinghamshire)
• East of England: Stapleford Abbotts Primary School (Romford, Essex) 
• London: Willow Dene School (Plumstead)
• North East: Balliol Primary School (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
• North West: Birkdale Primary School (Southport, Merseyside)
• Northern Ireland: St Michael's Primary School (County Antrim)
• Scotland: Raigmore Primary School (Inverness)
• South East: Jessie Younghusband Primary School (Chichester, West Sussex)
• South West: Stover School (Newton Abbot, Devon)
• Wales: Trowbridge Junior School (Cardiff)
• West Midlands: Gladstone Primary School (Stoke-on-Trent)
• Yorkshire & the Humber: Armthorpe Tranmoor Primary School (Doncaster)

Click here to find out more about the prizes awarded to each school.

Click here to take a look at the winning entries and click here to view the awards ceremony gallery

'Make IT Happy' called on schools to use technology to describe how they would change an aspect of their local community for the better.