NELMA 2009

 This year’s glittering NELMAS (North East Linclonshire Media Awards for Schools) was held on the 15th July at The Grimsby Auditorium. In true Oscar style, pupils, teachers, parents and VIPs arrived at the auditorium dressed in their finest clothes at 6pm and spent the following three hours being entertained by watching films and animations created by our talented pupils.

This year also saw entries from local secondary schools and so it was a fantastic opportunity to watch the progression from the Foundation Stage up to Key Stage 3 and 4.

This year’s ceremony was opened by Stuart Powell, Interim Head of Standards in Schools for North East Lincolnshire. He welcomed the Mayor of Grimsby, other VIPs, teachers, parents and pupils to the auditorium and the show began! 
 

The presenter for this year’s ceremony was Look North’s reporter Philip Norton.  Born in Grimsby, Philip was also educated in North East Lincolnshire schools and was delighted to be involved in the NELMA. He was very impressed with both the quality and the creativity that the films and videos displayed this year. As part of his introduction Philip talked about his career as a Look North reporter and showed some fascinating film footage from his work all over the world.

The films and animations were then screened to the audience of nearly one thousand people. The categories were as follows:

 After the films and animations in each category had been watched by the audience, representatives from every school were invited onto the stage to be presented with an Oscar trophy and a certificate by the Mayor of Grimsby.

The winning entries were then announced by Philip and the Mayor of Grimsby presented those schools with their prizes of cameras and online content to enthusiastic applause from the audience.

The winning entries were as follows:

EYFS Animation – Stallingborough CE Primary School

KS1 Video – Signhills Infants’ School

KS1 Animation – Humberston CE Primary School

KS2 Video – South Parade Primary School

KS2 Animation – Lisle Marsden CE Aided Primary School

KS3 Animation – Cambridge Park Maths and Computing College

KS3/4 Video – Oasis Academy Immingham

The ceremony was finally closed by Yvonne Walker (Primary ICT Consultant) who reminded schools that the winning entries were going to be submitted to the National Schools Film and Animation Awards (NSFAA) to be held in London on November 23^rd .