PUPILS in Lanarkshire have been crowned Christmas card champions after they won Barratt Developments' festive competition.
Barratt Developments Scotland - which includes Barratt Homes and David Wilson Homes - challenged pupils from Our Lady of Lourdes Primary and Jackton Primary in East Kilbride to embrace their inner artist and design Christmas cards.
After judging the entries, primary five pupil Murray Davidson, 9, was crowned champion at Our Lady of Lourdes and primary seven pupil Chelsea Wing Yin Lui, 11, was awarded first place at Jackton Primary.
Both pupils won £100 of Smyths vouchers and had their winning drawings turned into physical packs of Christmas cards for residents at the housebuilder's sites.
Estelle Sykes, sales director at Barratt Developments West Scotland, said: "We were really impressed with the designs created by pupils at both primary schools, it was such a tough decision and we wish we could have awarded everyone first place.
"Murray and Chelsea’s drawings really captured the festive spirit and we’re extremely proud to showcase these on our cards this year.
"We hope the competition has helped spread a little magic within the local schools and surrounding communities ahead of Christmas."
Murray sketched a colourful, festive house complete with Santa and his reindeers on the roof and Chelsea drew a cosy home in front of an evergreen backdrop with fir trees.
Laura Layden, depute head teacher at Jackton Primary School, said: "The pupils absolutely loved taking part in this festive competition for Barratt.
"We always encourage our students to be as creative as possible so this was the perfect way to end the year here at Jackton Primary.
"We’re sure the winners look forward to seeing their fantastic designs appear on the front of Christmas cards."
Elizabeth Shields, principal teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes, added: "The P5 children were keen to take part in the Christmas card competition as we have lots of creative children here at Our Lady of Lourdes Primary School.
"They were motivated by the generosity of Barratt Developments and taking part in this competition enabled them to display the four capacities of Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors.
"All the entries were fantastic and our winner was delighted."
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