Youngsters rise to the challenge

Pupils from an East Ayrshire school visited Glasgow Prestwick Airport on 13 May to find out who had won tickets to Paris.

The group took part in Destination Challenge – a venture between the airport and local schools – and came up trumps among their peers.

Primary seven classes from Kirkstyle Primary in Kilmarnock chose a destination served by the airport to study.

The pupils had to report back individually with their findings and the winner will be jetting off to Paris courtesy of Ryanair.

This is the third time schools have taken part in the project after it was launched successfully two years ago.

Entries were judged on creativity, best effort, knowledge of the area, airline and airport; cultural understanding and history of the area.

The classes received a tour of Glasgow Prestwick Airport during their visit yesterday and Chief Executive Mark Rodwell presented the winner Nicole Lennon with her prize.

Nicole is pictured below with the runners up and Mark Rodwell.

Mr Rodwell commented: "This project is a fantastic initiative and a great link between the airport and local schools as it offers the best possible incentive to learn about these destinations – the chance to actually visit them.

"It was hard to select the winner due to the standard being very high and it was obvious that a lot of effort had gone into producing them. We hope Nicole enjoys her adventure abroad."