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A primary school targeted in the past by sectarian vandals has been praised after winning hi-tech teaching equipment in an international film competition.

Education Minister Caitriona Ruane joined teachers and pupils at St Mary's Star of the Sea in north Belfast as they celebrated their success with a special reception in the school.

There was widespread condemnation last year when St Mary's was daubed with sectarian graffiti and suffered two arson attacks, but public support for the respected school helped it secure the prize.

The winning pupils, now in Year 5 at the Catholic primary school on the city's Shore Road, won interactive whiteboard teaching equipment after making a short video for a competition organised by global education technology company Promethean.

Company representatives and Belfast Lord Mayor Pat Convery, who is a member of the Board of Governors at St Mary's, were also at the special ceremony.

Ms Ruane told the event: "It is a fantastic achievement and one that everyone involved with the school should rightly be proud of.

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