SCHOOL children have won praise from their MP after making an award winning film about anti-racism.

Ian Lucas said the film, which was made by year 6 pupils from Borras Park Community Primary School, was superb and clearly the result of hard work and creative thought from the talented staff and pupils.

He said: "I’m proud to see a school from Wrexham win a national award and it was a pleasure to visit them and find out more about the making of the video. They tackled a very serious issue in an inventive, engaging way.

"It all proves we have a real pool of talent here in Wrexham – and it is no wonder the judges were so impressed."

The ten minute film, which is titled 'The Last Two Racists on Earth', is set in the year 2020 and sees a time-traveller called Doctor Why take the world's only two remaining racists on a journey of discovery, teaching them about the slave trade, the civil rights movement and the horrors of World War Two.

It was entered into the 2018 Creative Competition Wales Awards, run by anti-racism charity Show Racism the Red Card and saw more than 7,000 pupils from primary and secondary schools across Wales take part.

Ged Grebby, chief executive of Show Racism the Red Card, also had high praise for the film, which was directed by David Roberts, one of the teachers at the school.

He said: "The school competition has run for 22 years and the Borras Park video was one of the most original we have ever seen.

"It gave a strong anti-racism message in a thought-provoking and humorous way."

It is the second award-winning video the school has filmed since 2017, when Year 6 pupils won a visit to the House of Commons after producing a film about the dangers of carbon-monoxide poisoning for a competition run by the Energy Networks Association.

Borras Park’s pupils and staff attended the Show Racism the Red Card Wales prize-giving ceremony at the Marriott Hotel in Cardiff before welcoming Mr Lucas to the school.