The pupils beat teams from across Scotland to win the Scottish Microsoft 'Kodu’ computer programming competition at West College Scotland in June.

And were the first ever Scottish school to be invited to Microsoft’s UK HQ in Reading to participate in the UK wide programming competition.

The youngsters brought home the Kodu Kup Judges Award, emerging as one of four winning teams.

The Cardross Primary School team 'Klan Kodu’ – Erin Gregory, Etienne Machtelinckx and Sarah Mitchell with teachers Nick Henry and Kiersty Travers – impressed judges with their game 'Maze Adventures’.

Each finalist team of three had to give a 15 minute presentation to the judges – effectively a sales pitch.

Elspeth Davies, head teacher, said: “Klan Kodu gave an outstanding presentation – confident, articulate and skilful. They demonstrated, not only the complexity of the programming in their game, Maze Adventures, but also a quality of presentation skills rarely seen in children of this age.

“In their award presentation, the pupils were commended for the complex and challenging programming coding they had used within the creation of their game, and the thoughts they had given to future developments which their game could have.” The Kodu Kup is a national game creation competition organised by the Microsoft Educator Network, and is aimed at all children in the UK aged between seven and 14.

Students plan and create their games and are encouraged to assess and give one another feedback.

Councillor Aileen Morton, policy lead for Education and Lifelong Learning, added: “The pupils have done exceptionally well to receive this well-deserved accolade and I am pleased to see the council’s commitment to developing learning technologies recognised at this level.

“Developing and enhancing skills in technology is vital for successful life skills and chances, and there are many examples of Argyll and Bute schools’ creative use of new technology in pupil learning.

“I offer my warmest congratulations to the pupils, to the dedicated staff at Cardross Primary and acknowledge the support given by parents in, not just this competition, but every aspect of their work.”