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There were 12 schools in the finals on Saturday and our Y8 super team finished ahead of them all! #### The girls won some amazing prizes each - a laptop, air pods, speakers, hoodies, chilly bottles and £1,000 for our Computing Department, so Miss Lee is obviously delighted! #### Huge thanks to Miss Lee for her support and encouragement (and for accompanying the girls to the competition on Saturday, along with Miss O Walsh). 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