Students of Allman Town Primary, winners of the 2012 Flow In My School Competition, were able to showcase their broadcasting skills at the Kingston Animation Conference in Kingston recently.

The six junior broadcasters were invited by Flow to do a live outside broadcast at the conference which explored a range of topics, including animation development, industry insight and experiences of young Jamaican animators.

Last December, Allman Town Primary excelled in the com-petition to become the grand prize winners of eight all-in-one HP computers, laptops and computer tablets for the innovative use of technology.

For the past year, the school body has been actively building the skills of its junior broadcasters and engineers via its online radio station, KiDz HuB ATPS Radio.

So far, the students have provided live coverage at the Caribbean Sub-Regional Consultation on Violence against Children in May 2012, National Jamaica Day and the 2012 Penn Relays in Philadelphia, one of their biggest and most accomplished assignments to date.

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KiDz HuB Media Network is a non-profit, international online broadcasting company created to equip kids, tweens and teens with communication skills which provide them with a platform through their network of radio stations and media partners to express themselves to the world.

Last year, KiDz HuB was established the ATPS radio station and media 'klub' at the Allman Town Primary School as part of their pilot programme in the Caribbean. The online radio station was the first ever to be established in a primary school in the country along with The Portmore Missionary Preparatory School. The school currently has approximately 20 members, including a child executive that oversees the operations.

The founder of KiDz HuB Network, Orlando Dillon, spoke about the students' accomplishments over the past year. "When these students collaborate and co-host with other junior broadcasters in the United States, Australia, England and Germany, they are already developing the skills necessary to navigate this global economy. These kids, tweens and teens or 'hubbers', as we call them, have surprised themselves over and over again. This continues to motivate us as a network to seek out additional ways to do more, and that is why we are grateful to Flow for their support. As these junior broadcasters gradually grasp the art of communication, self-confidence, innovative use of technology and broadcast media, they begin to realise that they can make a huge difference in the world."

At the end of the day, students Tarjmaar Miller, Tyrese Lester, Inzingah McCarthy, Toneika Tate, Jo-Nathan Smith and Raegene Bennett, who made up the KiDz HuB ATPS radio station junior broadcasting crew, could not have been happier for the opportunity at Kingston. When asked what they thought of the experience, they unanimously and excitedly responded that it was a "fantastic" event.