TWO Kidderminster primary school pupils have won a national coding competition, after designing a computer game set on Mars.

Daniel Newton and Arthur Mitchel, both 11, from the Heathfield Knoll School, scooped joint first prize in the Discovery Education ISA Junior Coding Competition - which encouraged children to create a space-themed app.

The talented year six pupils took the top spot with their creation, which puts players in a lunar module to chase meteorites across Mars.

Daniel and Arthur used Discovery Education's coding service to design the game and judges were impressed by their imagination and sense of creativity.

Fellow pupils Benjamin Thacker, Peter Morton and Jacob Townes also made the judges' shortlist with their game designs.

As part of their prize, the youngsters were invited to take part in a special coding day with their classmates, The event, hosted by Discovery Education at the school, saw pupils get hands on with classroom technology and create exciting games and apps of their own.

Jonathan Bugg, Heathfield Knoll teacher, said: "The winning entries showed real flair and we are very proud of our pupils' achievements.

"The Discovery Education prize day was a real treat for all of the children.

"They had lots of fun creating their own apps and computer games."