Children who painted safari sculptures attend exhibition of their work (From Harrow Times)

School kids who painted safari sculptures attend exhibition of their work

6:00pm Tuesday 21st February 2012 in News By Anna Slater

Some of the kids with their painted safari animals

Children from eight schools who painted safari animals as part of an educational project attended an exhibition of their work this morning.

The children, from Grimsdyke Primary, Malborough Primary, Weald Junior, Cedars Manor, St John’s CoE, St Teresa’s, Shaftesbury High and Kingsley High, were given life-sized sculptures of safari animals, to paint over two months.

The sculptures were linked to the curriculum, as the children learned about where the animals live, compiled a news story, and used maths to work out their height and diameter.

The children then painted their own designs on the sculptures.

Nine children were selected to attend a special exhibition of their work at the council this morning, which was also attended by the Mayor of Harrow, Cllr Mrinal Choudhury.

He said: "The work of the children involved shows both the great talent and the active celebration of diversity in Harrow. I was delighted to see the sculptures first hand."

Miguel Nieves, eight, a pupil at St Teresa’s school in Stanmore, said: “We were only allowed to use orange, green, yellow, blue and pink and it was really fun trying to work them together.

"My best bit was getting to put the paint on our hand to decorate the animal.”

Samarth Amlani, eight, a pupil at Grimsdyke school, said: “We studied an artist called Hundertaaseason, and took inspiration from his work to create the gold circles. I especially liked doing that because gold is my favourite colour.”

Buffy Alexander, nine, a pupil at St John’s school said: “It looks amazing and I’m so pleased with the result. It was really fun to paint and I learnt a lot too.”