Meadowpark school creates tapestry for Cultural Olympiad (From Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard)

Meadowpark school creates tapestry for Cultural Olympiad

By Charlotte Shepherd »

PUPILS at Meadowpark School in Cricklade have got the Olympics all sewn up with their contribution to the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Meadowpark school creates tapestry for Cultural Olympiad

In a project lasting 18 months, students have created a tapestry as part of the Thames Heritage Tapestry project that will be displayed in St Paul’s Cathedral in London.

Meadowpark joined schools up and down the entire length of the river Thames in the project, each sewing a one metre square piece of tapestry depicting the Thames.

The squares will be joined together in July into one giant tapestry.

Headteacher Rajvinder Kular said: “It really looks lovely. We are the first school at the source of the Thames to have taken part in the project. Cricklade is known as the first town on the river Thames and as the river Thames flows past the school, we felt it was important to contribute to the project. We hope that parents will travel down to see the finished tapestry.”

Meadowpark teacher Bev Millin, who led the sewing and artwork classes to create the tapestry said: “All the pupils have worked enthusiastically. The tapestry is one metre square and depicts the historic school building, the River Thames and the area around the school which includes North Meadow.”