PUPILS from Southrop Primary school were so inspired by this year’s sculpture show at Quenington that they set about transforming their own playground and wildlife area.

Students returned from the Fresh Air sculpture show full of ideas and began to make their own sculptures in their design and technology and art classes.

Sculptures were made from a host of materials including wood, an old computer, beads, string and foam.

They were then positioned around the garden and playground and parents and members of the local community were invited to attend the “show”.

Junior teacher Julia McLellan said: “Following a whole school visit to the show students were so inspired that we returned to school and started work on our won sculptures. Students were really excited to see their work in place and parents loved it.”

Fresh Air co-curator Miranda Leonard also visited the school to see the art work. She said: “The exhibition was fantastic. Southrop pupils were some of the 600 school children visiting or taking part in workshops over the three weeks of the exhibition. It shows that, led by inspirational teachers, a Fresh Air visit, can spark creative learning in schools.”

She continued: “The pupils of Southrop School showed real ingenuity in the way they adapted their designs to the materials they had available and many developed them in a totally original way. The whole exhibition was brilliantly installed in their beautiful wildlife garden.”