Primary pupils to create shining ‘Star of Billesley’ for World Peace Day
Location: Billesley Primary School, Trittiford Road, Billesley, B13 0ES
Time and Date: 2.00pm, Thursday, September 21 2006
Photograph: Pupils make bead strings that are added to 4 metre high ‘Star of Billesley’ sculpture to celebrate World Peace Day
Pupils and staff at a Birmingham primary school have been reaching for the stars, as part of a unique arts project to celebrate World Peace Day, taking place on Thursday 21 September.
Every pupil and member of staff from Billesley Primary School, in the south of Birmingham, has had the opportunity to create a string of beads to be threaded into a giant 4-metre high sculpture called ‘The Star of Billesley’.
Working alongside artist Peter Swidrak, the school will dedicate a total of four days to the creation of the sculpture, which will be situated at the front of the school for pupils, staff, and visitors to see when entering the school.
Said Ceri Crosskey, deputy head teacher at Billesley Primary School: “We wanted to find an appropriate way for the entire school community to celebrate pride in ourselves, and pride in the school as a whole.
“All pupils and members of school staff will be able to create, using curve stitching, a thread of beads that will feature on a giant star sculpture, which will be seen, on approach to the gates by all visitors to the school.”
Councillor Les Lawrence, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People and Families, said: “By creating their own ‘Star of Billesley’ sculpture during International Peace Day the school community is able to reflect on what they can to do to promote peace, and as a result this piece of artwork it will brighten up the entrance to the school for all visitors.”
International Peace Day was established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly, promoting world peace.
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