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Making Art out of Litter

To help raise awareness of litter in Chapel Allerton and also to involve the schools in the Chapel Allerton Arts Festival in August, AboutMyArea has been runnning a competition for the local primary schools to create a piece of art out of litter. The results have been fantastic and the creativity and imaginative pieces that have been made are all outstanding.

The Metals Consultancy Company Ltd, Chapel Allerton - www.tmccl.co.uk kindly sponsored the competition.  It was very hard to choose the winners as the entries were of such a high standard and everyone invovled had obviously put a lot of thought, time and effort into their pieces of art. Eventually however, the judges did decide on the following winners and these will be displayed at the Chapel Allerton Arts Festival in The Methodist Hall on Saturday 30th August, and will hopefully make visitors to the festival think more carefully about litter and how it affects their environment.

Younger Age Group

1st Prize:  Grace Stainton-Roy  from Chapel Allerton Primary School who made a robot using aluminium foil and various bits of litter such as yogurt pots and batteries 

2nd Prize:   Oscar Kotecha from The Alcuin School who made a waste paper bin out of newspapers

3rd Prize:   Jacob Brill from Chapel Allerton Primary School who designed this colourful picture reminding us all to look after our environment by not littering

And the following entries from Jayesh (Alligator) and Archie Readings (Roundabout) from The Alcuin School were Highly Commended:

Older Age Group

1st Prize:   Whitney Coultate from Chapel Allerton Primary School who created this colourful picture reminding us of why we shouldn't drop litter 

2nd Prize: Grace Worrall from The Alcuin School who created a Bird Box and Bird Feeder using an orange juice carton and yogurt pots

3rd Prize:   Katie Wymer from The Alcuin School who had the idea of  a Recyclable Wedding Dress Shop

The Highly Commended entries in this category were Zak  Gurnah from Chapel Allerton Primary for the hungry litter bin!; Amarri Dixon-Blair from The Alcuin School for the desk tidy; Holly Bothornber from The Alcuin School for the Save the Planet work; and Lois Coleman from The Alcuin School for Let it Grow.

Prizes will be presented to the winners the first week of the Autumn term and are vouchers worth £25, £15 and £10 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. (Book vouchers for Radish for the older age group and Armadillo vouchers for the younger age group)

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At 09:32 on 28th July 2008, R H commented:

The imagination and skill that has gone into these pieces is amazing. I think all the youngsters should feel very proud of themselves. Well done!

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At 16:43 on 28th July 2008, Christine P commented:

What fantastic ideas - I loved the roundabout and the idea for a recyclable wedding dress shop - Brilliant

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At 16:51 on 28th July 2008, Lynne M commented:

I like the crocodile the best.

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At 19:56 on 30th July 2008, Hayley K commented:

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