Pupils
of Hebden Royd Primary School in West Yorkshire are celebrating International
Women's Day in a special way. They have unveiled a giant 60m mural of Swedish
teen activist Greta Thunberg on a playing field at their school. They also
painted the caption 'a girl inspiring the world' under the portrait as the
pupils chose the 17-year-old as the woman who had most inspired them.
Six-year-old Evie, a pupil at the school said: "We've chosen Greta because
she stands up for what she believes.
"She
is a big inspiration to me and she is not afraid to take action even if people
do not agree with her."
The
beautiful portrait is made of line marker paint, and was done by art
collective, Sand In Your Eye, with assistance from the pupils of Hebden Royd
Primary School. The headteacher of the school, Gretl Young said: "We are
passionate about the arts in school and about our place in our community.
"We
encourage our pupils to use their voice in relation to a whole manner of things
that interest them, from their ideas for charity fun days to presenting their
climate change worries to local schools and Councillors.
"We
are keen to support them no matter what age.
"Our
youngest children recently decided to campaign for plastic free seas and ran a
"Save the Turtles" day; our UKS2 children wanted to raise money for
the Australian Bush Fire Emergency and quite understandably Greta has been
chosen for the face of International Woman of the Year.
"We
are delighted to combine these passions in this project with Sand in Your Eye,
the fact that some of our children will take an active part in the making of
the finished project is remarkable.
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