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International Women's Day 2020: School unveils massive Greta Thunberg mural


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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