Aureus School children get arty with mosaics - with help from pensioners

Residents of Williams Place retirement living in Great Western Park, Didcot, teamed up with the year seven’s from the town's Aureus School to make three large mosaics, which have now gone on display outside the school.

Oxfordshire artist Clare Goodall, was on hand to help design and make mosaics that represent the school and its motto.

The artist said: “It was great to have the opportunity to work with the students at Aureus School and the residents at Williams Place.

"It is always exciting to work on projects that bring the community together to build lasting relationships and I am thrilled with how the mosaics turned out.

"They look fantastic on the building and I hope they will help to build an even stronger sense of identity for the school.”

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She said the project between pupils and senior citizens had brought the community together with all involved having the chance to show off their artistic flair.

The mosaics were carefully made using small tiles which created three large, colourful pieces of art.

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Laura Bainbrigge, lead practitioner of art at Aureus School, said: “Our students loved sharing their artistic ideas and designing the mosaics with the help of Clare Goodall and the residents from Williams Place.

"The residents were very encouraging and hardworking and the students have learnt a lot from their time spent working together with the residents.”