Mertie

Created by: Haymarket Shopping Centre Community Hub
Location: Haymarket Shopping Centre- Community Hub (Window)

Overview

The children at the Merton were very excited at the prospect of receiving an elephant to design. Following a whole school assembly, where we were joined by the centre manager of the Haymarket shopping centre and a representative of LOROS, each class spoke to the children about the wonderful things they have learnt in school and the themes they may want to include in their designs. Over 400 children created their own design on the elephant template before judges selected one design from each year group. The talented artist, Rebecca then combined the 7 designs to create our final piece of artwork. The children have been able to capture their love of learning, with key elements of our school as well as our wonderful City.

Location

Haymarket Shopping Centre – Community Hub (Window)

Meet the Elephants

Hathi

Hathi

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Elphis Presley ‘The King of Elephants’

Elphis Presley ‘The King of Elephants’

Created by: Humphrey Perkins School Location: Leicester Cathedral- GalleryThe school held a competition for the design of Elphis. Our winning students merged their designs to create an ultimate design for Elphis.The design for Elphis is a combination of mandala...

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Daisy

Daisy

Created by: Highcliffe Primary SchoolSponsored by: MertruxLocation: Lyme Regis: Leicester Cathedral - Main HallThe whole school took part in a competition to design Daisy. Pupils and govenors then picked winning entries from each key stage. We took elements from each...

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Duncan (the creative Elephant)

Duncan (the creative Elephant)

Created by: Herewoode AcademySponsored by: AMPA FoundationLocation: DMU - The GalleryStudents were challenged to design an elephant in the style of their favourite artist to represent the diversity of cultures and styles within the school. The best sixteen were given...

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Florence

Florence

Created by: Gorse Covert Youth ProjectLocation: Leicester Central Library - UpstairsThe starting point was “What does the community centre mean to you?” the images on Florence reflect the activities and opportunities available to people of all ages who use the...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

Created by: Glebelands Primary SchoolLocation: King Richard III Visitor CentreThe whole school had the brief of diversity. They then represented this in their designs along with the school values of Empathy, Learning, Respect and Kindness. The whole school agreed that...

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Geraldine

Geraldine

Created by: Gartree High SchoolLocation: This + That by LOROSAll of our KS3 students worked so hard in coming up with incredible design ideas for our elephant - exploring different cultures, the idea of loss and healing, and things that give us happiness and comfort....

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Atlas

Atlas

Created by: Ellesmere CollegeLocation: Westcotes LibraryEllesmere students have been looking at environmental issues this year. They wanted to highlight some of those issues in the design of Atlas and in his description. Green house gas emissions associated with food...

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Dorothy

Dorothy

Created by: Dorothy Goodman SchoolLocation: Attenborough Arts Centre - The Salmon GalleryThe sculpture was delivered to the Vocational Sixth Form site of Dorothy Goodman School. Students got to see the elephant for the first time in an end of day assembly. They were...

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