Swan name: Queenie
Artist: Beachborough Art Club
Sponsor: Beachborough School
At Beachborough School, our location to and our relationship with our neighbouring market towns, plays an important part in our outreach and community engagement. Children attend Beach borough School from areas such as Buckingham, Brackley, Bicester and Banbury and as a school, we like to support as many community projects held within these towns, as possible.
At Beachborough School, the children in our Art Club, which comprises of our most promising artists in Form V to Form Vlll, were offered the opportunity to get creative and to submit their designs to Head of Art, Miss Cheshire before the final design by Form V pupil Olivia W, who had sketched the intricate skeleton of a swan, was collectively chosen. All members of the Art Club have been giving up their break times to getting the swan painted, we are proud of all the children involved and their commitment to the project.
Our involvement in community projects such as The Buckingham Swan Trail, unleashes children’s creativity and encourages our pupils to be engaging, kind and responsible citizens.
We wish Buckingham Town council the best of luck with this project and cannot wait to see our swan ‘in-situ’ and we hope that members of the Beach borough community and beyond, will take the opportunity to participate in the trail throughout the Summer.