Community Shelters Project - Royston Priory Lane Recreation Ground
Community Shelters Project - Royston Priory Lane Recreation Ground
For this location, we worked with Royston Town Council and Little Thorpe of Leicester who have installed a brand-new solid wood enclosed shelter.
Additionally, we worked with Icknield Walk First School, who had different year groups create the wonderful artwork which is proudly being displayed on the shelter.
Year 4 pupils at the school have been learning all about Rainforests and its features. They created wonderful pieces of art using forks and their fingers. One child said, “the animals from the rainforest are so beautiful. I loved making this picture using a fork, have never printed with a fork before.”
Reception children from Icknield Walk First School enjoyed exploring their immediate environment and collecting natural resources that depict signs of Autumn. Once collected, they created ‘Nature’ pictures, adding texture and colour. One child said, “I love exploring outside, there are so many things to see all around us.”
We hope this has created an enjoyable space to visit, for all in the community regardless of if you use the bus or not.
Below shows images of before the project started, the installation of the new shelter and images of the new shelter with the artwork added.
Shelter before:
During construction:
New Shelter with artwork:
On Thursday 6th February we held an official opening ceremony for this new shelter.
The Royston Mayor, John Rees, was in attendance for this ribbon cutting event, as well as County Councillors Fiona Hill and Steve Jarvis.
We also had Kayleigh Williams and Jane Sherwood from Icknield Walk First School, as well as Keri Sharman from Royston Town Council in attendance.
(left to right: Kayleigh Willams, School Art Lead. Jane Sherwood, School Headteacher. Steve Jarvis, County Councillor Royston West & Rural. John Rees, Royston Town Mayor. Fiona Hill, County Councillor Royston East & Ermine. Abby Darby, HCC Project Lead. Joanna Codd, HCC Graphic Design)
(left to right: Kayleigh Willams, School Art Lead. Keri Sharman, Royston Town Council. Jane Sherwood, School Headteacher. Abby Darby, HCC Project Lead. Alex Westrop, HCC Team Lead. Joanna Codd, HCC Graphic Design. Steve Jarvis, County Councillor Royston West & Rural. John Rees, Royston Town Mayor. Fiona Hill, County Councillor Royston East & Ermine.)
The project has been made possible through funding from the Department for Transport and the Bus Service Improvement Plan.
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