CHILDREN at St Benedict’s Junior School, Ealing, will see their artwork displayed in a summer exhibition at the National Gallery.

Their creative talents have also been rewarded with an Artsmark Silver Award from Arts Council England.

St Benedict’s took part in the National Gallery’s Take One Picture scheme, a creative partnership which promotes the visual arts across the curriculum.

Each year, the Gallery invites primary schools to focus on one of its paintings, selecting Pintoricchio’s Penelope With The Suitors this year.

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Children from St Benedict’s in years 5 and 6 were inspired by the themes of the Greek myth behind it. Responding to Odysseus’ travels, and his encounters with different people and cultures, they constructed boats and staffs for Odysseus.

They were excited to learn their artwork has been chosen for the Take One Picture summer exhibition from May 9 to August 12 in the Sunley Room. St Benedict’s is one of 27 schools across the UK to be chosen.

Arts Council England has awarded St Benedict’s a Silver Artsmark, for the quality of this work and in recognition of the school’s arts syllabus in general – in music, dance and drama.