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Student art work gets Gove’s seal of approval


by Daniel White


An award-winning piece of student art work is to take pride of place in education minister Michael Gove’s Westminster office. The piece, entitled Human


Diversity, was created by Mairead Flannery, a year 10 pupil from Redhill School in Stourbridge, and hand-picked by Mr Gove as win- ner of the national Arts and Minds competition. Run by the NASUWT, Arts and Minds is an art and creative


writing competition that challenges students from across primary, sec- ondary and special schools to sub- mit entries that celebrate cultural diversity and racial equality. Mairead’s piece won the indi-


vidual artwork award in the sec- ondary school category and also took the overall prize, staving off competition from more than 1,000 entrants. Mairead collected her prize


from schools minister Nick Gibb at a ceremony in central London last week. Both Mr Gibb and Mr Gove were involved in selecting


her work as the overall winner of the competition. Mr Gove, who was unable to


attend the ceremony, described it as an “amazing piece of art”. He said: “This is a striking


image and very impressive – totally professional in quality and execu- tion. The artist is using an arrest- ing image to make us think about human diversity. It is beautiful and thought-provoking and goes to the heart of what Arts and Minds is about.” At the ceremony, Mr Gibb


revealed that Mr Gove had asked if the piece could be hung in his office at the Department for Education’s headquarters. After picking up her prize,


Mairead described to SecEd how she created the piece: “I had the image in my head, and kept going back to it. I spent weeks on it. “I did some research on rac-


ism and how terrible it is. I want- ed to get people thinking about it and how diversity and equality is important.” Elsewhere at the awards, there


were two other winners in the sec- ondary category, both from King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham. Year 8 student Chloe Murphy


won with her painting Hand In Hand We Stand. She said: “I was trying to show the cultural diversity and how it’s changed, and how the world needs to become a better place, in diverse communities.” Year 10 student Sara Lo Polito


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won the creative writing section of the competition with a written diary called There’s a Difference. The piece was inspired by Anne Frank’s diary. She said: “It is important to express what you think and the way people view things.” In the special schools category,


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creative writing awards went to year 11 students Carlton and Tom for their works entitled Untitled: What a foolish thing to say! and The Elephant in the Room respectively. Year 12 student James also won for his artworkMulti Cultural Children. All three attend Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre in Coventry. Chris Keates, general secretary


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Arts and Minds: (clockwise from top) Mairead Flannery from Redhill School receives her prize from schools minister Nick Gibb during the Arts and Minds awards ceremony at the Charing Cross Hotel in London. Other winners included Chloe Murphy, Sara Lo Polito and Tom


of the NASUWT, said: “The excep- tionally high standard of the work submitted showcases all that is best about schools across the UK. “This competition provides the


opportunity to celebrate our mul- ticultural society and promote the importance of community cohe-


sion, and the work of the children and young people is an excellent way to mark Black History Month.” The awards are supported by


SecEd, 5to7 Educator, Love Music Hate Racism, the Anne Frank Trust, Unite Against Fascism, and the Refugee Council.


SecEd • October 21 2010


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