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May 14th 2008
Youngsters make their mark on new housing development

Coast & Country has given youngsters at an Ormesby school the opportunity to make their artistic mark on a new housing development.

Children from St Gabriel’s School, Ormesby, have worked with local artist Glynis Johnson to create mosaic tiles focusing on four subjects – people, places, homes and gardens.

Each child designed their own tile and now all of the pieces have been set together in to a colourful mosaic which will form part of a commemorative stone for the Rosewood Close development in Ormesby.

Here 18 high quality new homes have been built of with six available for purchase through a shared ownership scheme.

Head teacher Michelle Ryan, said:  “The children have really enjoyed taking part in this imaginative artistic project.  Thanks to Coast & Country they were given the fantastic experience of working alongside a professional artist.   They are also really excited about the fact that their work is going to be a permanent and prominent feature of this new housing development. “
Iain Sim, Coast & Country chief executive, said: “We see local community involvement as extremely important on all our development schemes.   The ideas, which the 156 pupils at St Gabriel’s have come up for the mosaic, are wonderful and it will be an artistic asset to Rosewood Close for many years to come.  These children should be proud of what they have achieved”

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