Carey Park Primary has the most spectacular ANZAC wall mural which has been hand crafted by their students to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
The mural is a tribute to the ANZACs and has incorporated bright colours through 3D elements and mixed materials.
“It is just amazing,” said Principal Peter Rigden.
“Every year the year seven students pass on a gift to the school as a graduation present, this year however was larger than any other years because both years six and seven students were leaving.”
The team at the Bunbury RSL who are currently in the process of organising a series of events to commemorate the centenary of the First World War were taken aback by the wall mural.
School Liaison officer at the Bunbury RSL Greg Campbell said he was just amazed at how spectacular it was and that it was a real honour to the ANZACs.
“This is probably the most moving piece of art I have ever seen made by children, it really tells a story and you can see things from a different angel every time you look at it,” he said.
“I was chatting to World War II Veteran Bomber Pilot Tom Lofthouse on the phone for over half an hour about it and he was just so impressed.”
“This is a real credit to the staff and students at Carey Park Primary.”
They have made the ANZAC wall mural a back drop of their centenary of ANZAC Bunbury RSL Information Facebook page.
The mural follows on from the ANZAC theme that art teacher Lesley Rintoul incorporated into the students learning last year.
Students began learning about ANZAC day and World War I in their library classes and this was carried through to the art curriculum by drawing pictures.
There were no materials that were purchased; everything for the mural was made from recycled materials.
Tiles were donated and an old broken mirror was bought in, along with other materials from around the art room were used to make the mural.
There were eight students who were the main contributors to the design aspect but every student in year six and seven played a part in making the mural come to fruition.
Harder elements of the design process included the creation of the poppies which were made with cheese cloth and water putty that were made to withstand the weather and school yard play.
The poppies have been used as a main focal point that has given the mural a 3D element.
There are two diggers in the background, surrounded by crosses on grave sites in remembrance of the lost soldiers.
Watching the project grow was an exciting journey and Mr Rigden said it was fabulous to have all the students who graduated involved.
The mural was unveiled at last year’s graduation ceremony and everyone was just in awe and proud of the student’s achievements.
