CREDITON’S Landscore Primary School went completely off timetable during a recent week to hold its annual Art Week.

The children were immersed in a range of both collaborative and independent art projects throughout the week and families were also invited to get involved through the “Time Together” project.

The theme for the week was “Nature” and the children were inspired by various artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Claude Monet, William Morris and Bernard Pras.

A range of activities were on offer to the children including drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and textiles.

Some of the main outcomes included fantastic flower collages based on Bernard Pras’ work from the children in Reception, a collaborative large scale felt picture inspired by Monet’s Water-Lilies from Year 1 and 2 children, Dartmoor landscape felt images based on their recent trip to Dartmoor from Years 3 and 4 and finally, Years 5 and 6 chose to extend their topic work on “Save the Oceans” by creating large scale sculptures of sea creatures using plastic waste to reinforce the idea that we need to “Stop the wave of plastic waste”.

Running throughout the week, families were also invited to get involved through the “Time Together” project which was focused on combining art, food and healthy eating through the topic of Nature. The results were incredible and proved what a talented and very creative group of people we have in Crediton!

The week culminated in a celebratory open afternoon where more than 200 parents and family members enjoyed visiting the exhibition of artwork at the school.

Headteacher Debbie Main, said: “I couldn’t have asked for a more successful week. The children thoroughly enjoyed all of the activities and produced some excellent outcomes.

“Our families, as always, supported us incredibly through their fantastic contributions and the support they offered. A big thank you to everyone involved.”

One of the most interesting displays showed what happens to plastic when it leaves our hands. The school has been taking the initiative by taking in all the items that Mid Devon District Council does not collect.

So there are separate containers for the sweet wrappers, pens (even if you get a paper or card outside, what happens to the ink well bit when empty?) glue sticks, and more.

Some of the big model sea creatures will hang in the school. They are all full of plastic of different sorts and took two or three weeks to make.

The decorated pebbles will become cobbles under a tree in a very damp area.

Pupils showed the research they had been doing into the use of plastics including that there are roughly 300 children in the school.

Each family generates 6,240 pieces of plastic a year. “So altogether we waste 2,872,000 pieces of plastic a year, most of that is blown into the sea so our animals suffer from plastic pollution,” said one notice.