Pupils work displayed at Albert Hall

11:36am Thursday 3rd July 2008

SIX primary school pupils travelled to London to see their artwork on show in one of Britain's best-know buildings.

The Year 6 group from Wolsingham Primary School were among 300 children from County Durham and the London area taking part in a Scopic project showing how the worlds of astronomy and cell biology are visually similar.

The six, Angel Kotwall, Lewis Thompson, Katie Gledhill, Rose Atkinson, Phillip Charlton and Kane Davies all had work shortlisted for a display in the Royal Albert Hall, with Angel and Lewis' pictures selected.

Lewis, who lives on a farm hit by foot-and-mouth disease in 2001, impressed a panel of judges including astronomer St Patrick Moore and fertility specialist Lord Winston because his picture was based on an image of the virus.

Teacher Lynsey Stoker took the pupils to the hall for a private viewing of the exhibition, which has now moved to the Calman Learning Centre in the Physics department at Durham University.

Miss Stoker said: "Taking part in Scopic has been very good for the children.

"It has encouraged them to do a lot of extra research and what they have come back with has been amazing.

"They were preparing for their SATS at the time and this helped them a lot."

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