Spirited Arts competition 

We have selected 7 pieces of work to enter the competition: 

The title I chose is “Stitched Together” because it shows how people from all walks of life can be joined by kindness, respect and hope, just like separate pieces of fabric can be sewn into one beautiful whole. Lots of different religions inspired my work because a lot of them do good works in our local community and teach about caring for others and living in peace. The threads that join the hands are like the love and kindness that faith asks us to share. My RE artwork shows many different hands, each made from colourful fabric, reaching towards the centre and stitched tightly together. The stitching represents our bonds — friendship, love and community spirit. This artwork is spiritual because it shows that true community is about more than just living next to each other — it is about caring for people’s hearts and lifting each other up when times are hard. A quote from a holy book that fits with my work is “So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” (Romans 12:5).  This picture is all about unity, respect and hope. The different hands show how different cultures, beliefs and people can be part of one family. Doing this work has made me think about how important it is to include everyone and not judge people by how they look or where they come from.  Persephone Evans , Year 6 

Year 6- Zoe, Scarlett and Cora

Our art design is called ‘One Body, Many Voices’.                     

It is a large body shape filled with different positive quotes and decorated with bright colours and patterns. The round body represents the whole human family — everyone joined together, no one left out. The different patterns and colours show how each of us brings something special to our community, and how our differences make us stronger and more beautiful.

Inside the body shape, we have written quotes from different people to show how people of all beliefs can work together for a better world.  We based this on ,“Love your neighbour as yourself” (Mark 12:31). This reminds us that we should treat everyone with kindness, no matter where they come from or what they believe.

If you took away even one pattern or colour, the artwork would lose some of its beauty, just like our communities suffer when people are left out or discriminated against. By filling our body with positive quotes and colours, we want to show how we can fight racism and hate. Negative attitudes come from fear and ignorance. But when we fill our minds and hearts with positive messages and open our eyes to the beauty of diversity, we can conquer hate with love and replace prejudice with understanding.

Year 1

The title we chose is ‘Together’ because it shows how we are all connected like petals on a flower — different but growing from the same centre of shared values and hopes. Our RE artwork is a big, colourful garden of flowers. Each flower represents our community, and the petals show the values we all share — respect, kindness, love, peace, honesty, inclusion and hope. This artwork is spiritual because it reminds us that just like flowers need sunshine and care, people need respect and kindness to flourish. We think our work connects to religion because many holy books talk about unity and love. For example, in Christianity, Jesus said: “Love your neighbour as yourself.” (Mark 12:31).  What we like best about our work is how colourful it is and we all worked as a team in our class to create this piece which reflects how we should work in the community.

The art design by Reception class is called ‘Flight‘ and is inspired by the feathers of a bird and what they symbolise about living and working together as a community. A bird’s feathers are small and delicate on their own, but when they come together, they create something strong, beautiful and able to soar to great heights. In the same way, our community is made up of many different people, each unique, but when we come together, we can achieve amazing things.

Each feather is a different colour and pattern, representing the diversity of people in our community — our cultures, beliefs, and individual gifts. We were inspired by the  Bible verse 1 Corinthians 12:14, “For the body does not consist of one member but of many.” This reminds us that everyone plays an important part. Even a single missing feather would make the bird incomplete, just as leaving people out weakens our community.

By bringing these feathers together, the bird becomes strong and free. If some feathers were torn or rejected because of racism or prejudice, the bird would struggle to fly — just like our communities cannot succeed if some people are excluded.

Our design shows that to conquer racism and negative attitudes, we must value every person and see our differences as strengths, not threats. Like the bird, we can lift each other up, protect each other, and fly towards a better future when we truly work together in community.

Year 6- Maddie, Sophia- Grace and Bella

The title we chose is “Linked Lives” because it shows how people from different times, backgrounds and beliefs are joined together to help build the community we have today. The deepest thing about our work is that it reminds us that no great change happens alone — every step towards fairness and kindness is built on the work of others. The religion that inspired our work is mainly Christianity and is made of lolly sticks decorated with bright patterns, bible verses and different peoples names. Each stick has the name of someone who changed the world for the better, like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai, Gandhi, and many more and these people should not be forgotten. This artwork is spiritual because it shows how the goodness and courage of people’s actions can join generations together like sticks joined end to end — creating a chain of hope and progress. A quote from a holy book that fits with our work is “Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2).  This shows that we are meant to help one another. Our artwork is all about unity and the idea that small acts of courage and kindness can join together to make big change. Each lolly stick is unique just like people in our communities, but joined together we are stronger and we can build a better world for everyone.

YEAR 3 Spirited Art Piece

This piece is called ‘Warmth in our community’. The art work contains self- portraits of the children making a circle together showing the diversity of our community whilst maintaining the togetherness community gives us. The pink colour (voted for by the children) on the inside of the circle represents to them how their community makes them feel; warm, bright and loved. The grey (also chosen by the children) symbolises what being alone, lost or without a community feels like as a colour to them.

The children then worked together to think of words to demonstrate what they love about their community and what makes it work so well. They then also came up with words and negatives they wanted to keep out of their community and that have no place within the warmth of the group. The children are standing together with each other to demonstrate that no matter differences between them they will be a wall of friendship to keep the good parts of their community in and keep all the negatives out. The bible verse which reflects this is: 1 Peter 4:8 "Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins."
This verse highlights how love brings healing, understanding, and warmth — essential for building strong, compassionate communities.

Year 5 – The puzzle of life

Our artwork is a jigsaw puzzle made of different pieces, each uniquely coloured and patterned. No two pieces are the same—just like in real life. But together, they form one complete image: a strong, united community. This shows that our differences don’t divide us—they complete us. The question “What holds our communities together?” inspired us to think of the jigsaw. It isn’t just one thing. We believe it’s a mix—faith, hope, love, music, laughter, sport, and compassion. Sadly, things like racism, hatred, and ignorance try to pull the pieces apart. But RE helps challenge those ideas by opening our minds. When we learn about others, we stop being afraid of differences. Our jigsaw art is a message: we are all part of something bigger. No piece can be left out, and no piece is more important than another. If even one is missing, the picture is incomplete. To conquer division, we must listen, learn, and love. We need to celebrate our differences instead of fearing them.