Young artists from many of our schools are celebrating after their work was voted for to be included in a special exhibition.

Three pupils from Clenchwarton Primary, Gaywood Primary, Heacham Junior, Marshland High, Smithdon High, Snettisham Primary, Springwood High, St Clement’s High, Springwood High and Walpole Cross Keys primaries all featured in the contest shortlist.

Every medium from pencil drawing to clay sculpture has been included in this year’s ArtBytes competition, with each school submitting up to 30 pieces of work from Year 5 and Year 9.

These entries are then whittled down to just three per school and then a public vote held, with the winning entry from each school going through to the next round of the contest and will be included in an augmented reality exhibition.

The schools had a range of subject titles for their work this year, and the content varied greatly.

Walpole Cross Keys children concentrated on creating ‘Realistic Eyes’, while St Clement’s High School students submitted faces or skulls within their portfolio.

The virtual gallery exhibition has been created specially for this year’s winners and showcases their work for a year for everyone to see via the website www.artbytes.co.uk

The competition is aimed specifically at students from both Year 5 and Year 9 across every school in England and all the entries can be found under the name of the school.

ArtBytes is a national programme combining traditional art with augmented reality technology to showcase work from the artists of tomorrow.

The winners (in bold) were: 

Walpole Cross Keys Primary: Realistic Eyes by Leon T, (Lilley L and Max R were also shortlisted).

West Lynn Primary: Ladybird MM, butterfly IC Chinese bamboo by OK.

St Clement’s High: Faces by Ruby A, Skull by Rhiannon G, Faces by Mya B.

Gaywood Primary: Spirit Horse by MM, Cat of fabric MT and Happy Camp NM.

Heacham Junior: All submitted Chinese Blossom Jack A, Max T and Izabella D.

Marshland High: Extended Drawing Three, Summer C; Skull One by Olivia G and Screen Print five by Henry D.

Smithdon High School:  Screen print 1 by Finn R, Screen print 3 by Morgan W and Extended Drawing10 by Akira H.

Snettisham Primary School : Evening sunset Amelia W, River Mountains by Elliot J and Drake by Evie R.

Springwood: Mad Man by Huxley P, Mr Rabbit by Isabella W (sculpture) and Bad Day by Adrianna L.