PUPILS' artwork is set to be forever built into a park as part of an International Day of Peace.
Slough Borough Council (SBC), in conjunction with Slough North Action Project (SNAP), hosted a competition to give children the chance to have their artwork embedded into a mosaic to be placed in Baylis Memorial Park.
The mosaic, which will be based at the entrance to the park in Stoke Poges Lane, will be constructed by award winning artist David James and will represent the positivity of Slough and stand as a 'beacon of togetherness'.
The competition, which began at the start of the year, encouraged pupils to create designs, and two have been selected to form the mosaic, with Slough based social enterprise Creative Junction supporting the creation of the mosaic.
It will be the culmination of a long project of conservation and preservation of the park by SNAP and funded by SBC.
Slough and Eton College's 'Dawning of a New Age' and Penn Wood School's 'World of Peace and Love' designs have been chosen and will be interpreted by artist David James into a mosaic design.
Annita Baid, chairman of SNAP, Bruce Hicks and Vinay Vyas of SBC, Baylis Councillor Fiza Matloob, Neena Baid SNAP secretary, Anna Jones from Creative Junction, Gabby Koenig from Slough Library and other local residents all judged the entries before choosing the winning paintings.
Annita Baid said: "After six years of working on this project this is like laying it all to rest. The preservation and conservation work will end so that people can start to use the park in the way that it was intended for them to.
"Most of the entries we had focused around colour but the two winning entries were focused on the dove of peace which is important as it is recognised globally."
Sarah Evans, Penn Wood School art teacher, with pupils Isaac Din, Muneeb Rahman, Zain Mahmood and Borys Pasikiewicz
Work on the mosaic is underway, with council workers laying a new pavement in the area and have laid the foundations in preparations for Mr James to put down the final design.
The mosaic will be unveiled at the park on Wednesday, which is the United Nations International Day of Peace, in which the world lays down its arms, calls for cease fire and promotes hope and peace across the world.
The celebration will include live music and local dignitaries will be on hand to welcome the new addition to the park.
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