As part of a 3-year programme funded by the Brentwood Youth Arts Partnership, local artist Deborah Joys has been in residency at Brentwood Pre-Preparatory School.

Deborah worked with every pupil in the school to produce a piece of artwork to decorate the stairwell in the school.

Children worked with Deborah on abstract and painting techniques to complete the impressive panels, which represent the four seasons.

The school were delighted with the end result, which is a key piece to their school community. Headmistress said, "the children were very excited as they anticipated when they would be invited to paint, they were so proud of their personal contributions". 

The Brentwood Youth Arts Partnership has been working together for some time to deliver key arts projects for local young people. The importance of art within education resulted in the need to encourage children's learning through creativity and for an artist to work within schools to achieve this.