As part of our artist-in-residence and her work with the community, Kay has worked with school-children from Oakway Junior School and Sir Christopher Hatton Secondary School.
"The children came from Oakway to Sir Christopher Hatton School and we had a very nice morning," says Kay.
All of the children have a connection with the Hemmingwell estate.
"First, I did a presentation about the project and then we walked about the theme, which is birds - to fit in with the street-names on the Hemmingwell," explains Kay. "I'd photocopied some pictures of birds and we used those to do some line drawings and colour sketches."
After the sketching and drawing, the children took their ideas further and had a creative discussion about making a game based on birds.
"We then went into the playground and drew out our ideas in chalk," continues Kay. "We had all sort of ideas, particularly based on hopscotch and snakes and ladders - or birds and worms!"
"Some of the teachers working with us are also Mums, so they were contributing ideas as well. We had a discussion about how art is funded and about deadlines for projects. Some of the children didn't really understand that you can get paid to be an artist and make a living, so it was educational in another way."
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