These amazing kids have won our contest to brighten the walls for staff & patients fighting Covid-19 at NHS Nightingale
THESE lovely pictures would bring joy to any wall – and now they will be doing just that at one of the new Nightingale hospitals. Thousands of children under 12 entered our contest to send messages of support to staff treating Covid-19 patients at the 4,000-bed ward at the Excel centre, East London.
Our judges – Turner Prize-winner Keith Tyson and illustrator Tony Ross – then chose their top 20. Here, we reveal the winners, who each receive an art set as a prize.
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Thomas Musson, four, Chelmsford, Essex
Jessica Jackson, six, Worthing, West Sussex
Jessica says: “I made the picture to make people feel happy.”
James Bannerman, seven Nantwich, Cheshire
Dad Philip says: “He loves cars and ambulances and just wanted to do something for the NHS.”
Brooke Barley, nine, West Drayton, Middx.
Brooke says: “Unicorns are magical and the nurses and doctors have magic too because they do their best to make people better.”
Kourtney Alexander, eight, Halesowen, West Mids
Kourtney says: “I wanted to draw it to thank everyone for doing their part to help. I love rainbows and have put lots on my Wendy house.”
Sonnie Davies, eight, Aberdare, South Wales
Mum Michelle says: “We want to say a huge well done to all staff who are working at this difficult time at the moment.”
Kieran Watson, 11, Falkirk, Stirlingshire
Kieran says: “I saw pictures of US hospital staff holding up the US flag and I wanted to do a flag for us. I’ve written jobs in the map.”
Further ten winners
A FURTHER ten winners will also have their art displayed at the Nightingale hospital and receive an art set.
These include Oscar Wood, seven, from Sandy, Beds.
Mum Vicky says: “Oscar designed these two pictures in support of our amazing NHS and for his auntie Jenny, who is a nurse working on the front line at the Lister hospital in Stevenage, Herts. He would love it if his artwork could be displayed to brighten up the walls at the Nightingale hospital.”
The remaining nine winners are:
- Ruby Rose, four, Sidcup, Kent
- Jairaj Hundal, six, Slough, Berks
- Harry Haywood, ten, Birmingham
- Daisy Budzyski, nine, London
- Shehnaz Islam, ten , London
- Bella Skilbeck, seven, Herne Bay, Kent
- Arun Angurala, eight, Nuneaton, Warks
- Nancy Eaves, seven, Framlingham, Suffolk
- Jacob Conway, nine
Chaise Duff, nine, High Wycombe, Bucks
Chaise says: “My drawing shows the nurses’ hands giving us hope that this will be over soon and we can all go out to play.”
Lydia Mundford, eight, Norwich
Mum Louise says: Lydia calls her piece ‘Florence Rainbow’, giving love and hope to everyone during this difficult time.”
Yaswika Natarajan, seven, Slough, Beds
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