Year 1 & 2 Wild in Art Tiny Tail art project and fundraising for Julia's House update!

Julia's House Tiny Tail Wild Art Project (2024 & 2025)!

We are extremely excited to inform you that as a school we are taking part in this year’s Wild in Art Tiny Tail Trail and fundraising for Julia's House. Julia’s House is Dorset’s local children’s hospice charity looking after the most seriously ill children in the county and providing support to their families.  Many of the children need 24-hour care for complex and often rare medical conditions. Julia’s House receives just eight per cent funding from the Government, so they rely on public support and donations. Their costs are increasing along with the demand for care. The Great Tail Trail will help them raise critical funds and reach people and businesses who don’t know about the vital service they provide in the community. The Wild in Art Tiny Tail Trail chose mermaid tails to represent the Mermaid Suite at their Dorset hospice where they look after children at the end of their lives and support their families.  Please see the Julia’s House website for more information:  https://www.juliashouse.org/.

It is with great delight that as a school we are participating in one of the largest collaborative events across BCP in 2025 whilst fundraising for such an important cause.  We asked every child to get creative and design their own tiny tail.  Our judges chose their favourite design, and the children in year 1 and 2 will paint the design onto the mermaid tail sculpture.

Our sculpture, complete with varnish, will need to be ready by mid-December to begin its journey and will feature on The Great Tail Trail in libraries, leisure centres and other public buildings across BCP.  It is very exciting that our sculpture will appear among sixty designed by local schools, nurseries, youth groups and communities with forty larger sculpures sponsored by local businesses.  The Great Tail Trail will last for eight weeks and begin on April 5^th and will end on June 1^st 2025.  Once the trail has ended next year, our Tiny Tail sculpture will be returned to us to enjoy in school.