Teachers Eric Davey, Paul Woodhouse and Debbie Costema help paint the murals at Kiwi School, Bulford. DA4758A MURAL depicting Stonehenge has livened up the staircase at the Kiwi Primary School, Bulford Camp.

The mural is the result of the Participatory Arts Workshop Scheme (Paws), which leads local groups through a variety of projects, supervised and supported by a professional local artist.

The Kiwi Primary School mural painting project was run by Peter Watts, who visited the school and demonstrated the processes needed for the teachers to produce the work.

The red and gold colours of the sunset combine with the blacks and greys of the stones to make a dramatic depiction of the area's most famous landmark.

Peter also helped out with the painting of the mural and even came back of his own accord to put some finishing touches to it.

Kiwi Primary School headteacher Colin Martin said: "All the teachers put forward ideas for the mural and we finally decided on Stonehenge as an appropriate subject."

He described the project as a group effort and praised the teachers.

He said: "They stayed on after school on two occasions to work on the mural.

"Many of them had no drawing experience at all and were worried that their work would not be up to standard but, with help from Peter, everyone's drawing was fine."

Four district councils in Wiltshire, including Salisbury, run the Paws project.

It targets groups such as senior citizens, schools, homeless groups and family clubs.

They pay £25 towards projects and the remaining costs are subsidised by the district council.

Now that they have received some good training and advice, Kiwi Primary School is hoping to include pupils in future planned art projects.

Mr Martin said: "This type of work certainly helps to brighten up the school. Before the Paws project, all we had was bare walls."

He said the school was grateful to Salisbury district council for allowing it to benefit from the Paws project and the resources and expertise involved.