Pictured above: Year two pupils at Banks Road Infant School enjoying their new arts supplies

Children from a Toton school are celebrating after their art lessons were given a boost by Nottingham call centre Domestic and General.

Staff at Banks Road Infant School approached Domestic & General after budget cuts meant art supplies were becoming less available.  

Year two teacher Janice Clark says: "We are just a small school and we were aware that certain areas of the curriculum, such as art, were not as central as some other areas and materials were beginning to run out without being replaced.

"We feel strongly that art and all creative expression is still an area of great value to our children so we drew up a wish list of art materials which we sent to Domestic & General asking for help.  We're really very grateful for its support and the children are already enjoying working with their new art supplies."

Thanks to Domestic & General's generosity, the school has been able to buy 15 sets of watercolour palettes, marbling kits and combs, modelling material, paper and pastel crayons.

Deborah Martin, site operations manager at Domestic & General, said: "We're delighted to help out with the purchase of art materials and I'm sure the children will have lots of fun using them."