POSTERS created by children at a Worcester school will form part of an exhibition to be displayed at the Olympics in Beijing this summer.

St George's CE School was asked to submit work for the Olympic Art Exhibition after winning the National Big Draw competition last autumn.

Now, 30 pieces of art work created by pupils at the St George's Lane North school will be displayed for all visitors to the Olympics.

Headteacher Steve Mills said: "It is just remarkable that our children's work will be flown out to China to form part of this exhibition. We are incredibly proud."

Mr Mills said the posters, which portray pictures of different sports, symbols of peace and the origins of the Olympics, among other things, will first be displayed in the United Nations building in New York and in the Youth Art Connection Gallery in Atlanta before being taken out to Beijing.

The school was approached by International Paint Pals to take part in the exhibition.

"They had seen the quality of our work in the Big Draw competition and asked us to get involved," said Mr Mills. "So we got our children to create some wonderful pieces of artwork with the help of professional artists Helen Zhini and Clare Horacek."

Mr Mills said the school had beaten off some stiff competition during the National Big Draw contest, including the City of York Council, Arts and Culture with Arts Action, the Brunel Museum, and South London Art Gallery to name but a few.

"We have some incredibly artistic youngsters here and it's great to give them an opportunity such as this," he added.

Mr Mills said he was flying to New York in the spring and was hoping to view the children's work at the United Nations building.

Youngsters from more than 60 countries will be submitting work for the exhibition. The artwork will be displayed on the websites www.beijingyouth. org.cn, www.paintpals.org and www.youthartconnection.org