Strathmore Kindergarten Logo Mosaic

Strathmore Kindergarten's Logo was mosaiced onto the wall at the entrance to the building.

keilor gatehouse pre-school mosaic 2008

This is the mosaic that was made by Debbie Qadri with the children, teachers and parents of the Keilor Gatehouse Kindergarten in 2009. The project took a term to complete and was enabled by a grant from the Brinbank city council and the fundraising of the parent committee. Cement sheet was mounted onto the brick wall at the front of the pre-school by some parents. Children and parents took part in workshops to make features for the mosaic made out of clay.


here is an example of a feature made out of clay.


Children worked to make parts for trees out of clay. This is what it looked like on the table after it was made.


This is the pre-school logo which was incorporated into the design, of a girl and a boy. The rainbow above the logo contains the hands of children with a name written on each one.


Here is another example of an insect made in a workshop by a parent and child.

keilor gatehouse pre-school mosaic

This mosaic was designed by the parents and the pre-school teacher with the artist. They wanted their logo of two children in the centre and then a scene around this which included a rainbow. The rainbow is filled with clay hands made by the four-year-olds.
The pre-school children also helped to make two pavers. The artist placed glue on a section of the paver and the children then arranged the small tiles onto the paver. This was done in a space next to where the artist was making the mosaic so that the children could make a link between what the artist was making and how it was done. They were pleased that they had also made a mosaic.
The children also participated in a clay workshop where they made parts of trees by rolling out clay and pressing objects into the clay to make textures. They also added colour to the clay using underglazes.

There were evening workshops held where parents and children came to the pre-school and made clay insects to be part of the mosaic.