A model Shaun the sheep with pupils designs allover him

Shaun on the Tyne

1 year ago
7 min read

Ewe found us!

Say hello to ‘Perfect Day’, our incredible Shaun sculpture that has been designed by children from one of our Greggs Foundation Breakfast Clubs.

 We are absolutely thrilled to be part of this free public art trail once again, and to be raising awareness and funds for St Oswald’s Hospice.

This year, we've done things a little differently and we’ve joined forces with talented artist, Julia Stafford, to bring you something truly special.

We teamed up with one of our 840 Greggs Foundation Breakfast Club Schools, Welbeck Academy – whose club is funded by one of the Greggs Foundation's dedicated partners, Drummond Central, to launch a competition where the imaginative minds of children were asked to work with Julia to design our very own Shaun sculpture. They were all asked to draw their ‘Perfect Day’.

Two volunteers from Oswalds Hospice pose with Shaun and Timmy the sheep infront of a Greggs.

Perfect Day

Children from across the school completed entries and Julia had the tough job of selecting a child from each year group, ten in total, to work with in order to create the final sculpture that is currently outside our Northumberland Street shop:

Shaun the sheep designed with pupils 'Perfect day', right view
Shaun the sheep designed with pupils 'Perfect day', front view
Shaun the sheep designed with pupils 'Perfect day', left view

The awesome children who attend the Greggs Foundation Breakfast Club at Welbeck Academy were asked to draw their perfect day at school. Encouraged to let their imaginations go wild, they came up with some pretty wacky ideas, like Science lessons in space, dancing with rabbits and PE with a walking, talking rock … ! In the end, however, it was super-sized simple pleasures that added up to a perfect day! What would yours be?

Excitingly, because they did such a fantastic job designing our Shaun – the school will be gifted their own mini version of  the sculpture.

Starting the day the right way

For many reasons, some children don’t get the right start to their day. Hungry kids find it harder to concentrate, learn and make friends at school. That’s why the Greggs Foundation and their partners provide breakfast to over 52,000 primary school children every day, helping ensure that they start their morning on the right track.

The Greggs Foundation do a fantastic job of ensuring children start the day right and can learn, be creative and reach their full potential. When asked what their ‘Perfect Day’ looked like, we were delighted to see the children came up with ideas filled with learning, energy and friendship – fuelled by a nutritious breakfast.

St Oswald’s Hospice

St Oswald’s is a charitable hospice rooted in the North East. They provide outstanding, specialist and expert care to adults and children with life-limiting conditions, striving to provide quality time for everyone.

To learn more about the hospice and the Shaun on the Tyne Art Trail, watch the video below:

Logos of Aardman, Wind in Art, and St Oswald's Hospice
Art of a pupil bouncing on a trampoline, taken from the final designs of Shaun
Art of pupils dancing happily with rabbits, taken from the final designs of Shaun
Art of a pupil reading a book with headphones on, taken from the final designs of Shaun
Art of a pupil hanging from a trapeze, taken from the final designs of Shaun

The Greggs Foundation

The Greggs Foundation supports over 840 breakfast clubs with the help of their fantastically generous partners, feeding more than 52,000 children each day. But, with a waiting list of over 500 schools, we still need and want to do more with your help.

For over two decades, The Greggs Foundation has been growing and managing a network of school Breakfast Clubs to help children who might otherwise go without a nutritious meal.

The Greggs Foundation logo featuring the familiar brand quadradot, but one square is replaced with a pink heart.
Art of three pupils in a rocket ship, taken from the final designs of Shaun

Pupils from Welbeck Academy's entries into the Perfect Day competition:

'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, the schools logo is popping out of a students brain, showing they learn a lot at school
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, a student spends the day outside in the sun
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, their perfect day is "PE with my friends"
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, animals use a play park
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, students are shown doing PE activities
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, a book with the school logo on it
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, a school trip on the beach
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, the schools logo is surrounded by examples of subjects
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, musical notes spring forth from a book and "music is my passion" is written above
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, a student dances with a smiling microphone
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, a brightly coloured house is surrounded by hearts
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, times tables are present as well as an artists colour palette
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, children dance around the school logo
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, the word "maths" is happy and celebrating
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy the schools logo is surrounded by examples of different subjects
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, two pupils play football on a sunny day
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, the school logo is surrounded by examples of different subjects
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, a pupil enjoys the blue sky and bright sunshine
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, pretty shapes spell out "art"
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy showing children and the alphabet surround the schools logo
'Perfect day' entry drawn by a pupil at Welbeck Academy, a pupil does crafts