A flag designed by children from Abbey Hill Primary and Nursery School, Kirkby, represented Nottinghamshire in a national initiative.

Their flag flew for a week at Westminster in London at the climax of the 2015 Flag Project, run by the Houses of Parliament.

The scheme aimed to connect young people with the democratic process and the UK’s Parliamentary heritage.
Abbey Hill’s flag was one of 80 chosen from designs made by primary school children across the UK.

They were flown in Parliament Square for a week with support from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

The flags stem from an educational journey undertaken by children in more than 450 primary schools to discover the importance of elected representation in the UK Parliament — a project developed to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the Simon de Montfort parliament (1265).

To mark the Montfort parliament anniversary, where elected representatives of shires and boroughs came together for the first time, Parliament asked primary schools in every constituency to create a flag that represented their area or community.

Teacher Mrs Lesley Amatt said: “We are extremely proud and excited that our flag was chosen to represent Nottinghamshire.”

Year 5 pupils Ewan Gore, Jake Bramall, Cady Cullen and Kristina Zeilissa used Robin Hood’s cap as the starting point for their design.

During art lessons the children had been using Andy Warhol’s style to create their own images and this influenced the design of the flag.

The children chose colours that represented their surroundings — blue of the lake at Rufford Country Park; green and brown of the trees in Sherwood Forest; and yellow, red and purple of the sunsets over Kirkby.