A KALEIDOSCOPE of colour was created at a community art day in Middlesbrough yesterday.

Families joined children at Bankfields Primary School, Eston, to pool their artistic talents for an exhibition.

The community day aimed to create more than 50 canvases, to become part of a bigger exhibition at the school on Monday and Tuesday.

Headteacher Sally Hirst said: "We see our arts week as being for the whole community, and are thrilled to see so many families being so creative together.

"The exhibition is going to be fabulous."

Freelance arts worker, Janet Banker co-ordinated the school's second arts week, before the half-term holiday, based on the four classical elements - water, air, fire and earth.

There were workshops in music, dance and art, and visiting artists showed how to make kites and aboriginal paintings.