Money for arts project

Pretty Beach Public School will receive $550 for an arts group project.

School principal Ms Vicki Redrup said "Arts Away" was an arts education initiative that gave primary and secondary students a unique opportunity to "enrich their experience of the visual and performing arts".

Last year, Arts Away grants were received by 157 government schools throughout NSW.

The grants supported a variety of visual and performing arts activities and projects drawn up by teachers and are additional to the normal arts curriculum.

Ms Redrup said that the program was a wonderful way to engage students in extra and diverse arts activities.

"The students are really looking forward to enriching their visual arts experience. And the teachers are pretty excited too," Ms Redrup said.

The Arts Away program is sponsored by the ANZ Bank.

Ms Joanne Hardie, from the ANZ branch at Pretty Beach said: "We are very impressed with the way community members are involved.

"It's a great program and we're very proud to be involved."

The students from Pretty Beach will exhibit their works in an exhibition to be held at the school later in the year.

Press release, May 30 Vicki Redrup, Pretty Beach Public School