John Mason School is a 11-18 school situated in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, and is part of the Abingdon Learning Trust education group. Our school vision is ‘to nurture curiosity and fuel a passion for learning – shaping confident individuals and resilient communities, stronger together and ambitious for the future.’ Through authentic learning experiences and opportunity to experience new things, we endeavour to offer students a rich education that inspires aspirations, enquiry and confidence. We believe every child has the potential to make a difference in the world, to be ambitious in their career choices, and to contribute to society. Our school values of ‘opportunity, respect and determination’, underpin our curriculum design, covering science, computer technology, languages, humanities, sport and the creative, performing and visual arts to the fullest extent possible. Our past history as a Visual Arts specialist school has left a legacy of the 06 Gallery space which continues to showcase and celebrate students’ art and design endeavours in a professional setting, aiming to keep inspiring the next generation of creatively skilled thinkers and practitioners. Our Year 9's have explored artists inspired by lush tropical places such as Henri Rousseau and Larissa Bates to design magical 3D layered paintings or characterful storybook illustrations. They have learned about narratives linked to colour and style, and shown resilience to refine their designs to individual success. We are very pleased to be able to share their efforts with Art Bytes.