Pupils at Moorpark Junior School in Park Road, Burslem, brightened up the entrance to the school with a colourful, 30-metre long, Lowry-style mural. In the summer of 2006, the school benefitted from a £43,000 makeover courtesy of RENEW North Staffordshire. The money was spent on the mural, refurbishment of the school’s ornate railings, installation of a large, bespoke set of entrance gates depicting local images of the local area and a completely redesigned playground – providing a ball games area, a low climbing wall with footholds and handholds, a shaded seating area and new play equipment. This picture, taken in July 2006, shows pupils and staff with Stoke North MP Joan Walley at the official opening of the refurbished playrgound.