KIRSTY Brown is flying the flag for her school, and she designed it.
The 15-year-old from Abingdon won a competition at the town’s Larkmead School to design the new school banner.
She officially raised her new flag in a ceremony on Wednesday morning.
Kirsty said “When I first heard about the flag competition, I was fascinated.
“I tried multiple different designs at home; in the end I put all of my ideas together to create one.
“Once I entered my design, I was nervously waiting for the result, wondering what my fellow students and the public thought of it.”
She said her design visualised the key elements important to the school ethos – red for a warm-hearted community, green to encourage growth and the blue symbolises a community environment.
The gold Larkmead wing in a forward motion indicates the aspirations of the school to achieve flight for its students.
Kirsty added: “The designing process was very exciting.
“Being at Larkmead for five years and having the opportunity to be the first student to design a flag is overwhelming.
“I feel proud to see my work on the flag pole underneath the Union Jack.”
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