A SOUTH side school is celebrating after its pupils’ design was transformed into the mascot for Silverburn shopping centre.

Silvia the Fox, the first ever centre mascot, is the creation of Cleeves Primary School pupils, Leah Prescott and Casey Bain, who won a £300 prize for their school Cleeves Primary.

Primary 6 and Primary 7 pupils from five local schools, including Gowanbank Primary and Darnley Primary, were invited to let their imagination run wild and design a mascot to encapsulate the spirit of Silverburn.

Each school picked their favourite design and submitted it to the Silverburn Cares judging panel.

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Silvia the Fox was chosen as the triumphant design, as a bright eyed and bushy tailed figure who even has her own catch-phrase: “Think out of the box, come see the silver fox”.

Other artistic submissions that made it to the final stage included Disco Silvey, Pete the Pineapple and Sparkles.

David Pierotti, Silverburn’s General Manager, said: “We’d like to thank all of the pupils who entered our competition to design Silverburn’s mascot. The standard was excellent and it was tough choice.”

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“We are very much looking forward to welcoming Silvia the Fox to our team and I’m sure our customers can’t wait to meet her.”

After a close consultation with the junior designers behind the winning mascot, the prize fund will now be used to buy toys and playground games at the school.

Head teacher Susan Beaton added: “Leah and Casey worked really hard together over six sessions to create their mascot and slogan.

“They were both so shocked when they found out they had won and are excited to see their drawing come to life.”