Buildings are recreated by pupils

The properties in the village were recreated by the children of Eastergate C of E Primary School using recycled materials.

Landmarks such as the Wilkes Head pub stood among a miniature village of the structures.

Deputy headteacher Graeme Oakford said: “We mixed the children up so the reception year classes were working with Year 6 children.

“It was all about collaboration and co-operative working as well as make use of recycled items.

“The children used materials such as boxes, cups, polystrene boards. Some of them made the windows by hand. Some of the houses were about the size of a box of photocopying paper. Others were twice as big.”

The construction work lasted an hour and saw 25 properties built.

The project formed part of the Church Lane school’s work to cut waste as it seeks to achieve Green Flag status for its environmental ethos.

The initiatives also included a close look at the pupils’ lunchboxes to see how the waste in them could be cut. The boxes were weighed at the start of the work and again at the end to see if there was a difference.

Emphasis was put on the containers being re-usable plastic boxes rather than throwaway wrappers.

All the school lived without electricity for an hour to reduce its energy use.