A school has won a sustainability skills competition. St Teresa's RC Primary School in Little Lever was crowned the winner of Bolton's local schools' sustainability competition. The scheme challenged primary schools to build model houses using recycled food and drink packaging.
The competition, which involved seven local primary schools, finished with a public showcase at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival . Festival-goers viewed the designs and voted, with St Teresa's model house receiving the most praise. The winning design was created by one of St Teresa's 'Guardians of Creation' (Image: Supplied) The winning design was created by one of St Teresa's pupil leadership groups, who call themselves the Guardians of Creation.
As a result of their victory, Watson, the headline sponsor of the festival and the competition's organiser, donated £5,000 to the school. The school plans to use this funding to restore its wooded "forest school" area, providing an "enhanced outdoor learning environment" for students. St Teresa's headteacher Jenni Willis said: "We are delighted.
"This will have such a positive impact on our little family school. "One of our pupil leadership groups, The Guardians of Creation, should take credit for their creativity and brilliant teamwork. "We are grateful to Watson as we can now secure and fence our wooded forest school area and re-resource it following vandalism.
"This means all of our classes can again regularly enjoy playing, working and learning togethe.