There was much excitement at St. Nicholas Primary School in Child Okeford when the postman delivered a very special package.

“Last year children in Year 1 and 2, the Chestnuts Class, were doing a project called Exploring our Wonderful World,” said deputy head teacher Belinda Bolar.

“As part of their work, they applied for a Blue Peter Green Badge and to become a Blue Peter Climate Hero. The class started off thinking about what makes our planet wonderful and then how we can keep our planet wonderful.”

Children explored the concepts of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle and came up with fascinating ways to encourage this at home and in school.

In English children wrote persuasive letters about the three Rs and to encourage people to keep the planet flourishing.

And when a teacher tipped out all her recycled rubbish onto the floor, the children came up with some wonderful ways to reuse it from their own designs and from pencil pots to storage boxes and from confetti poppers to new toys, green creativity was in abundance.

Children made a Supersized Pledge to encorage everyone in school to switch off all lights and devices when leaving the classroom or building, and they made stickers for prominent places to serve as reminders.

These pledges were taken home too, along with saving water, by turning off the taps when they brush their teeth, and planting seeds to encourage bees and butterflies.

Belinda added: “This week in Celebration Assembly last year’s Chestnut Class were presented with a certificate and their Blue Peter Green Badge!”