PUPILS from schools around Sherborne have planted seven trees to represent the seven decades of our late Queen’s reign.

The trees were planted at the four Sherborne Area School’s Trust schools – Sherborne Primary, Sherborne Abbey, Harbour Vale and The Gryphon, and three of the nearby village primary schools – Thornford, Yetminster and Bradford Abbas, thereby making a figurative circle of trees in and around the town.

St Andrew’s Primary School, Yetminster

With the help of the town council’s grounds maintenance team and EuCan’s Adam Gale, the trees have now all been planted at each school, with the pupils themselves involved in digging the holes and planting.

St Mary’s Primary, Bradford Abbas

The Mayor of Sherborne, Cllr Juliet Pentolfe, came along to the tree planting. “It was lovely to see all the children being so enthusiastic and getting stuck in with the digging and planting of the trees and learning how in years to come they could come back to their old school and see how much they have grown,” she said.

Sherborne Primary School

His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Dorset, Angus Campbell came along to the tree planting at the two Sherborne primary schools and spoke to the youngsters about his role as the monarch’s representative in Dorset and how The Queen’s Green Canopy has created a living legacy and serves as a lasting tribute to Her Majesty’s extraordinary service to her country and her people.

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Each school has also been given a time capsule for the pupils to bury with items inside that, in years to come, will give an idea of what life was like the year of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.