RESOURCEFUL children at Grenville Combined School in Buckingham have made good use of plastic carrier bags by creating a rainbow.
Pupils at the school brought in the bags from home to create the colourful display as part of the school's focus on environmental issues.
Headteacher Anne Brown said the rainbow, which was around three metres long, was on display in the school gro
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She said: "We are environmentally-minded here at the school and we like to teach our children to do what they can to help save the world.
"We are on the way to becoming an eco-school and the project was to teach children that plastic bags don't biodegrade."
The plastic bags were torn into colourful strips and weaved through chicken wire to form a display.
As part of the project, Susan Le, from the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers, also went along to the school to talk to the pupils about conservation and looking after the environment.
Mrs Brown said: "Visitors think it is colourful and that it's a good idea to teach children about the environment.
"It's good to raise children's awareness about the importance of not using plastic bags."
She added the school was continuing with on-going environmental projects, including its eco-school council and by signing on with Generation Green, a scheme which encourages environmentally-friendly behaviour through green lesson plans and rewards.
