Children at a primary school in inner city Bradford have been remodelling their grey asphalt playground into a nature haven.
Lapage Primary School in Barkerend is one of 10 schools to receive £25,000 as part of a programme to tackle unequal access to nature in schools.
Headteacher Richard Grogan said the children had a key role in deciding how the playground would be transformed.
“It is bespoke to us but we’ve taken the idea from the children. So they’ve had direct input to this, which we feel is really important because they need to own that space to be able to engage and want to engage with it,” he said.
The school received £10,000 from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and £15,000 from Northern Star Academies Trust.
As part of the project, the children have been planting trees, building dens, and creating bug habitats and outdoor art spaces.
