A GROUP of pupils from Landscore Primary School Little Rotter's Club took part in Green Britain Day organised by the French energy group, EDF's "Team Green Britain."

The group, who look after the sustainable issues at the school, took part in the event, which encouraged people to take small steps in their daily lives.

For two consecutive mornings the entrance was set out with bunting and posters with ideas for reducing energy and resources consumption.

The Little Rotter's arrived early on both days to hand out pledge forms in the shape of a footprint and explained how parents and other pupils how they could make a pledge.

Over 100 pledges were handed in and the most popular promise was to turn off lights when leaving a room, followed by turning off the tap when brushing teeth.

A lot of children said they were going to stop using the stand-by function on their TVs and game stations.

Carolyn Anderson head of the Little Rotter's group explained: " Every child who made a pledge received a recycled pencil made out of CDs and a footprint sticker, representing the "small steps make a difference" theme of the campaign.

Carolyn added: "The 30 Little Rotter's have recently been on a day trip to Highfield Farm, Topsham, where they experienced many new things. They ground grain to make flour and then shaped the dough for their own bread rolls, which were baked in a wood oven.

"They walked across organic meadows and river banks, went pond dipping and felt what it might be like to be a battery hen as opposed to free range."

The group also visited Moonridge Farm, Half Moon, where Kate and Merv Anstey showed them around their farm, where Landscore's three new chickens came from.

The outing was funded for by the school as a thank you for all the work the Little Rotter's do at Landscore. Nora Parminter