PUPILS at Neyland Community School have been busy bees, helping to attract new wildlife to the playground.

At the recent launch of the school's Natural Buzz project, members of the school's eco committee gave a tour of the school grounds, which have been transformed with wildflowers, trees and 'bug hotels'

In recent months, the school’s eco committee and eco club have worked together to transform a number of previously grassed areas by planting with wildflower seeds.

The orchard has benefitted from additional fruit trees and the pond area has been planted with perennials all chosen to enhance the wildlife value of the site to benefit pollinators.

Neyland Community School is one of five Natural Buzz demonstration sites in Wales, a project that aims to help improve green spaces, funded by the Welsh Government.

As part of the project, pupils also worked with staff from keep Wales Tidy to learn about bees and pollination, and how the actions of humans can affect their chances of success.

"They may be tiny, but bees are essential," said eco committee member Nia.

"We rely on them and other insects to pollinate most of our fruit and vegetables.

"But bees are under threat, and without then so is the food we eat."

"We are really proud of how our school grounds look now," said Annabel.

Assembly member Simon Thomas, who attended the launch, said projects like this helped pupils get a 'real value from education', by using skills like counting and measuring in a new context.

He said changes to the curriculum would continue to improve freedom for outdoor teaching, and using knowledge in a fun way.