An Aberdeenshire school has been awarded for its commitment to the environment.
Banchory-Devenick Primary School has received an international Eco-Schools green flag for encouraging the protection of Mother Earth, both within the classroom and playground.
The 51-pupil school set up its own eco-committee, drafting a detailed action plan, a green procurement policy and its own eco-code with the motto “good to be green”.
It also completed an environmental review, covering nine of the Eco-Schools topics.
Pupils, parents and teachers joined in the flag-raising at the school earlier in the week.
The school’s head teacher since December last year, Paul Gill, said: “The pupils and staff have worked tremendously hard to achieve this Eco-School status.
“They have plenty of new ideas for our next Green Flag and I look forward to supporting them in this.”
His predecessor, Michelle Taylor, who led pupils through the application for the green flag, was equally thrilled by the accolade.
She said: “I am so incredibly proud of all the pupils and teachers who were involved in this and am delighted that Banchory-Devenick is finally an Eco-School. It is brilliant news for the whole community.”
Eco-Schools Scotland spokesman, Sam Harrison, said: “It was great to see every child involved in learning about their environment.
“I was really impressed by the creativity and the wide-reaching projects at the school.”