A primary school in Inverness is celebrating after being named regional winners of the Total Green School Awards out of 35,000 school entries.
Farr Primary’s River Nairn water project was given a special award in the Totally Clued Up category for schools across Scotland.
The pupils studied the River Nairn travelling from its source to the sea and charting differences in its depth, width and speed.
They looked at the environment around the river and carried out a detailed investigation on water, finding out about how water is needed for maintaining health, for growing our food, how it can be used to create energy and how it has been used for transport.
Ailsa Fraser head teacher at Farr Primary said: “We are absolutely delighted about this award.
“It was the former head teacher Sheila Lamont who drove the project forward and submitted the application.
“The children were doing a play Reflections of World War I on Friday, June 27 and Mrs Lamont presented us with a cheque of £750 during that evening.
“The children will decided how best to spend the money at the start of the new school term.”
The programme is run by the Young People’s Trust for the Environment in partnership with energy giant Total.
YPTE director, Peter Littlewood, said: “This has been an exceptional year for entries from Scotland.
“We are used to seeing excellent work from Scottish schools, but this year, we had a real problem choosing between Farr Primary and the eventual Scottish Champions, Ollaberry Primary in Shetland.
“Farr’s project was so good that we have given the school a special award of £750, instead of the usual £500 for a regional winner to reflect how good a project theirs was.”
The competition is nationwide for 5 to 11 year olds and aims to generate interest in the environment and raise awareness of the need for sustainable energy sources.