"There's a phrase you should always remember if you're environmentally friendly,'' said seven-year-old year two pupil George.
"This is it: Reduce, reuse and recycle. Which means reduce carbon dioxide from cars, the exhaust gases. You reuse stuff, so if you have a jar and it was empty I could make it into a ship in a bottle. Recycle is when you recycle things by throwing it in recycle bins.''

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It is Eco Week at the infant school on Stumperlow Park Road, and George and the other pupils are learning about looking after the environment.

"We realise it's important the children think about their future and the environment, so a lot of our activities this week is based around sustainability," said Bridget Ball, Head teacher at Nether Green Infant School.

Pupils at the school have this week made wind turbines and solar panel; eco hats using 'junk'; and visited local recycling bins to recycle school rubbish.

Bridget said the week brings the curriculum alive.

"It's very much part of the curriculum because we're doing a travel to school survey all week, so obviously we are encouraging children to walk to school to save carbon emissions. But it's also maths because they're doing a survey every day and they are doing tally charts and graphs to show how they come to school. So it's bringing the curriculum to life and making it more practical and real."

On Friday afternoon parents are invited to the school to see what the pupils have been doing all week, and to buy eco bags designed by two of the children. The bags are being sold to raise funds for another eco-friendly feature at the school - a new garden.

"We're developing a new garden which is going to be part of our play ground," said Ball.

In the new garden children, parents and staff are building a greenhouse created by 1,500 recycled 2litre plastic bottles brought in by pupils and neighbours.