And the "effort and awareness" that goes into promoting recycling and energy-saving, has led to the school being the first nomination for our Green Super School 2008 award, run in conjunction with thr Norwich and Peterborough Building Society.

An after-school nature club run by classroom assistant Sue Richardson helps care for the pond and the sensory garden that are already established at the school and as the summer goes on, the children will be encouraged to plant vegetables and flowers in other parts of the garden area.

"We have 220 children in the school and lots of them are interested in what we do in the garden," said Miss Richardson.

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The nomination for the award came from Rachael Calver, of Revel Close, Stamford, whose four children are all pupils at the school.

"The things they do at school have prompted me to turn my way of thinking round," she said. "When the kids come home and say that's how they do it at school, it's hard not to be as green as possible. I should think that most of the other mums are similarly influenced."

Miss Richardson said that the school was aiming to reinforce the green lessons by installing bird boxes and hedgehog boxes to encourage more wildlife into the garden area, and during the summer, the school was discussing using the area as an outdoor classroom.

"This is all a very positive way of thinking and creates a fun approach to learning, the appreciation of nature and going green," said Mrs Calver.

"This has a positive attitude with the pupils of the school and nursery and is really deserving of recognition and prize money so we can continue to do more for our environment."