LITTLE Abigail Taylor might not have caught a fish for her dinner — but her classmates enjoyed a "fishing expedition" to the local supermarket to find out how food ends up on their plate.

Children in the reception class at St Peter's CE Primary School in Farnworth have been learning how tiny seeds produce the food they eat — and as part of the project visited Tesco Supermarket to find how the how the food gets from the farm to their plate in the Farm to Fork Trails initiative run by the store.

Reception teacher Kira Bracegirdle said:" We have been learning about how things grow and last week we were exploring how fruit and vegetables grow from seeds.

"It was fascinating that a lot of children weren't sure where their food came from before it got to the big shops like Tesco.

"The farm to fork trip provided the children with lots of interesting information about where our food is grown and how it is moved to our shops, and also gave them the opportunity to try new foods that they may not have tasted before, such as prawns and Mediterranean bread."

During their shopping trip to the supermarket, the youngsters visited the in-store bakery to see how bread is made and have the chance to taste new foods, including different fruits and vegetables and learning all about fish.

Pupil Lacey Owens, aged four, said: "I liked it when I tried the cheese because it tasted yummy. I learnt that cheeses comes from milk and that milk comes from the cows, sheep and goats."

Logan Sharman, aged five, added: "It was good because we got to eat some prawns and some bread with peppers in it.

"The bakers made it with some flour in the shop. The fish are kept in the freezer on the ice — or they will get too warm and not be nice to eat."