A school has won a sustainability skills competition.
St Teresa's RC Primary School in Little Lever was crowned the winner of Bolton's local schools' sustainability competition.
The scheme challenged primary schools to build model houses using recycled food and drink packaging.
The competition, which involved seven local primary schools, finished with a public showcase at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival.
Festival-goers viewed the designs and voted, with St Teresa's model house receiving the most praise.
The winning design was created by one of St Teresa's pupil leadership groups, who call themselves the Guardians of Creation.
As a result of their victory, Watson, the headline sponsor of the festival and the competition's organiser, donated £5,000 to the school.
The school plans to use this funding to restore its wooded "forest school" area, providing an "enhanced outdoor learning environment" for students.
St Teresa's headteacher Jenni Willis said: "We are delighted.
"This will have such a positive impact on our little family school.
"One of our pupil leadership groups, The Guardians of Creation, should take credit for their creativity and brilliant teamwork.
"We are grateful to Watson as we can now secure and fence our wooded forest school area and re-resource it following vandalism.
"This means all of our classes can again regularly enjoy playing, working and learning together in forest school, reap the benefits of our large outdoor areas and learn to look after our world.
"We hope to also offer out use of the forest school area to local nurseries so lots of children can benefit."
Mike Watson, director of Watson, visited St Teresa's to meet the students and present the cheque.
He said: "We were so pleased to see the enthusiasm and creativity displayed by all the participating schools, especially St Teresa's.
"The Guardians of Creation's winning design truly embodies the spirit of sustainability we aimed to nurture with this competition.
"It's great to see how they plan to use the prize money to further their environmental education efforts."
Watson is the developer behind Creams Mill, which will see 255 new-build properties for the residents of Little Lever and Bolton, as well as the regeneration of a 700-metre stretch of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here