Suffolk schoolchildren who have started taking lessons outside welcomed their local MP to their unique classroom last week.

East Anglian Daily Times: Bury St Edmunds MP Jo Churchill lends a helping hand. Picture: ANDY ABBOTTBury St Edmunds MP Jo Churchill lends a helping hand. Picture: ANDY ABBOTT (Image: Archant)

Pupils from Abbots Green Primary School are using Green’s Wood, located behind the main building, for a range of activities including den building, making bird feeders, toasting bread, and creating artwork.

The idea became a reality thanks to a partnership with Suffolk Housing, and Jo Churchill, MP for Bury St Edmunds, visited the its headquarters on September 22.

She also joined the children to help them clear and refill the pond as well as strip back nettles which have grown over the summer holidays.

Ms Churchill said: “It was fabulous to join the children of Abbots Green School outside in the sunshine, clearing the pond and looking at bugs. Green’s Wood is a great open learning environment.”

East Anglian Daily Times: Pupils from Abbots Green Primary School are using the space as an outdoor classroom. Picture: ANDY ABBOTTPupils from Abbots Green Primary School are using the space as an outdoor classroom. Picture: ANDY ABBOTT (Image: Archant)

The children are also planting trees and creating insect hotels and hedgehog houses in the woodland.

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