A chance conversation with a parent about the Great Pacific Rubbish Dump - created and held in place by marine currents - inspired one Cornwall nursery to raise children's awareness about the environment.
Children at Flying Start Nursery, Camborne, visit the coast about once a month, and for their Save Our Seas day, they headed to Godrevy Beach, just 15 minutes away.
There, they spent much of the morning exploring, investigating seaweed and mark-making with pebbles. Then, together, they collected rubbish. As well as driftwood, the children found coloured plastics and crates, balls and nets from fishing boats.
Nursery manager Kerry Baker says, 'We wanted to highlight the importance of looking after our beautiful local beaches and to consider what we do with our rubbish.
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