A HUGE tree-planting operation swung into action at two East Yorkshire schools after they were given 120 saplings to spruce up their grounds.
St Mary and St Joseph RC Primary School and neighbouring Pocklington Infants each received 60 young trees after applying to the environmental organisation, the Woodlands Trust.
The planting, which took place on Friday, was intended to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year.
Jayne Wilson, the head teacher of St Mary and St Joseph’s, said: “If you applied to the trust as a school you could receive 60 trees. We decided to have a joint planting of trees along our boundary.
“It will be a celebration of the Queen’s Jubilee and a resource for both schools’ future.”
The trees included beech, cherry rowan and oak.
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