Dersingham First and Nursery School took on Millennium Challenge in 2000

Dersingham First and Nursery School was one of the first schools in West Norfolk to take up the Environment Agency’s year-long Millennium Challenge in February 2000.

The aim for residents, firms and schools was to make small changes in lifestyle to help make a big change to the environment, with a series of projects being organised for each month.

The Dersingham school received a grant for a pond redevelopment plan in its school grounds, as well as putting up bird nesting boxes.

In this picture, Alex Townsend gets help from Stewart South of the Environment Agency, watched by fellow pupils and teacher Anne Fletcher who was in charge of the school’s wildlife garden.