Children have been learning about the history of their school.

Barrow Island pupils have been getting involved in a project looking back over the heritage of the school and the town.

They spent time interviewing parents who used to go to the school and also visited the archives at Barrow Library to look at lots of old photos and maps of Barrow and Barrow Island.

The school has now built a display to celebrate the school's heritage.

Children and parents have all been into the school looking at the old photos and listening to the interviews.

Karen McVea-Roberts, year three and four teacher at Barrow Island School, organised the display.

She spoke about how it came about.

She said: “I wanted to share the history of the school and have a conversation about it.

“I especially wanted to get the children talking about history."

She said it was to see the children getting involved.

She said: “One child told me he was getting goosebumps from all of the history.

“I thought to myself, objective met.”

Mrs McVea-Roberts explained the project was made possible thanks to a Heritage Lottery Fund scheme.

This new easy-to-apply scheme allows groups to apply for grants worth between £200 and £3,000 to fund community projects investigating the past.

She said: “We were led through the process.

“It was very accessible and open to anyone.

“Our bid was successful and we were given the funding for the project.”

Mrs McVea-Roberts encourages anyone looking to do their own heritage project to apply for the scheme.

She said: “Anyone who is hesitant to apply for the scheme should do it.

“It has helped me build up the confidence to apply for more funding and do more for the school."

Mrs McVea-Roberts said the success of the project had inspired her to try and do more projects at the school.

She said: “This made me want to do bigger projects.

“We applied for funding from the Healthy People's Capital Fund. They provided us with £20,000 of funding which we will use to improve the school's playground.”