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A primary school in Banbury has used funding from the government to launch weekend forest school sessions.

The Queensway Primary School used the Opening School Facilities funding from the Department for Education to set up the free-to-attend weekend activity sessions.

Families of pupils were invited to take part in exciting activities, including scavenger hunts, playing in the mud kitchen, cooking hot dogs on a fire, and roasting marshmallows.

The money was allocated to the school by the North Oxfordshire School Sport Partnership on behalf of Active Oxfordshire and enabled the children to explore the outdoors and get active with their families.

The pupils cooked hotdogs and marshmallows with their families at the weekend forest school.

Dean Woodham, partnership manager at North Oxfordshire School Sport Partnership (NOSSP), said: "It has been fantastic getting over £200k to schools to get more young people physically active. Queensway have delivered an innovative project using play and the outdoors to encourage families to be more active together. It is a great idea demonstrating how schools are at the heart of our communities."

Banbury primary uses government funding to launch weekend forest school