PUPILS at a Malvern school have planted eleven spruce tree seedlings to mark the United Nations International Year of Forests.

The trees, planted at Northleigh C of E Primary School, St Peter’s Road, were supplied by Swedish company SCA Timber, via local builders merchants County Building Supplies, which stocks SCA's sustainably-grown timber.

Dave Taylor of SCA came to hand over the young trees.

And children from the year five and six class planted them in Northleigh's forest school area.

Class teacher Suzanne Currie said: "2011 is the International Year of Forests, and these trees will grow over the years and provide further shade for our forest school area."