A school in Abererch has won £1,000 to fund summer trips for pupils.

The pupils of Ysgol Abererch were delighted to hear that they had been chosen as this month’s winners of the Llaeth y Llan yogurt company’s recycling competition prize draw.

The company’s two-part recycling competition requires pupils to send yogurt pot lids back to Llaeth y Llan to be recycled. They must also come up with a fun and useful way to re-use the pots, capturing the process at each step as well as submitting a final design.

Primary schools in Wales have been busy entering the competition for a chance to win prizes worth up to £1,000 on a monthly basis.

In total, Llaeth y Llan has put aside a £20,000 prize fund for the contest.

Explaining why they launched the competition, a Llaeth y Llan spokesperson said: “With the environment being a current global issue, we as a company believe it’s essential to educate children of the importance of recycling to secure the future of our planet.

“We are extremely excited to see the designs created by each school using our pots.

“Not only is recycling our main focus, we are proud to fund prizes that will assist the children’s future.

“Being able to give £20,000 worth of prizes to schools that have suffered budget cut after budget cut makes the project worthwhile.

“School funding is simply not going to buy vital equipment such as Chromebooks, garden supplies, sports gear and school trips. We want every school in Wales to have an equal opportunity to win their share of our £20,000 prize fund.”

Each month a winner is picked at random by a representative at primary schools located in various locations in Wales.

If your school would like to compete in Llaeth y Llan’s recycling competition, full terms and conditions are available to see on their website www.villagedairy.co.uk/school-registration/