On successive mornings in mid June Llanfoist School pupils enjoyed orienteering sessions as the latest Young Friends of Castle Meadows.

Working with Monmouthshire Countryside Service and Friends volunteers the Year 4 students rapidly demonstrated excellent map reading and nature spotting skills, although one group identified a buttercup as a dandelion and snails as slugs!

Year 5 made light of the, initially, slightly damper conditions the following day, with a number of groups completing all the map reading clues spread across the meadows.

Before departure the group identified a couple of geo-cache locations. Their class teacher reported back her amazement that ‘after all that running round they still had the energy for a game of football and dodge-ball when they got back to school in the afternoon!’