NURSERY children brought their prized teddies into school for a charity toddle and picnic.

The children, all aged three or four, are pupils at Bow Badgers Nursery, in Durham City.

After a quarter-mile toddle around the school grounds, the children enjoyed a teddy bears' picnic.

Money raised during the event will go to the charity Barnado's.

Meanwhile, older children at Bow School spent the afternoon rehearsing for their performance on Thursday at the Cathedrals Music Festival, at St Nicholas Cathedral, in Newcastle.

The 30-strong boys choir was joined by children from Blue Coat School and Finchale School, both Durham, for rehearsals, which included everything from Northumbrian folk songs to traditional African and Maori pieces.