SHARKS, jellyfish and pirate ships have lined the walls of every classroom at a village primary school, as children learn about life underwater.

Inspired by a trip to a new ocean discovery centre, more than 100 children from South Otterington School, near Northallerton, North Yorkshire, have been getting creative with their paintbrushes, paper and glue.

Displays are mounted in each of the four classrooms, while the main hall is awash with fish, coral and ocean divers.

All 105 pupils at the school, along with 28 adults, filled three buses and made their way last month to The Deep, in Hull, east Yorkshire, a marine centre with the largest tank in Europe.

Headteacher Colin Dolman said: "The place was just staggering, there was every kind of fish, shark and coral imaginable. It was like a floating kaleidoscope of colour and activity.

"Back in the classrooms, the children have focused on every aspect of ocean life, working on sculptures and models, paintings and pictures.

"There is a huge pirates' galleon hanging in the main hall, which will add to the scenery when the youngsters do their summer production all about pirates."