PRIMARY school pupils have had their PE lessons transformed into a time for relaxation and calm.

Pupils from years two, four and six at Heathfield Primary School, Darlington, have taken up yoga as part of a child development scheme.

The classes are aimed at exercising the children's minds as well as their bodies and works on the theory that every aspect of a child needs to be developed during school time.

Linda Hering, a yoga specialist, is teaching the children.