Pupils from St Luke's Primary School in Canning Town have been spying out the local habitation as part of a Europe-wide environmental campaign.

No stone was left unturned as the mini beasts were put under the microscope during a Walk to School Week.

The pupils challenge - to discover as many of the canny creatures as they could habiting around the School's building, in its gardens and on route to the School.

And just like their counterpart schools in Belgium, The Netherlands and across Europe, pupils were asked to find out about the different mini beasts that have been attracted to their green school site and then use the information to write poems, make clay models, as well as draw and photograph their finds, and suggest ways of savings the planet.

St Luke's is one of 19 schools within the London Borough of Newham that has teamed up with schools across Europe to encourage parents and pupils to walk to school more often. Newham is the only London borough taking part.

As part of the initiative, St Luke's has joined an EU Connect Snake Game, organised by Schoolway.net, which aims to stimulate young children to walk or cycle to school throughout May.

The game is being played in different countries in Europe at the same time by a select group of primary schools in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, The Netherlands and United Kingdom.

St Luke's Headteacher, Theresa Aanonson, said: "We've been playing the EU Connect Snake Game and checking how many pupils walk or use an environmentally friendly way to get to school. We've noticed more parents sharing cars each in order to make a positive contribution.

"Our pupils have also produced a Walk Whatever the Weather leaflet to publicise the benefits of walking and we had a competition for these and 12 pupils won cinema tickets for their designs."