Pupils from a Roehampton primary school have received an award for a history project on Alton Estate.

Year three pupils at The Alton School won the Key Stage two Wandsworth Heritage Award for their history project about the Estate.

The school on Danebury Avenue, is situated on the Alton Estate, which is currently undergoing regeneration.

Out of the 20 pupils in year three, 95 percent live on the Alton Estate so the work enabled them to understand their local area and research its architecture, community and history.

As part of the project, 20 eager students visited Grove House which was built in 1773 and wrote about residents and events as if they lived in the building.

They also completed an art activity with artists Sara Heywood and Jane Watt from Reflections from Home Art which is part of The Alton Regeneration project.

At the end of the project, children agreed that it was important to learn about the estate. One said: “I think it’s important to learn about your local area so that you know as much as you can about where you live and you can tell other people in your family.” Another child finished the discussion by saying: “It’s made me think that what we all do and see now will day be history.”

The pupils attended the Wandsworth Heritage Award ceremony at the Wandsworth Town Hall on Thursday, May 10, where they received medals and plaques from the Mayor. The school was also awarded £1,000, donated by Greenwich Leisure Limited.

Alton Estate is one of the largest public housing estates in the UK, and is home to over 13,000 people. It was built between 1958 and 1959 and the regeneration plans aims to improve shopping centre in heart of Alton West, create new community buildings and a health centre as well as some demolition of housing.