CHILDREN at Robartes Junior School in Bodmin have been having regular lessons with National Trust staff at Lanhydrock.
The environmental education sessions have been praised by teachers and are highly regarded by the local education authority.
Parent support adviser at Robartes, Lynn Simms said: "Our pupils gain great confidence by doing practical work like shelter-building, looking for animal tracks and making bird boxes, which are now home to blue tits in our upper field.
"The rangers are great role models for our pupils and finding out more about the natural world and our environment is the best education you can get."