Pupils from a St Albans junior school made butterflies to decorate a care home bus which transports elderly residents around the city.

Herts Advertiser: Teacher Jake Garwood and Prabhjot Ahluwalia from Eleanor House Care Home in St Albans with Cunningham Hill Junior School pupils who drew colourful butterflies for the bus. Picture: Andrew WilliamsTeacher Jake Garwood and Prabhjot Ahluwalia from Eleanor House Care Home in St Albans with Cunningham Hill Junior School pupils who drew colourful butterflies for the bus. Picture: Andrew Williams (Image: Andrew H Williams 2019)

McCarthy and Stone, which runs Eleanor House Care Home in London Road, enlisted the help of eight and nine-year-old pupils at Cunningham Hill Junior School to draw colourful butterflies to be printed on the bus.

Year 4 teacher Jake Garwood said: "Fostering creativity that goes beyond the classroom is important to our pupils, as well as forming long lasting relationships within the local community.

"Our Year 4 class are very creative, so we were delighted to be asked by McCarthy and Stone to create a design for their development bus."

The bus is used for Eleanor House residents to access amenities and attractions in St Albans. Eleanor House estates manager Tracey Muponda said: "We have already had fantastic feedback from our residents."