PUPILS from Dunottar School in Reigate have kick-started an aerial walkway project by recording a music album.
Students at the school want to build a small-scale version of the treetop walkway at Kew Gardens, in London.
The project, titled High Trees, aims to provide elevated views of the school's own canopy of trees and will be open to the public.
Year 11 and sixth form pupils behind the idea are hoping schoolchildren and nature-lovers will be able to spot birds, insects and blossoming buds at close quarters.
The students are also hoping visitors will see the deer which inhabit the school grounds.
The proposed site will be fully accessible for wheelchairs and buggies.
Penny Durston, a 16-year-old pupil at the Reigate school, said: "We are building a canopy for our future with the High Trees project, because our roots are firmly in the community, with an aerial walkway for everyone to use."
On April 22, the students launched the project with the help of Musikscool, a not-for-profit organisation which helps people create an album and set up business projects.
Musicians, business coaches and trainers from the firm helped the students write, produce and record an album which will be sold to the public through iTunes to help fund the project.
One of the songs on the album is a new school anthem, written to mark Dunottar's new co-educational future with United Learning, the charity which now runs Dunottar.
The album will be showcased to the rest of the school on June 18 to mark its official iTunes launch and all of the profits will go towards the aerial walkway.
To contribute to the pupils' High Trees project, call the school on 01737 761945 or e-mail info@dunottarschool.com
