Students who did good deeds and played nicely with their peers have won prizes in a citizenship scheme.

Pupils at Amy Johnson Primary School in Wallington who were kind and polite and took care of the environment won good citizenship cards under the scheme.

The fifteen pupils with the most cards have now been congratulated at a prize and reward assembly.

They will also be rewarded with a day trip to police horse training centre Imber Court.

MP Tom Brake, who handed out the certificates, said: “It was great to see such well behaved children who were right to be proud of their achievements and were clearly looking forward to their day out in June”.

The initiative saw Tyler Dennis, 7, retrieve a kitchen knife from a thorn bush and hand it in to a local shopkeeper.

He said: “My hand got prickled when I got the knife.”

The scheme was set up by teachers, pupils and officers from the local Beddington South Safer Neighbourhoods police team.

Sergeant John Withersby, of Beddington South SNT, said: “This scheme gave pupils an opportunity to think about being responsible and how their good behaviour can make a positive impact on those people around them – both inside and outside the school.”

Head teacher Mel Elsey said the scheme was a practical way of bringing to life the citizenship element of the national curriculum.

He said: “It has been a fantastic way of using our partnership with the Safer Neighbourhood Team and a practical way of bringing their citizenship lessons to life.”