Green fingered pupils at St George’s Junior School will grow their own produce this summer as part of a national campaign launched by Waitrose.

The year 2 members of the school council, accompanied by pastoral deputy headteacher Iain Turner and school chaplain Emma Hurley, visited the Weybridge branch of the supermarket to collect their seeds as part of the grow and sell initiative.

The kit has been specially designed to get school vegetable patches up and running and includes seeds, equipment and step-by-step growing instructions.

The programme aims to inspire more than 100,000 children across the country to grow their own produce over the summer months and each Waitrose branch will work with four primary schools in the area.

Children taking part in the initiative will learn how to grow their own food, the impact of weather on food production and the origin of their food and the process of its production.

Mr Turner said: “The year 2 councillors are very excited about having this opportunity to grow their own produce and thoroughly enjoyed their visit to Waitrose.

“I know they will take great pride in their efforts and we look forward to seeing the results.”

After their vegetables are harvested, the pupils can either enjoy the fruits of their labour in the kitchen or entrepreneurially, as Waitrose will also provide them the opportunity to sell their produce to raise funds for the Weybridge school.

TV presenter and gardener Alan Titchmarsh recently showed his support to the initiative to help raised the profile of British agriculture and horticulture.