JAMMY schoolchildren have been trying to make money out of raspberries and vanilla as part of a school project.

Working alongside preserve and chutney specialists Reedys Naturally, in Blackburn, Lammack Primary School pupils discovered how to make jam.

As part of a Create Partnerships government programme, which inspires youngsters using artists, scientists, and other creative professionals, the Blackburn school launched a project designed to get children interested in maths.

Deputy headteacher Zoe Mabbott, who led the scheme, said they teamed up with Reedys Naturally to give children an awareness about the level of maths required to make a pot of jam.

The year three children visited Reedys Naturally where they weighed ingredients, worked out costings, and much more, before carrying out their own market research to find what the most popular jam was in their school.

After a survey using the company’s popular preserves – raspberry and vanilla, gooseberry and elderflower, blackcurrant and plum – they discovered the raspberry and vanilla was the most popular.

The school then placed 100 orders, created their own labels for the Lammack jam which was then sold to parents at the school.

Mrs Mabbott said: “The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and realised that maths can be used outside the classroom and they like it.”