PUPILS at Habergham High School, Burnley, have their sights set firmly on a bright future after winning a European science award.

The school picked up two awards in this year's GlaxoSmithKlineHealth Matters European School Awards.

Teams of students aged between 11 and 17 were challenged to design their own community health research projects. Children from schools from as far afield as the Ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland and Slovenia submitted entries.

Year ten pupils Adam Gulsher, George Riley, John Allen, Brian Walsh, Matthew Daley, Rafaqat Ali, Mohammed Iisman, Irfen Ahmed and Aaron Roberts, conducted an investigation into colour vision. By experimenting with different sets of glasses they found that traffic lights could be misread while wearing sunglasses.

Their teacher, Alan Roberts, said: "The students worked exceptionally hard. It is a great honour for the school to win a European award."

Martin Driver, Daniel Eckersley, Adam Clegg, Matthew Kinlin, Marc Jackson, Rosie Edmondson and Anthony Brandon from year nine researched the athletic benefits of 'sports drinks'. They concluded that rather than while energy drinks are beneficial, it can be far cheaper to buy your own.

Science teacher Wendy Golding said: "We are proud that their hard work and diligence has paid off.

"The fact that they that they did it themselves, rather than being teacher led is a reflection of their hard work."