Budding poets have received a national award for the quality of their verse.

Youngsters from Millbrook School, Grove, near Wantage, are celebrating after being given a Millennium Award for Creativity from the National Primary Centre.

A group of nine-year-old pupils and their class teacher, Sarah Carter, collected it at a presentation at Brookside Primary School in Bicester.

Oxfordshire County Council's Chief Education Officer Graham Badman opened the ceremony and praised the children for their hard work.