Dozens of students from Bermuda High School pitched in to help clean up an East End beach littered with plastic and other trash.

The Year 7 students spent an hour and a half clearing up Whalebone Bay on Ferry Reach and filling bags of trash. The clean-up was organised by Year 7 student, Hannah Deacon, 12, who said: “I wanted to do something to help the environment. My dad suggested Whalebone Bay and it was an obvious place to do a clean-up.”

Hannah prepared a presentation to give to the year group explaining why it was important to clean up the beach and BHS adopted it as a Year 7 project.

Keep Bermuda Beautiful helped by donating all the gloves and trash bags for the students.

“I’d really like to thank everyone who took part and I really want to do it again,” said Hannah.

Caroline Davis, head of Year 7, said, “BHS is very proud of all the girls who gave up their Sunday afternoon to give back to the community and environment.

“Extra special congratulations to Hannah for organising the event. It was a really fun day out for everyone involved.”