A TEAM of young inventors from Norton Primary School have demonstrated their skills in a national competition.

The Year Five pupils took part in the environmental themed PA Raspberry Pi Competition Grand Final, at the Science Museum, London.

Now in its second year, PA Consulting's challenge saw schools and universities from across the country create environmentally friendly solutions with the credit card sized Raspberry Pi computer.

The team from Norton Primary were one of only three entries that succeeded in making it to the Category One Grand Final with their innovative NCP BINMAN system.

Teacher Clive Jeffrey said: "The boys' idea was to use the Pi to help consumers work out which items of packaging can be recycled and help consumers to do it easily and correctly.

"The system scans the bar-code on the packaging and uses stepper motors controlled from the pi to automatically open the right wheelie bin. "They have created a model that demonstrates the system with model wheelie bins."

Mr Jeffery said the project had been supported by a York-based company, Varlink, which donated the bar-code reader and sponsored the trip to the final.

"Our team really enjoyed the Grand Final at the Science Museum but we sadly we did not win the prize in our category," he added.

"However, the judges did said they were impressed with our team’s passion and enthusiasm."