NURSERY children will take part in a sponsored walk this week to celebrate the centenary of their school organisation.

Pupils from Chrysalis Montessori nursery school in Rainton, near Thirsk, will walk 100 steps at the village recreation field on Friday.

The event marks the 100th anniversary of the first Montessori Education school, which was opened in Italy in 1907 by Maria Montessori.

A similar walk is being undertaken by children in Montessori schools around the world.

The children's footsteps are being registered and tracked on a centenary website.

Organisers hope that, by the end of the year, the children taking part will have walked the equivalent distance of the earth's circumference.