PUPILS at a Darlington school have been given an insight into what life is like for some of the world’s poorest children.

Hurworth School Maths and Computing College attempted to create similar conditions to sweat shops in developing countries in a task for year sevens.

The children were asked to draw as many bananas as possible to a pre-arranged format in around 40 minutes with limited resources. They were given rigorous restrictions and were shouted at.

The event was organised by citizenship co-ordinator Lisa Armes.

School spokeswoman Rita Rees said: “The idea was for them to understand what it's like for workers of their age in developing countries who produce clothes and other goods for poor wages.

“The students couldn't do whatever they wanted to do the job and were shouted at. From the exercise, the students learnt the reality of working conditions in developing countries and how lucky they are.”