Children at a Keighley primary school have conquered a dream.

Nearly 60 year six pupils from St Andrew's School visited one of England's most scenic regions, the Lake District. The trip followed a talk in school -- about some of the world's biggest mountains regions -- by Charlie Bhowmick, who set about raising funds for the excursion after learning that most of the children had never even seen a mountain.

Around £500 was raised, including contributions from businesses and a large donation from Keighley Shared Church.

During the outing -- to the Windermere area -- pupils visited the Orrest Head viewpoint, and their experiences were filmed for a video to be shown to the rest of the school and parents.

Here three of the pupils write about their day:

On July 8, year six of St Andrew's School went on a trip to the Lake District. "We had a great time," said Zobia.

"Many children were making appreciative comments as they walked up the hill called Orrest Head. I learned about the mountains and the lakes. The deepest lake was Lake Ullswater," said Aneesa, who was full of enthusiasm. "And I also learnt about the highest mountain, Scafell Pike, which was 978m high."

Every child had a lot of fun and would like to go again. Thanks go to four special people who sponsored our trip. Thank you, Rev Peter Mott, Mr Bhowick, Mr Pickles and Mr Miller.

by Aneesq Rehman

Year six children went to the Lake District. They saw Lake Windermere, it was a beautiful sight. They also went to Brockhole and the woods at Orrest Head.

The children went to learn about National Parks and mountains. When they arrived Charlie Bhowmick said "Everybody enjoy."

All the pupils want to say thank you to the people who paid for them to go. They learned a lot of things like what to take to the Lake District, a National Park. They hope people who come to the Lake District will enjoy it as much as they did.

by Arooj Mahmood

Monday, July 8, was a fabulous day for year six students who went to the Lake District National Park.

They were worn out by the time they came back. They all climbed a huge hill and were tired out but it was worth it because they got to see beautiful mountain Scafell Pike. The peak of the mountain was shrouded by clouds but the colours still stood out.

"It was gorgeous," said Maria Khalil, 11, who was hypnotised by the countryside. "I can taste the view, it tastes like all the flavours of the world. It made me shed a tear."

by Maryam Iqbal