YOUNGSTERS from Dalgety Bay Primary School made a poignant tribute to fallen service men and women this week when they planted the poppies they had made.

A poppy field has been created where the runway of the Donibristle air field used to be.

A banner by local company Bay Printing has also been added to the area with the names of all the children involved in the community project.

The school's headteacher, Laura Spence, said a thousand poppies were created in the school by pupils and staff.

"We were really delighted and honoured to be asked to participate in such an important community event," she said. "We want the children to appreciate and understand history – and recent history – and this has been a meaningful way to achieve this.

"For us, it has been a great experience and the children have talked positively about that opportunity.

"One of the important elements is the placing within the community and to be able to take part in this project is inspiring for the pupils."

The primary school pupils were joined at the planting ceremony by Provost Jim Leishman, Dalgety Bay Parish Church minister Christine Sime and representatives from the Royal British Legion.

Mark Bennett, of Bay Printing, prepared the grassy space outside their premises with Dalgety Bay parent Peter Collins, who runs the company Lovely Trees and had the original idea of creating the poppies.

The pair were hard at work over the weekend cutting the grass and incorporating a Saltire flag in the area where the poppies are now planted.

"The children loved it and it looks gorgeous," he said. "It is remembering people. The saying is 'Lest we forget' but if you go past this field, you wont forget."

Mark added that local residents are welcome to visit the area on the Donibristle Industrial Estate and place their own poppies in the field to remember loved ones.