Sunderland children are 'super excited' after AESC volunteers bring their school grounds back to life

Pupils react after AESC volunteers transform their school's grounds.

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00:00I wasn't here by then, but...

00:13Okay then Liliana, what do you make of the new forest garden that the lads have created for you here?

00:17It looks amazing. It looks very nice.

00:20And Maddy, how much has it changed since when you last saw it?

00:23It's like, like all tidied up and like it's changed a lot.

00:26Because the bushes were like all in the way, but like now they've like cut them off.

00:31I understand they've created a wildlife area, is that right as well, yeah?

00:34Er, yes it is. It's got er, a lot of stammer hasn't it.

00:39And how much are you looking forward to using these new facilities?

00:41Oh I'm really looking forward to it because they're just like, they look a lot better and they're not nice for tidying up.

00:47And how impressed are you with what you can see, what's being done?

00:50I am beyond, I am beyond impressed.

00:53I don't know what to say. This is just amazing.

00:56The effort that the team has put into tidying up this whole place is just amazing.

01:02I am really looking forward to, forward, for trying now, for going into the forest. It's cool.