Pupils are having their say in shaping plans for their new school, which will be built with flood protection measures.

The £6.9m development will provide a new school for children at Inmans Primary, Hedon, which was badly hit by the 2007 summer floods.

Government funding is being provided for the scheme, which is part of a £22m investment for local primary schools damaged in the floods.

Pupils at the Inmans Road primary are being consulted 'every step of the way' on the proposals for their new school, which will go before East Riding Council's planning committee this autumn.

The new school, which will be built on the playing field next to the existing building, will be constructed almost one metre above the current ground level to provide flood protection.

Pupils have been consulted by the architects over the proposals, which include improving sustainability through the use of living green roofs and ground source heating.

Project manager at East Riding Council P'nina Drye said it is 'massively important' to include the pupils in the planning for their new school.

She said: "They have been involved in everything.

"I did a questionnaire for each year group so they had the chance to comment on what they thought was important and what they really wanted to see.

"Obviously they want playground equipment but they also want things like a nature area.

"They are keen on having chickens and an ecological area for the bats on site.

"They have also asked for a water feature."

Headteacher Sally Morgan welcomed the chance for the school to work so closely with both the project manager and landscape architect.

She said: "The children are very keen to be involved.

"We are hoping the new building will have a lot of sustainable features.

If the scheme wins the go-ahead this autumn, building work would get underway before Christmas.

The new 420-place school would include 14 classrooms, a hall, dining hall and open-plan ICT facilities.

Once the new building is ready, the old school would be demolished to make way for playing field space.