TV star and wildlife expert Chris Packham visited Robert Le Kyng Primary School after a Year 3 pupil won a national writing competition.

Eight-year-old Hannah won first prize with her tale of Bella the Bee - a "naughty bee" who doesn't want to pollinate flowers.

The winning story was picked by Chris Packham, who presented Hannah with her prize at a special assembly on Thursday morning. Another Year 3 pupil at the school, Megan, won a runner-up spot.

The competition was organised by Camping in the Forest, with Hannah winning a week long family stay in one of the company's campsites. Camping in the Forest gave a £500 donation to charity Bumblebee Conservation Trust and arranged for Chris Packham to visit the school.

Robert Le Kyng Primary School's Year 3 classes sent 59 entries to the competition organisers, after pupils spent time learning about bees in class.

Teacher Nicole Harrison, 26, said: "It's changed their perception of bees - from being a terrible thing you need to bat away to something that's so important."

Asked what she thought of the insects before studying them, winner Hannah said: "I thought they just buzzed around."

Now, the talented youngster is thinking of a new career. "My teacher said she thought I might become an author. I'm not sure, but I write some good stories."

At a special assembly, Robert Le Kyng Primary School's 420 pupils were left giggling by gifted story-teller Packham. He told the children that his poodles were his favourite animal and that even soap can't remove the stench of grass snake poo from your hands.

Imploring pupils to tell their groundsmen not to cut down wildflowers, he said: "We're worried about our bees. Only eight of about 25 species are now common."

Packham, whose latest Springwatch series has just come to an end, also spilled the beans on his next project: a Christmas TV special on the T-Rex dinosaur. "We're going to make a CGI T-Rex that looks as close to the real thing."