YOUNGSTERS at an Orford nursery are growing some plants that are out of this world.

Pupils at Tiggy Winkles Day Nursery have received a special batch of seeds that have been on the International Space Station with their hero, astronaut Tim Peak, as part of the Rocket Science Project.

Appropriately, the seeds will become rocket and the youngsters will measure the seeds each day as they grow.

Andrea Scott from the Orford Lane nursery said: “We were doing space as a topic anyway so all the children are really keen on it.

“We had done a lot of work on Tim Peak when he went up to space and all the children call him Captain Peak – he’s their super hero and they’re just a bit excited.”