"At the end of 2004 we decided, as a school, to collect the names of fields in the Ciliau Aeron area and beyond. With the help of 56 farmers and landowners in the area, we collected a large number of field names as well as as their meanings.

The children discovered the name of a field can lead to a colourful picture of the past - references to old agricultural names that are fast disappearing, "cae domen", and how a field was named because of its shape: "Cae Hetar" (old name for an iron), the type of crop it grew: "Cae Tresi Aur" (golden row field), as well as colour, referring to the quality of the crop: Cae gwyn" (white field).

It also explores local folk tales linked to certain fields. "Cae Awstralia" (Australia field) was called this to warn children of the dangers of its deep pool - according to the locals, a person who fell into the pool would end up in the far Australia.

The children had looked at the old Tythe maps of the parishes of Ciliau Aeron and Llanerchaeron. They discovered that the fields had similar names - Large field, small field, high field, low field etc -some 160 years ago.

We also looked at the work of the Tregaron-based artist, Ogwyn Davies who has produced work on fields of that area. This led to our children creating similar artwork together with other drawings which have been included in the booklet - A collection of Field names.

The local story, Sion Phylip's field, relates to the story of Squire Herbert Lloyd from FFynonbedr Mansion, Lampeter and his plan to steal the rich 18 acre field of Sion Phylip, who was wrongly accused and hanged for stealing the squire's best ram.

The pupil's thoroughluy enjoyed scripting and acting this story.

The project won a £1,000 prize from the Welsh Heritage Schools Initiative Trust.