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The mobile classroom features moving body parts including a talking brain to help children understand the affects of drugs on the body.

It is hoped the initiative will help children make informed decisions about experimenting with drugs.

Funding for the project has come from the Cheetham and Broughton Partnership, which is co-ordinating regeneration schemes in the area, and the Rotary Club.

It is being delivered through the national charity Life Education which has six mobile units across the north west and provides specialist teachers to work with children on health education programmes.

Cheetham councillor Afzal Khan welcomed the initiative which he hopes will stop children becoming involved in drugs in the future and reduce the damage done to young people and their communities.

He said: "This project offers a creative approach to teaching children about the impact of drugs on their minds and bodies.

"This highly skilled work in Cheetham primary schools will help children to resist the pressure they may face to experiment and misuse drugs."