A KNUTSFORD school has ring-fenced funding from Redrow to help improve its outdoor space.
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School has been running regular timetabled forest school activities since March 2021 and to support this way of learning has been developing the outdoor facilities.
The Parent Teacher Association raised funds for an outdoor classroom and alongside this, the school applied to Redrow’s Knutsford Community Fund for assistance with fencing of the pond area and Forest Zone.
Headteacher Bernadette Groarke explained: “Forest school activities provide opportunities for visual, auditory and kinaesthetic learning within structured and unstructured activities. Our Forest school lessons run by our talented Forest School practitioner, Miss Hughes, are flexible, enabling all children to achieve. These lessons help support our children’s emotional health and wellbeing, developing confidence and self-esteem and thus encouraging the perseverance that helps to build resilience.”
“To support this, we have been developing our outdoor area and applied to Redrow for funding towards fencing of the Forest Zone and pond area. We are very grateful for the valuable assistance towards the project.”
The £1,500 donation received by St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School was from a £10,000 voluntary community fund linked to Redrow’s Tabley Park development in Knutsford.
The homes are being built around a mile and half away from the school.
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Redrow area sales manager Amanda Hollins said: “The Knutsford Fund has enabled us to get right to the heart of the community, helping to support a wide range of projects. The forest school project at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Primary School was a natural choice as it fits with our biodiversity strategy Nature for People. It’s great to see children learning about the natural environment.”
Along with new homes, Tabley Park will also Redrow create a large area of open space, a football pitch, allotment areas, orchard and children’s play area, enabling residents of the growing community to enjoy the outdoors close to home.
For more information about homes at Tabley Park, visit the show homes, open daily from 10am to 5.30pm, call 01565 859509 or see www.redrow.co.uk/tableypark.
