PRIMARY 7 children at Dargavel Primary School have been busy painting and decorating bird boxes as part of a sustainability challenge set by Taylor Wimpey.
The initiative comes as part of a sustainability challenge set by the housebuilder to encourage more wildlife into private gardens.
As part of the project, Taylor Wimpey’s local sustainability champion, Joseph Green, visited Dargavel Primary to explain more about the housebuilder’s local sustainability efforts, such as bee bricks, bird boxes, bug hotels, and hedgehog highways at developments across the west of Scotland – including Dargavel Village, Bishopton.
Joseph also chose his favourite three designs before the children put their bird boxes up for sale as part of their enterprise activities to help fund their Primary 7 residential trip and leavers’ dance.
Taylor Wimpey West Scotland supplied Dargavel Primary with all the materials needed for the project, and both Primary 7 classes took part. Every child also received a copy of Taylor Wimpey’s Ecotastic Activity book, which is designed to help children learn fun facts about the environment while also discovering some interesting ways that Taylor Wimpey is making its new homes and developments more sustainable.
Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s sustainability champion, Joseph Green, said, “We’re always looking for new and innovative ways to work with local communities near our developments, so we were delighted when Primary 7 at Dargavel Primary agreed to participate in our bird box painting competition.
“We understand the children enjoyed working on this project, and they are looking forward to launching the bird boxes for sale to generate some revenue for their enterprise efforts to fund their residential trip and their Leavers’ event.”
Louise Chisholm, depute head teacher at Dargavel Primary, added, “We were delighted to be asked to participate in Taylor Wimpey West Scotland’s bird box painting competition.
“The children had great fun creating the designs for and painting their bird boxes. Of course, Primary 7 is very excited to now have the opportunity to sell its bird boxes as part of its enterprise activities, and I am happy this project has offered our children a variety of learning opportunities and experiences, including a great talk from Joseph at Taylor Wimpey who also gave the children an insight into his world of work.
“We were also delighted to be gifted with a nature pack from Taylor Wimpey that we will use in our school garden – which is great news for our local wildlife.”
