£255,000 Covid-19 crisis fund from Community Windpower

Covid-19 crisis fund supports West Barns Primary School

In August West Barns Primary School will once again open its doors to children, following its temporary closure due to the Covid-19 crisis.However, the school, as with all other schools across Scotland, needs to ensure its pupils return to an environment that is safe, secure and adheres to government guidelines.The school agenda will be ‘recover and reconnect’, as it will be across all schools in East Lothian, allowing children to settle back into school without any pressure to catch up, in terms of attainment.The school does have fantastic grounds and wants to take advantage of them in order to provide more high-quality teaching and learning experiences using the outdoors.There is a small woodland area that offers ample shade, but the vast amount of the school grounds has no option for shade.West Barns Primary School was looking to install a semi-permanent shade sail structure in order to provide shelter as pupils engage in their learning,...read more