A CONSTRUCTION Zone has been set up at Welshpool Church in Wales Primary School to encourage inventiveness and creativity.

This area stores a range of loose parts, such as cardboard tubes, tyres, netting, ropes, crates and other scrap material which helps extend the choices and possibilities of play for the children.

Funding for a shed to keep these materials in was provided by Anglian Building Products who have been contracted by the county council to carry out improvements to council properties in the area.

Headteacher, Justine Baldwin, said: “At Welshpool Church in Wales we have been working hard to develop playtimes that support our pupils to socialise.

“We aim to develop pupils’ social-emotional well-being so they can manage all aspects of life. We already have peer mediators who are pupils who help their friends to resolve disputes. We have developed zone leaders who support children in play in different areas of the playground, including a Creative Zone, Games Zone, and a Ball Game Zone. There is a Cwtch Room where children who have particular difficulties in making healthy friendships can go to take part in nurturing activities alongside trained staff.

“In order to enhance children’s play further, we wanted to develop a Construction Zone.”