Children at Onchan Primary School have a new outdoor learning area thanks to a building firm.
Hartford Homes have used spare materials from its development sites to create it.
Teacher Miss Cornmell says: "As part of our development of the outdoor area in Foundation we wanted to provide the children with opportunities to develop their creativity and resourcefulness, so we decided to create a ‘loose parts’ shed.
"Loose parts are different materials that can be combined and constructed in many ways, allowing the children to use them as they wish.
"Loose parts play supports the development of children’s communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills and we are very much looking forward to seeing how the children are going to use the equipment!
"We are extremely grateful to Hartford Homes who responded immediately to my request and have been so helpful in supplying all these materials that the children will love."
Chris Corkill of Hartford Homes delivered the materials and said: "This is one of the things we love best, not only seeing a good use for our spare building materials, but knowing it will help with the children’s education is just brilliant.
"To us, these materials are just part of the building process but you can already see that in the hands of children they could be anything, it really is great to see."
