Newton Farm

Taylor Wimpey Supports Local School Sensory Garden at Newton Farm, Cambuslang

Taylor Wimpey West Scotland has teamed up with its neighbouring primary school in Newton Farm – St Charles Primary School - to give them a generous £500 donation towards the creation of a new sensory garden where pupils will be encouraged to explore all five senses and experience the sights, sounds and tranquillity of the new space that’s being created.  
As well as a generous cash injection, Taylor Wimpey has also supplied a member of its team to clear and prepare the area of ground ahead of the installation of new sensory plants and benches for the children to be able to relax and enjoy the most of their new garden. 
A water feature and wind chimes will add further sensory dimensions to stimulate all of the children’s senses that will create an outdoor learning environment by transforming an underutilised strip of the playground into an engaging and interesting space for everyone to enjoy.
As work continues at Taylor Wimpey’s neighbouring Newton Farm development, the site team were more than happy to offer a helping hand as Audrey Ross, Sales and Marketing Director for Taylor Wimpey West Scotland adds:  “We’re always keen to offer our support within the local communities in which we build, and we were delighted to be able to help with this unique request from St Charles Primary School.  

“Creating a sensory garden within the school playground will provide a new space for children to learn as well as play and I’m sure it will be a very rewarding experience for the children as they watch their garden grow and mature.”

Eileen Feeley, Deputy Head Teacher adds:  “We were thrilled when Taylor Wimpey said they could help us with our unusual request because without their assistance we were concerned that it just wouldn’t have been possible to start our new sensory garden this year.  

“They’ve given us a great helping hand to get the area cleared, and that means that we can use their generous donation towards creating some of the lovely features that we want to include within our new garden space.  

“We want to create a stimulating and rewarding environment from what was an underused strip of ground that had become overgrown and with Taylor Wimpey’s help we’re now well on our way to achieving our ambitions for the space.  

“Having a sensory garden will be a real bonus for both our children and staff, and we’re very excited that Taylor Wimpey has been able to get us up and running.

“The children will be fully involved in choosing what plants and vegetables to grow in our new garden as well as other aspects which we hope to include such as wind chimes and a water feature.  I’m sure they’ll make a great job of creating a garden that we’re all very proud of.” 

We gave the local children of nearby St Charles Primary School some reminders about health and safety.

We are keen to promote the dangers associated with playing near any construction site, and raise awareness of the children’s need to be extra vigilant as construction of our new homes at the development continues.

Being proactive with local schools has proven an effective deterrent in the past as our production manager, Brian Henderson explains:  “Health and safety in and around our construction areas is of vital importance to Taylor Wimpey, and taking this type of proactive approach with local schools allows us to reinforce just how important it is for children to stay away from building sites.  

“Our lesson plan delivered by our Health & Safety consultants allows us to promote a very important message in a fun and interactive way.  Having the chance to chat to the children in school serves as the perfect reminder for the children that building sites are not playgrounds!”

Margaret Harris is Head Teacher of St Charles Primary School:  “I was delighted to welcome Taylor Wimpey into our school to highlight the dangers associated with children playing near any construction site.  Given their development of new homes is very close to our school, and we will have a significant amount of construction work in the local area for some time this proactive engagement with our children is very important.

“It’s great that Taylor Wimpey understands the importance of our children’s safety, and has created such an interactive and proactive approach to appeal to our pupils.”

We give Lesson in Safety to Local School in Cambuslang.

As work begins on the construction of the first area of new homes in phase two of our development at Newton Farm, we gave the local children of nearby St Charles Primary School some reminders about health and safety.

We are keen to promote the dangers associated with playing near any construction site, and raise awareness of the children’s need to be extra vigilant as construction of our 122 new homes at the development gets into full swing and adds to the existing construction activity to complete the previous phase.

Being proactive with local schools has proven an effective deterrent in the past as our production manager, Brian Henderson explains:  “Health and safety in and around our construction areas is of vital importance to Taylor Wimpey, and taking this type of proactive approach with local schools allows us to reinforce just how important it is for children to stay away from building sites.  

“Our lesson plan delivered by our Health & Safety consultants allows us to promote a very important message in a fun and interactive way.  Having the chance to chat to the children in school serves as the perfect reminder for the children that building sites are not playgrounds!”

Margaret Harris is Head Teacher of St Charles Primary School:  “I was delighted to welcome Taylor Wimpey into our school to highlight the dangers associated with children playing near any construction site.  Given their development of new homes is very close to our school, and we will have a significant amount of construction work in the local area for some time this proactive engagement with our children is very important.

“It’s great that Taylor Wimpey understands the importance of our children’s safety, and has created such an interactive and proactive approach to appeal to our pupils.”