Two-storey playhouse brings joy to school pupils

A two-storey wooden playhouse has been built in the playground at Looe Primary Academy providing new play equipment after Storm Goretti caused damage to equipment by a fallen tree.

Volunteers at the Looe Shedders took on the project after a resident donated the building to them two years ago.

It took a while for them to repair damaged sections and paint it because their temporary workshop was full with other community projects.

Janine Waring, the headteacher said: "Some of our areas have been a little bit depleted especially with the poor weather and the storms, and we've lost trees and things are damaged and need replacing now, so this is a really exciting day for us."

Waring said: "Having this here today will really give the children that joy and understanding that everything that everything they play with now is going to start improving."

Looe Shedders is a non-profit organisation aimed at benefitting the community and tackling social isolation.

Volunteer Peter Heywood spent the morning unloading the frame from a lorry, fixing the doors and attaching the red window boxes to the playhouse.

"Nearly all of it is donated...all the paint, the roofing felt, all we have to do is buy lots of nails and screws and things like that and donate a lot of our time.

"The membership of Looe Shedders is about 60, some of them are crafting people that make things we sell and others are making community projects like this or making other stuff that we can sell to make money.

"Unfortunately we may yet be getting turfed out of our temporary workshop so it's getting a bit desperate.

"We now have a promise of a home in Sclerder Abbey but it's early days, we need to get planning permission and we need to raise a lot of money," he said.

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