Eastmuir
School
School Grounds Improvements
Kelvin Clyde Greenspace has been working with Eastmuir School with a view
to improving the school grounds for both the school pupils and local wildlife.
This is a Special Needs primary school for pupils with behavioural and learning
difficulties.
The school grounds are quite extensive, with some good wildlife habitats
such as a mature woodland area. However, the hard landscaping of the school
grounds
was unsuitable and consisted of uneven slabbed areas with stones set
in concrete.
The school pupils have worked closely with Jackie Gillespie and have developed
a plan of school grounds improvements. This has included the following works:
Creation of an annual wildflower
meadow
Shrub bed planting to provide
both a physical barrier and visual 
enhancement
Planting of 900 native
hardwoods to enhance an existing
mature
woodland shelterbelt
Erection of bird and bat
boxes
Planting of ground cover
plants to enhance earth banking
Planting of a standard
Himalayan Birch
12 painted “pencils” for
infant playground
Provision of five activity
picnic tables and three junior benches
Creation of “insect” mural
on storage container
Creation of “outer
space” window mural at school entrance
Creation of “weather” mural
in infant playground
A wall mounted magnetic
board with a variety of stick on activity shapes
Four plaswood planters
for infant playground
Planting of stone raised
bed in senior playground with a variety of
small conifers
Removing concrete slabs
and tarmacing 511 m2 of the senior playground
Most of the works were implemented by the Scottish Wildlife Trust training
teams with full participation by the school pupils. The mural themes were
designed
by the pupils and implemented by Marion Thomson, a local freelance artist.
Funding for these works came from the school itself, Greenspace Scotland, Awards
for All and an Area Budget application to Glasgow City Council.
The school is delighted with its “new look” which allows the pupils
more inventive play and also is attracting a wide variety of wildlife into
the school grounds.
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