Award-winning homebuilder CALA Homes has helped to pave the way for youngsters interested in a future role in construction, through a series of health and safety talks at schools across Aberdeen.
The interactive sessions, which allowed pupils the opportunity to learn about the importance of health and safety on building sites as well as how new homes are built, were held at Braehead Primary School in Bridge of Don, Milltimber Primary School, Brimmond Primary School and Cults Primary School.
The schools are all located close to CALA’s developments including CALA at Grandhome in Bridge of Don, Oldfold Village in Milltimber, Craibstone Estate and Cults Park and Craigton Mews in Cults.
Sarah Liversidge, Health and Safety manager at CALA Homes North, hosted the classes tailored to children aged between seven and ten years old and highlighted the ways that workers stay safe on building sites.
The children also had the opportunity to wear some of the safety gear used by workers from CALA Homes sites, such as hard hats and hi vis jackets.
Following the talks, Sarah Liversidge said: “At CALA Homes, we believe that safety is as important for the surrounding communities as it is for those working on site.
“Through these sessions, our aim was to educate youngsters who live close to our new developments about the importance of staying safe, not just when in close proximity to a building site, but in lots of everyday situations too. It was fantastic to see so many pupils across the schools so engaged and we hope that we’ve also inspired some of the industry’s future stars in the process.”
Diane Duncan, head teacher of Braehead Primary School in Bridge of Don, said: “The safety of our children is always our top priority so it was an amazing opportunity for CALA Homes to pay us a visit to and share their guidance and knowledge with our pupils.
“Many of our pupils have watched CALA at Grandhome come to life and some even had the chance to bury a time capsule at the site a few years ago so they were delighted to learn more about the process of creating a new community.”
For further information visit www.cala.co.uk.
Sarah visiting pupils at Braehead Primary School in Bridge of Don