Children at Ysgol y Graig, Llangefni are celebrating the launch of a new footpath that runs outside their school grounds.
The footpath was used informally when their new school was built in 2009, the school then applied for ‘Tidy Towns’ funding to create an improved path in 2010 and new description boards will be installed at the start and the end of the path.
The project was completed by Coed Cymru, BTCV and funded by the Tidy Towns – Tidy Island Scheme at Isle of Anglesey County Council. Llangefni Communities First assisted and liaised with the school to enable the involvement of the pupils in the project.
“By working together, with the Tidy Towns project, we now have a lovely footpath that is a haven for nature and wildlife,” said Mrs Williams, Headteacher at Ysgol y Graig.
The pupils at Ysgol y Graig had the responsibility of naming the new footpath. Following a competition the youngest children, in Dosbarth Derbyn Reception Class, and their teacher discussed the name ‘Llwybr Traed Bach’ (small feet path) was agreed upon.
The path was created in sections with volunteers working to build the path. “I would like to thank all the groups and people involved in working with Tidy Towns to create ‘Llwybr Traed Bach’,” says Elin Jones, Senior Waste Management Officer Project Development at Isle of Anglesey County Council. Groups involved include; Isle of Anglesey County Council, Tidy Towns Initiative, Keep Wales Tidy, Coed Cymru, volunteers from BTCV, Communities First Tudur Ward Partnership Llangefni, North Wales Probation Service, staff, pupils and parents at Ysgol y Graig.
