AND FINALLY
Robert Price helps school’s outdoor area
Cross Ash Primary School, near Abergavenny in South Wales, has finished revamping an outdoor play area that was “almost unusable”, with thanks to independent builders merchant Robert Price Builders’ Merchants.
Music to work by
According to IronmongeryDirect, the construction industry is populated by people with some pretty eclectic musical tastes. The company analysed thousands of Spotify playlists containing trade-related words in their titles, such as ‘plumber’ and ‘building site’, to identify the songs which appear the most frequently.
The top ten most listened-to songs by UK tradespeople are:
1) Back in Black - AC/DC 2) Dreams - Fleetwood Mac 3) Sweater Weather - The Neighbourhood 4) Africa - TOTO
5) Highway to Hell - AC/DC 6) Thunderstruck - AC/DC 7) PTT (Paint The Town) - LOONA 8) Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People
9) The Less I Know The Better - Tame Impala
10) good 4 u - Olivia Rodrigo
The most popular song for each UK trade is: • Builder: Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People • Electrician: Closer - The Chainsmokers • Joiner: Back in Black - AC/DC • Plumber: Highway to Hell - AC/DC • Plasterer: Nimbasa CORE - Plasterbrain • Painter Decorator: PTT (Paint The Town) - LOONA • Landscaper: Avant Gardener - Courtney Barnett • Carpenter: Blinding Lights - The Weeknd • Bricklayer: Building Steam With A Grain Of Salt - DJ Shadow
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With outdoor play being a vital part of the school’s curriculum, Cross Ash teachers were disappointed to see the pupils’ outdoor learning dome become almost unusable due to mud caused by bad weather and an overall increase in use. Added restrictions in place regarding pupil bubbles, and the challenges of keeping pupils apart, due to the COVID-19 pandemic saw the school relying more heavily on its outdoor learning dome. Robert Price, donated golden flint chippings to cover the muddy ground. “We were thrilled to support with the completion of Cross Ash Primary’s outdoor area,”
said Molly Pike, marketing director at Robert Price. “We look forward to seeing how it continues to help students thrive in the years to come!”
Gemma Williams, a teacher at Cross Ash Primary volunteered her and her husband’s time to improve the area, giving children even more opportunities to learn through play. She said: “We have been completely overwhelmed by the community effort that has gone
into revamping our outdoor play area. The school doesn’t receive much funding, so we really do rely on the wonderful support of our local community and businesses,” she said.
“Outdoor learning is a big part of our focus at Cross Ash Primary, and this newly refurbished outside space will have such fantastic benefits for the children, giving them even more opportunities to learn through play in the open air.”
Covers Portsmouth to sponsor Moneyfields FC
The Portsmouth branch of Covers Timber & Builders Merchants is sponsoring local football club, Moneyfields FC. The club is currently in the early stages of building a new stadium, which will be named the John Jenkins Stadium in honour of John Jenkins, a local D-Day veteran, who was well known in the area and passed away in 2019 at the age of 100. As part of the sponsorship agreement, Covers’ brand will be displayed around the stadium, including at the pitch side, in the dug outs and at the entrance to the grounds. Alongside this, Covers will also
companies like Covers that we can continue improving our facilities and building our new stadium, which we hope will be completed by September 2022.”
be sponsoring two of Moneyfield FC’s players – Tyler Moret and Elliott Turnball.
Pete Shires, Vice Chairman of Moneyfields FC, said: “We are thrilled to have Covers on board and thank them for their generous support. Sponsorship is extremely important to clubs like ours and it’s thanks to
Dale Lambourne, depot manager of Covers Portsmouth, added: “Supporting local community groups and getting involved with sport at a local level is very much in our DNA at Covers, so we are delighted to be sponsoring Moneyfields FC. We wish the team the very best of luck for the coming season and we look forward to seeing the new stadium build progress.”
Youngman freestyles football challenge
Ladder and access supplier WernerCo was encouraging tradesmen to get on their feet with the Youngman Freestyler challenge earlier this Summer. Fronted by nine times world record holder and freestyle footballer, John Farnworth, tradesmen were challenged to demonstrate their best freestyle football skills.
Kicking off in April, the
nationwide tour spanned over 160 trade events, visiting 41 different merchants across the country, including Crown Decorating Centres, LBS Builders Merchant, Selco Builders Warehouse, MKM Building Supplies and Speedy. In total, across the trade events and online submissions, over 817 entries were received, with top- scorer Tomos Rogers heading up the leaderboard by the end of the
challenge with an impressive 1,194 keepy uppys!
Additionally, eight
branded team kits were won
by grassroots football teams across the country.
www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net September 2021
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