Newport developer hosts local school for educational site visit

Leading partnerships developer Lovell has collaborated with a primary school based near its Royal Victoria Court development in Newport to deliver an educational site visit.

27 students from St. Michael’s R C Primary School attended the session at Royal Victoria Court. The day started with a presentation on the health and safety considerations involved in housebuilding, after which students were given PPE to wear in preparation for the next activity.

Following the presentation, the students were assigned job roles such as Quantity Surveyor, Health and Safety Manager and Labourer, and were tasked with building a miniature home using the lessons they had learnt earlier in the day.

Donna Davies from St. Michael’s R C Primary School, said: “The site visit was an informative day filled with exciting activities and was a brilliant introduction in class to the building industry. The students had great discussions about the different jobs and processes involved in building a house.”

Dosbarth Glas, who also teaches at St Michael’s, added: “The children were also able to see how vast the site was and even got to stand next to a huge machine and see it move. The activity to build a roof on the house was fun and the children loved taking part in the practical side. It was great to be involved with a big company working in our local area and we hope to share more experiences with them in the future.  Many thanks to Lovell from St. Michael’s R C Primary School.”

Gemma Clissett, regional partnerships director at Lovell, said: “Engaging with the local community is something that is incredibly important to us at Lovell.

“We were delighted to help the children learn more about the housebuilding industry and are incredibly pleased to hear that they enjoyed the day so much. We look forward to continuing to work with the community in the future.”

Royal Victoria Court is being delivered by Lovell in partnership with Tirion Homes and with support from Welsh Government. The development will consist of 528 properties, including 264 open market sale homes and 234 affordable homes for rent with Tirion Homes, alongside an additional 30 properties for low-cost home ownership through Melin Homes. 

To find out more about Royal Victoria Court, visit https://www.lovell.co.uk/developments/royal-victoria-court-newport/ or call the sales team on 01633 928 856.

Lovell is a leading provider of partnership housing, and has been building communities for over 50 years. For more information, visit https://www.lovell.co.uk/.

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