Heartbroken youngsters have needed to replant their faculty backyard after senseless vandals broke in and trashed it for a second time.
The onerous work of children at Deans Major Faculty in Livingston went to waste once they discovered that their outside studying area had been destroyed.
Lecturers mentioned the pupils have been “very upset” once they realised that round 30 bushes they'd planted had been ripped up and their bug resort destroyed on March 25.
Undeterred, the children acquired again into their backyard earlier than the Easter break to replant it but once more.
Trainer Susan Dobbie mentioned she hopes that by sharing the story, members of the neighborhood will assist what the college is making an attempt to do.
She mentioned: “We try to create an acceptable and thrilling outside studying area throughout the faculty grounds.
“Sadly, we're being hampered by vandals who destroy our newly-planted bushes, take aside out new willow shelter and frequently harm our bug resort and newly-erected construction that might be a part of our space of biodiversity.
“On the final event a few of the nursery objects have been additionally destroyed.”
She continued: “The kids are very upset. It really occurred final yr as nicely.
“We acquired bushes from the Woodland Belief and planted round 200 within the faculty grounds. By this yr we had 30 left.
“We're nonetheless within the strategy of planting this yr’s bushes and that is the second time they've been destroyed. The bug resort is frequently destroyed.
“The kids and workers of the college want to ask the neighborhood to assist our endeavours.”
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