A SCHOOL building up outside areas for its pupils is delighted with a home improvement firm's donation of a picnic table.

Finchale Primary School, at Newton Hall, Durham, is developing areas in its grounds for various activities.

Headteacher Sandra Whitton said: "We are delighted with the donation.

"One of the Friends of Finchale, our parent teacher association, went to Travis Perkins, at Dragonville to ask for a donation, and they said they could have this picnic table.

"It was out on display, but if we had to buy it ourselves it would have been a couple of hundred pounds

"We are trying to build up all the outdoor areas of the school because the children learn so much from it."