A Dorchester school needs your help to transform and outside space and make it accessible for all their students.

The Prince of Wales School has entered the Aviva Community Fund to help raise money to make their community wildlife area accessible for children with disabilities.

The Aviva Community Fund offers you the chance to get funding for causes important to your community.

However, to get through to the next round the school need your votes.

Head teacher Gary Spracklen said the funding would enable the school to upgrade paths in the area to make it wheelchair accessible.

“We have a a Resource Provision for physically disabled children from across the whole county of Dorset. We have up to ten children each year with complex and special educational needs and disabilities. At the moment we have seven students in wheelchairs and for them getting around outside can be quite challenging,” Mr Spracklen said.

Mr Spracklen said the school had done every it could to develop the community area as far as they could - but the extra funding was now needed to complete the project which he estimated would cost around £25,000.

As well as improving accessibility, the funding would be used to create a larger chicken pen for the schools hens which were incubated and hatched in the preschool classroom.

They will also develop an existing shed so the children can enjoy a petting zoo type environment.

A fence will be installed around the pond to separate it from the gardens to the green space can be opened up at break times and to the community safely.

A sensory and reflection space will also be developed to support good mental health.

Preschool leader, Julia Nineham said the outdoor space provided important learning opportunities for the children, teaching them to look after wildlife, how to grow plants, discovering where their food comes from and how to care for animals.

“It’s active learning making them aware of their environment, developing their motor skills and giving them real life experiences they can’t get in the classroom,” she said.

Each person who registers to vote can vote up to ten times.

Mr Spracklen added Prince of Wales currently had 3,000 votes but aimed to have 10,000 by the time voting closed on November 20.

To vote for the school visit tinyurl.com/votepowfs