PRIMARY school pupils joined elderly people to help them become more digital friendly.

Children from Cornist Park Primary School in Flint visited the town’s Llys Raddington extra-care development for a digital skills session.

The children, who are the school’s eCadets, helped the residents learn to work Sky remotes, set up email accounts, websites, learn how to shop online and more.

Cornist Park Primary School has been selected by the Welsh Government as a ‘Digital Pioneer School for Wales’.

Louise Blackwell, community development officer with Clwyd Alyn housing Association, said: “It’s already a brilliant intergenerational partnership, that has been a great benefit to the tenants, all of whom are aged 60 or over, who manage the extra care scheme.

“The pupils are an absolute credit to the school and to the town. They have liaised with our tenants to sort out issues with Sky remote controls, setting up email accounts and helping with websites which weren’t working. One of the pupils was also able to help one of the tenants who was looking for information on buying a new phone.

“They not only bring endless patience and courtesy but also a great sense of fun, which is really appreciated by everyone at Llys Raddington.

“We’d like to thank all who have helped to get this initiative off to such a great start, especially Linzie Jones from Digital Communities Wales, for making the links, and to Kellie Williams at Cornist Primary School for arranging for their wonderful ‘eCadets’ to join us.

“Many thanks as well to extra care officer Kyle Trotter and to all the Llys Raddington tenants for providing such a great welcome.”

Kellie Williams, digital leader at Cornist Park, said: “We just want to strengthen our links within the Flint community. The children helped the elderly people to get to grips with the many digital and technological advances of recent years, changes which will be daunting, intimidating and isolating for some people.

“In the future, we hope the children will be able to learn skills from the elderly residents of Llys Raddington to form a truly intergenerational learning link. Both the children and the residents had a great time together and we hope we have formed a bond between ourselves and the people of Llys Raddington.’’