Pupils at a Perthshire primary school are learning about the story of Earth thanks to a community windfarm fund.
Wester Derry Wind Co-op has made its first payment of £2,500 to Alyth Primary School.
The school will benefit from £50,000 in total, with similar annual payments committed for the next 20 years.
The money is being used by the school to help pay transport costs to take younger pupils on school trips to Active Kids Adventure Park near Stanley and Blair Drummond Safari Park, near Stirling.
Older children will be able to visit Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.
In addition, the community benefit fund will pay for books for Alyth’s P7 leavers at a prize-giving event.
Younger children moving up from nursery will be given school ties to wear when they come back after the summer break.
Jon Halle, company secretary of Wester Derry Wind Co-op, said: “We’re pleased to make the first payment to Alyth Primary School after only a few months of operation. Our turbine has been generating strongly.
“Wester Derry Wind Co-op has started a precedent in Perthshire and now a similar project near Aberfeldy, Heartland Community Wind, will also have a community fund benefiting young people.”
The wind co-op will also support a community fund at nearby Isla Primary School in Angus, starting next year.
Connie Letford, headteacher of Alyth Primary School, added: “These funds for the school make a real difference to our pupils making it easier for us to arrange school trips.”
John Swinney MSP, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, whose Perthshire North constituency covers Alyth, said: “The Scottish Government wants to ensure local communities derive genuine benefits from windfarm developments.
“Wester Derry Wind Co-op is a great example of this and in addition to generating clean electricity is also providing real benefits for the children of Alyth Primary School.”