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WEST SWINDON UNDER 5s FESTIVAL
Festival a great success - Events attended
by hundreds of children with parents.

West Swindon first ever Festival June was a disappointment to over 400 came to the Fun Day at
for under 5s and their parents has people at the end of the queue Upper Shaw Farm on 16th June.
been in an enormous success. A when they found the popular The same number went to the
series of events during June were activities like trampolining and Teddy Bears Picnic at Lydiard
aimed to celebrate the huge mini-gym booked up. Park on 21St June. Some arrived
number of children under 5 in the The Festival kicked off on 7th on the specially charted buses
area. June with a Play Workshop put which took them through the
Nearly all the events were on by the Pre-School Playgroups Thamesdown Transport bus
crowded though they would Association with about 150 chil- wash.
have been overwhelmed if a dren making, gluing, sticking, Festival Coordinator Sheila
higher proportion of the esti- playing and singing. Over 300 Cracknell is very pleased by the
mated 3,000 pre-school children turned up for the Link activities, outcome. "Everybody who or-
in West Swindon (plus their par- the Storytellers performed their ganised events should be
ents) had attended. As it was the puppet shows twice to full thanked and so should all who
Link Centre Activity Day on 14th houses in the Arts Studio and attended. This is only the start,
Clare Mann of Freshbrook enjoyed the summer weather at the lots of other events could take
Teddy Bears Picnic at Lyd lard Park place throughout the year - if
there are people willing to put
them on. I think we have some-
thing we can build on. Without
doubt, the Festival has shown
there is a great need for more for
under 5s."
Centre top, centre and below: Para-
chute games, in the giant sandpit
and water-play at the Upper Shaw
Farm Fun Day organised by Shaw
Ridge Parent & Toddler and Shaw
Church.

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