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Cycle safety given importance at school

A recent report bythe Automobile Facechoice
Association criticised the
Government for not requiring all Pharmacy
local authorities to arrange cycle Freshbrook
proficiency courses for school
children. Village Centre
But youngsters at Freshbrook Tel: 870226
School are taking road safety
seriously. Every term teachers Opening Times:
Suzanne Seaton and Linda Monday to Friday
Clements run a ten week cycling
proficiency course for between 9am - 1pm;
twelve and twenty children after 2.15pm - 7pm
school.
We cover balance, basic riding Saturday 9am -
positions, traffic awareness, 1 2.3Opm
highway code, indicating and
turning," explained Mrs Seaton.
"We start in the playground and
then use one of the side streets Who'd be a School
near the school. Apart from
handling their bikes sensibly, Governor?
we're trying to teach the children by Revd Tony Price, chairman
responsibility and traffic of Governors of Freshbrook
awareness. You cannot assume a Primary School
car is going to see or avoid you. With all the changes being
So they have to be aware of the introduced as a result of the
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So who are the people who act as
Men needed school governors, and will be taking
to help with on this kind of responsibility? The
answer is: just ordinary people from
junior club the community, who care about
A junior youth club is being their local schools, and are prepared
planned following a successful to give some time and effort to 'Ii
Saturday Play Fair at Freshbrook helping to manage them, in co-
Community Centre on 17February. operation with the head teachers
Around 60 children aged from and staff. Some governors are
six to fourteen attended the Play nominated by the local authority,
Fair and many parents dropped in some are parent governors elected Choose Us First
to talk to the volunteer organisers by parents of children at the school,
about what kind of activities they and others are teacher governors
would like to see. elected by the teachers. Buta fourth For the Best Quality Take Home
Wendy Grieves of Worsley Road, group are the governors we are
one of the volunteers, said they now allowed to co-opt from the Food Available
were pleased with the interest wider local community, chiefly
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filled out forms to say what they Many schools are discovering it
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"There are haifa dozen volunteer Would YOU be interested in Why not try one of our delicious
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with more adults to help out. The we would be happy to consider
kids are very enthusiastic and we whether we could co-opt you. If
need more men to help with you are presently involved in local Have you had one of our big beefburgers?
organising energetic games like industry orbusiness, or maybe even They're Great.
football." retired but with similar experience,
Offers of help with the and mostof all, are interested in the
Freshbrook Junior Youth Club can schools that the children of West Open Monday - Saturday
be made to Wendy Grieves on Swindon attend, you may be the 11.30am - 2pm; 430pm - 11pm
644088 (after 5p.m.) or Paul Ryan, person we're looking for. If you Car Park !A' West Swindon Centre
Play Development Worker on want to know more, please contact
693787. me on 870244. TELEPHONE ORDERS WELCOME - 870455