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10 year birthday this month at Plans for new

Oliver Tomkins School village centre

The pupils at Oliver Tomkins on show
School, Toothil spent last term West Swindon's fourth village
looking back over the ten years centre is now being planned for
since their school opened. Every a site next to Peatmobr Lagoon.
class in both the infants and the Although the centre, to serve
juniors used some aspect of the Rougmoor and Sparcells, won't
ten years in the life of the school be built for some years, the
in their studies. The early part planners at Thamesdown
of May will be spent celebrating Council want to hear from
the birthday. people with an opinion about
The pupils in Mrs Browns their proposals.
third year class (pictured right) Turn to pages 26 and 27 for
worked with Barbara Cady, a details of a public exhibition.
parent from Freshbrook who The area's newest building. All the
offered to help them create a way from Taiwan, but missing it's
banner depicting the school and fop 'knob,' the mini pagoda on the
its activities. The youngsters island in Peatmoor Lagoon, opposite
used different types of fabric in the Chinese Experience and the
a collage which portrays all the Roughmoor Village Centre site.
subjects studied under the
national curriculum and the
close connection the school has Link Magazine
with the Church.
The school will be filled does well in big survey
throughout May with displays
of project work completed last This time last year, many readers the form all the way to the end
term, and an exhibition of were returning a survey form gives us confidence in the over-
information showing the history published in The Link, in all picture that the survey pro-
of the school from when it was conjunction with Thamesdown vides of West Swindon.
being planned. There will be a Councils Community Develop- The survey asked where read-
big fun day on Friday 4 May for ment Division. Its taken some ers live now and where they
the children when there will be time we know, but we will lived before arriving in the area;
a playground party and publish the results over the next what they think of the services
hopefully a visit from Bishop few editions. and facilities available here, and
Oliver Tomkins, the former Altogether 568 survey forms what they think of The Link
Bishop of Bristol. were returned for analysis. This magazine.
represents a 6% return rate from In this edition we concentrate
the 9,500 households which on the questions asked about
It ASDA get better received The Link. Considering The Link. For us, the results make Let's link hands
that the form was quite long, welcome reading as it indicates
Following publication of a for the Telethon
critical letter last month, a group and required concentration, this that the magazine is providing
of residents visited the ASDA was a very good response. The what the readers want. PHH at Windmill Hill need
store manager. Read about the fact that so many people com- On page 2 we start to look at West Swindon residents to
meeting on page12. mitted themselves to filling out how readers see us. form a giant circle around
their building at Windmill
Hill Business Park.
It's Election Time once more and help raise cash for local
Donate a £1, Join hands
Voting takes place on Thursday 3rd May charities by going along on
for seats on Thamesdown Council. Friday 4 May at 5p.m.
Lamb racing at Southleaze
On pages 4 and 5 we've invited the candidates for the seats Sheep Farm for the Telethon.
in the Toothill and Freshbrook wards to introduce themselves. See page 26 for details.