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No. 137 • August 1993 • Circulation 11,500
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Another secondary school is being
considered to take children from
West Swindon. High flying festival studies
Officers from Wiltshire County
CouncilEducationDepartmentare The Mayor of Thamesdown Doreen Dart visited Greendown School at
suggesting that by 1996, there will the end of June to see students at work and to promote the Wiltshire iltsl
be too few places at presently des- Festival over August Bank Holiday weekend.
ignated schools - Bradon Forest, Students have been working on a public gathering like the Wiltshire Festi.
Greendown and Ridgeway - and Design Technology project on the Festival. Festival sponsors Moto-
are proposing to include Hreod problems of organising a large rola have provided a great deal of
Parkway to serve Roughmoor information to help them. 273OA
(Spattells /Pea tmoor). The students are also taking part
The officers have been meeting in a competition to design a logo
governors at the schools and have for the Wiltshire Festival's Chil-
held two public meetings with par- dren's Appeal. The winning entry
ents who live in Freshbrook and will be printed on badges to be sold Sixty Hot Air Balloons
Roughmoor to discuss the prob- at the festival in aid of the appeal. mornings and evethi
lem and their proposed solution. After a short talk from Motorola
At the parent meetings Mr John balloon pilot John Clifford and an Daily Arena Events
Surowiec,Senior Education Officer inspection of the basket and equip- :::
responsible for Development and ment by students, the balloon was Evening
Planning, said the present admis- inflated togivethema good chance London Philharmonic
sion arrangements have been in to sketch and note important fea- Orchestra with fireworks
force since 1986 when Greendown tures.
School opened. But in 1996 the Motorola public relations man- and laser light show
number of places at already desig- ager Julian Long said he was very Van Morrison
nated secondary schools would be impressed how the school had in-
matched by the number of chil- tegrated the festival into the cur- Martha Reeves
dren moving on from West Swin- Pictured with Mayor Doreen Dart and riculum. "There's writing, art, sta- & The Vandellas Heatwave
don primary schools and the rural balloon pilot John Clifford, Greendown tistics and practical work going on;
schools feeding Bradon Forest and students from left, Kristian Harris, it's commendable how the staff and Edwin Starr
Ridgeway. Hayley Garrett, Toni Warwick, Simon have brought real world activity Details page Il
Continued on page 3 Sumner. into school studies."

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