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No. 145 • April 1994 • Circulation 15,000
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Children's work heading for top of the world Bosnia collection
Teacher puts real life into National Curriculum heads for

A climbing expedition to the Himalayas is giving a local secondary school teacher the chance 1 April target
to develop close contact between primary school children and children in Nepal.
MembersoftheWestSwindonbased
Greendown School teacher Tim International Family Group would
Noble has been given four weeks like to thank all the shoppers at
unpaid leave in September to go Sainsburys Stratton, Old Town Co-
climbing in a remote corner of west- op and SafewaysHaydonWickwho
ern Nepal usually barred to visitors. gave so generously to the collec-
Tim has been invited to join the tions throughout March.
three man teamby High Court judge Thanks also go to the people who
Sir William Blackburne who con- responded to the appeal in the
ceived the expedition in 1991 after MarchLink magazine, especially the
giving a lecture on British law as children who have made up shoebox
part of the King of Nepal's birthday surprises for refugee children.
celebrations. The items will be loaded onto a
In return for permission to visit convoy passing through Swindon
the area, the three climbers will on 1Apr11 on the way to Bosnia from
spend time working with Nepalase South Wales.
officials in the fields of law, banking Shirley Foster and Julia Falaki collect-
and education. ing donations outside SafewayHeydon
Tim said, "Nepal is one of the Wick on 19 March
least developed countries in the Trying out Tim Noble's equipment, Freshbrook School children, Amanda Reid
world, because of its small size and with rucksack, from left, Catherine Howarth, Amy Heath, Craig Wheeler, Ricky
remoteness in the middle of the Elder, Gavin Pickett
Himalaya mountains. A multi-party
parliamentary system was only in- and cultural contacts with the west. taineering. Rather than just taking
troduced in 1990 and the country is
Much of Nepal's income comes and enjoying what the country has
rapidly opening its doors to trading from tourism, trekking and moun- to offer us, team members will be
making a small contribution to its
development."
Tim, who has responsibility for
Read about how a grandmother has kept a
liaison with partner primary schools,
family going through difficult times on page 3. has been working with six teachers
and 160 year 5 and 6 children who
Could you nominate somebody who has helped
have been studying India as part of
your family in Relate & Link magazine 'say a
UNITED NATIONS the National Curriculum.
INTERNATIONAL
YEAR OF THE FAMILY little thank you' campaign? Continued on page 2
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