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This is Greendown • 4
TSummer Holidays-]
are close at hand.
What are the
children doing?
Once again Greendown is
planning to organise summer
holiday activities for 3 to 9 year
olds, and 8 to 15s.
Tells us what your children would
like from the Greendown Summer
Camp.
Every family who returns this
questionnaire will receive a
10% discount if and when they sign
their child(ren) up for the camp.
1. How many children would you be
interested in sending
What age are they? - -
2. The cost of the camp will be
£30 per week. How many weeks
would you be interested in booking?
1 2 3 4
3. Which weeks would you be
interested in? Week beginning:
25 July -
1 August
8 August - A computer control and computer aided design.
15 August -
4. What activities would you be
interested in? (Please tick)
Football
Hockey
Basketball
Trampoline
Gymnastics
Multi-sports
Tiny Tots (for 3 to 9 years)
Art, Drama and Music
5. Would you be interested in a week
of combined activities?
6. Would you be interested
in booking individual sessions
at £4 a session (half day)?
Yes No
Thank you for your interest.
Please cut this form out and return
it to Steve O'Sullivan at Greendown.
Name
Address
Tel
'This is Greendown' is published by Greendown Community School under contract with The Link Magazine
Special events promote
technology and engineering
The first ever national Science and Technol- The Neighbourhood Engineers, local mem-
ogy week launched by the government was bers of the Engineering Council, worked with
celebrated at Greendown with two special pupils in Greendown to assist their Technol-
events. Science andTechnology are both areas ogy work. They donated prizes, judged the
in which Greendown is proud of s sustained results and gave awards to the pupils who
achievements. made the best models.
The Technology Department held a "Hands Parents, primary school pupils and local
on Technology" Exhibition on Thursday, 24th industrialists at the Exhibition enjoyed trying
March, to display the work of year 8 pupils. out the models.
Over the previous eight weeks, pupils had
investigated mechanisms, and had designed At the same time, 24th-25th March,
and made a moving model. Greendown was visited by WISE III, one of six
buses touring the country to promote Women
Neighbourhood Engineer and school gov- Into Science and Engineering. The bus, spon-
ernor Gordon Watts assists Kevin Griggs sored by the DoE, the Smallpiece Trust and
and Mark Hutchinson with a technology Tesco, can accommodate sixteen girls at eight
project computer work stations.
Greendown were very pleased that our bid
for a visit from the bus was successful.
Female pupils from years 10 and 11, who
were interested in Science or Engineering as a
career or who had shown capability in these
areas, were given sessions at the work stations
accompanied by teachers and Neighbourhood
Engineers. These pupils had the opportunity to
investigate pneumatics, systems electronics,
Parents and school governors were able to
see the bus in action at an open evening on
Thursday 24th March.
GREENDOWN GREENDOWN
COMMUNITY SCHOOL Greendown is West Swindon's
Grange Park Way, Grange Park Swindon Community School catering for
local families and a wide range of
community groups.
Vacancy
for position of Clerk to the We always make visitors very welcome
and are happy to give interested
Governors & Management parents tours of the school.
Committee from 1 May
For more information please contact,
6 hours per week throughout year.
Administration & support Parents (Primary year 6):
to full Governors' meetings and Tim Noble
sub-committees. Other parents:
Salary £1,752 per annum Steve O'Sullivan
(inc. 4 weeks paid holiday)
Community use and bookings:
For job description and details, Margaret May
send large SAE to Greendown
quoting CBOV. SEC875.1
Tel: (0793) 874224