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6 WESTLEA

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: left, Vanessa Spackman, Judith Blake, Maria Copp
52b High Street, Wootton Bassett Westlea School's pioneering scheme to encourage the use of language
between parents and children will be featured in a BBC film to be shown
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The film makers then spent the said. "The Westlea project is im-
afternoon in the Marriott Hotel pressive because of the good con-
A Spare Room kitchens with two parents and their tent and high productivity. It's
children acting out 'Sam's Sand- also very visual; the film will give
wich,' the story in one of the sacks. teachers more ideas on how par-
this Christmas home in Langstone Way, Westlea
They also visited Wanda Allen's ents can contribute to literacy."
Six other Swindon schools have
to film her using a story sack with started story sack projects based
for only £ 3 2 her daughter Beth.
on the Westlea model and a fur-
Jim Pateman from the Adult Lit- ther twenty have taken it up in
eracy and Basic Skills Unit, who Avon and Gloucestershire.
Do you have relations from afar visiting
Screen work goes out on cable
you over Christmas or New Year? The screen work by Diane Benson from Springhill Close, Westea is set
for broadcast on Swindon Cable TVs Local Channel on 15 December.
What with the Christmas tree, boxes ofpresents and Her 30 minute play 'South Specific' had its world premier at Swindon
all the trimmings, where are you going to put them? Media Arts Studio on 3 November. It will be shown throughout the
evening after the Local Channel's weekly What's On slot.
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