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6 	                                              WESTLEA

    The Cambridge Diet                         Bright future for After School Club
     •  the nutritious way    Westlea's AfterSchool Club has been  was supported by councillors on the   Thirty children attend each ses-
        to lose weight        saved from closure after a grant ap-  Community Development Commit- sion with 75differentchildrenbeing
                              plication to Thamesdown Council  tee at the beginning of February.   cared for during the week.
           Great newsi                                     Council officers helped the club   Julie Bailey, chair of the voluntary
       Four new flavours for you                          start over two years ago and made  management committee, said she
    to enjoy - Butterscotch, Chocolate  VACANCY           an annual grant of £6,000 to back up  was delighted that the council was
    Mint, Asparagus and Chicken and                       £10,000 received from National  supporting an essential service.
                              WEsTLEA SCHOOL CROSSING PATROLLER
    Mushroom - plus we've improved                        Power over two years.       "The grant keeps us going for the
                              Required to commence as soon as
       on all the old favourites.   possible, a School Crossing Patroller   No support was fortchorningfmm  next year and the indications are
       Contact your Counsellor   for Westlea School, to work half an   other companies contacted and clo- that the support will be long term.
          to try them today   hour each morning and halt an hour  sure was on the cards. However the  It's a great morale booster for the
      Telephone Rebecca Clifforde   each afternoon to see children safely  Council has more than doubled its  volunteers, staff and parents.
        (Wesea) on 873201     across Westlea Drive.       grant to £14,000 to allow the club to   "We were complimented on the
                              Rate of pay £3.65 per hour.   continue opening five afternoons a  quality of the childcare provided
            ;alth Pi            Further details available from:   week.              and the efficient running of the club."
                              Westlea C P School, tel: 870469
                                                         Asda supermarket contributed £500 to buy arts and crafts materials at the end of
                                                         January. Pictured with children from the after school club is store manager
                                                         Amanda Worrad, centre, and customer services manager Dave Rochford
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                                                                   Nature walk shows off
                                                                    school environment
                                                         Sheila Mitchell reports on the official opening of a new footpath
                  Takeaway & Home Delivery Service       around Westlea School grounds
                   Shaw Village Centre Tel: 874844
                                                         On a bright, chilly Monday morn- den, a wood, a bird garden, a pond,
    Are you paying too much for Pizza?                   ing Carolyn Kelly, Project Develop- an all seasons flower garden, an al-
                                                         ment Officer from the Civic Trust  lotment, the Ricky Midwinter Me-
     Compare our                                         officially opened Westlea School's  morial Garden, a bulb field plus all
                        Regular 	Super Thin! 	Super Deep   Nature Walk with the help of Sundi  the colourful tubs of flowers outside
     prices 	                                            Nandra, Charlotte McConde, Laura  each classroom.
                        Thin 	Regular Deep Crust
     For example  ... 	                                  Cox and Helen Walkley.       The tremendous support and
                        serves 1/2 serves 2/3 	serves 3/4
                        £3.50 	£5.00 	£6.75
     * Margherita 	                                        The project, which was part  physical effort from many teachers,
       (cheese & tomato)                                 funded by the Department of the  especially Ann Wong, plus parents
                                                         Environment's CivicTrust grant was  and children who have given up
                                  £6.25 	£7.75
     * Hawaiin 	£4.20
       (ham, pineapple)                                  originally expected to take about  evenings and weekends to build and
                                                         five years to complete. But the com- maintain the gardens has been in-
                        £4.50 	£6.50 	£8.75
     * Country Farmhouse
       (ham, mushroom & onions)                          mitment of the children, school staff  valuable in creating a earning and
                                                         and parents plus additional help and  recreational experience for several
     * Mexican (hot & spicey)  £4.50 	£6.50 	£8.75
                                                         financial backing of many localpeo- generations to come.
                        £5.00 	£7.20 	£8.95
     * Chicken 	                                         pie and companies has enabled the
       (three Pizza varieties)
                                                         scheme to be completed within two
                        £5.00 	£6.75 	£9.50
     * Vegi 	                                            years.                          stleaeiIows
     * Mighty Meaty 	                        £9.75        Support came fromThamesdown
                                  £7.20
                        £5.15
       (the one and only all meat Pizza)                 Parks and Recreation Department,
                                                         Play Development Officer Paul     ouWill ow meets
     CHIPS now available on Pizza deliveries . standard 65p, large 90p                uesday mornings in
                                                         Ryan, Ruth Underhill from Learn-
     Remember FREE garlic bread or cole slaw when you spend £5.00   ing with Landscape, Allied Dunbar,   Sunshine Room next
                                                         Ridgeway Tool Hire, Community   'esti -
    TO ORDER, CALL 874844                                Forests, Forestry Commission, Brit-  - ening times ar
                                                         ish Telecom, Blackfords, English   lOam till 12 noon.
          FREE DELIVERY                                  Nature, Vastern Timber Merchants,   come along for a ci
                                                         Bradleys, W Casey and Sons.   cup of teaor coffee an
      on all orders to West Swindon, Woodhall             The pathway leads one past a   help us with
                                                                                                id
                                                                                                    	for
                                                                                                 ................
    Park, Pembroke Park and Haydon Wick areas            willow arch, a marsh, an orchard, a   forthcoming events.
                                                         meadow, a butterfly and bee gar-
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