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6 WESTLEA
Family literacy project launched
EMERGENCY DRAIN RON AHRENS
CLEARANCE BUILDER Top children's authors Gill Murphy and Verna Allette Wilkins launched
Westlea School's nationally recognised story sack project to promote
Jet Rod DECORATOR literacy within the family on 25 January.
Each sack takes the title of a chil- ping with people in their early 20's
Specialising in all aspects dren's book and contains soft toys, showing particularly low ability.
Genuine of high quality building tapes, games and suggestions on • Westlea headteacher Neil
work especially decorating, how parents can work with their Griffiths will speak about the story
local company children to improve reading and sack project at a conference at-
carpentry & plastering.
Genuine low prices speaking skills using the contents. tended by Princess Anne and Sec-
All work guaranteed. Fifty story sacks have been made retary of State Gillian Sheppard on
For free quote and advice call now by volunteer mums over the last 15 February, during a week of
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Tel: (0793) 536522 Free estimates fifteen months. One hundred is events to publicise adult literacy
Mobile: (0585) 230035 their target. • Set your video recorders.
A report by the Adult Literacy Westlea School's pioneering
(0850) 204277 Telephone: 615972 and Basic SkillsUnit onl8January scheme will be featured on BBC
(West Swindon)
SAVE £S - PHONE US FIRST found that levels of literacy and Select film at 4.30am - 5am on 17
numeracy amongst adults is drop- February.
The hard workers who have made the story sacks possible, Westlea mums,from
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Youngsters at Westlea School will pursue their 'Forces at Work and
ANTIQUES & be studying canals this term with Play' project. Two classes of 10
the help of a £650 grant from the and 11 year olds will study canal
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for repair.
The grant will also fund an artist
Quality uPVC replacement windows and doors to work with children in school
uPVC facias - soffits - cladding and guttering designing and painting plates,
cups, jugs and buckets in tradi-
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