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SHAW & ROUGHMOOR
Centre plans
soon on show

Residents of Roughmoor which
includes Sparcells and Peatmoor
will soon have sight of plans for
their village centre to be built next
to the Chinese Experience restau-
rant.
The proposals to build shops and
a pub will be displayed in a public
consultation exhibition during
May.

Nursery places
Salt Way School is now taking
names for its new nursery which
will open in September.
Parents in the school's catchment
area of Middleleaze, The Prinnells
and part of Ramleaze with chidren
aged 3 or 4 should call in at the
school office or telephone 881065.

Progress for Roughmoor school
The plan to build a primary school to take children from the Roughmoor area had a boost in March when Thamesdown Council's policy
and resources committee again committed over £1 million to build it. The exact costs and feasibility of the project now have to be considered
in detail by the new Swindon Education Committee and the Community and Leisure Committee.
The council was successful in Most children from the Peat- Leader of Swindon Council Sue Nicholas said larger numbers of
December in a bid to the Govern- moor and Sparcells areas attend Bates said that education is the pupils provided more funds for
ment to cover the cost of borrow- Brook Field School on Cartwright highest priority for the council and the school, but pressures on core
ing £540,000 to build the school. Drive. It now has nearly 500 chil- that the Roughmoor School would facilities had been growing. "Our
However the council has had to dren and has outgrown its perma- take a substantial amount of the primary task has been to maintain
find the repayments on a further nent accommodation into mobile £6m available for capital spend- the quality of education we pro-
£1.4 million. buildings. ing. "At a time when funds are vide to all our children. It has been
very tight, the Policy and Re- a very frustrating situation wait-
sources Committee has allocated ing for Swindon to take over re-
£1.4 million from its capital budget sponsibility for education, and to
to ensure that this much needed make a decision on a new school.
school is built. As it will include "lam very pleased that they have
community facilities on the same made the commitment to build it."
site, we have asked the Education • An auction of promises organ-
and Community and Leisure Com- ised by the Friends of Brook Field
mittees to consider the design op- School on 14 March raised a mas-
tions within the financial limits." sive £4,500 for new computers and
Brook Field headteacher Roger curriculum resources.
Nbows
AND D Breakfast was on the National Curriculum menu for Brook Field
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