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This is Greendown • 2

Quality mark for quality work

Greendown's work with our worked out programme which
special needs students has re- includes reading tests for all stu-
cently gained national recogni- dents in years 7 to 9, the creation
tion with the award of the Basic of extra support classes and help
Skills Agency's Quality Mark. for students setting targets in
Given to institutions which meet Reading and Maths, " he says,
a rigorous schedule and pro- "and our plans will he continu-
gramme of improvements in ally monitored by the school gov-
learning, it is much prized. ernors".
Head of Learning Support, Mr Future students will obviously
Andy Russell recently accepted reap the benefits of this nation-
the award at a ceremony at Buck- ally-rewarded support work.
ingham Palace. "We have a well-
Andy Russell, head of support, is pictured above right, with Sir
Peter Davies, chair of the Basic Skills Agency, and last year's
chair of governors Roger Ogle, outside Buckingham Palace in
June, after Greendown was presented with the Quality Mark by
the PrincessRoyal

In Paula's memory Achievers rewarded

Paula Brooks, one of Green- the student who, by popular ac- Greendown runs a sue-
down's most happy and coura- claim, has shown the most spirit, cessful award system
geous students died of Cystic courage and determination in the called 'Personal Achieve-
Fibrosis in 1993. In her memory, face of adversity. ments'. Good or steady
the School set up the Paula Brooks In the summer, by an over- improvement in school
award, to be given each year to whelming vote, the cup went to work is awarded a 'PA'.
Shaun McKinnon, now in year When a student has col-
11. Earlier this year, Shaun was lected the requisite
diagnosed with Hodgkinson's number, a certificate is
Lymphoma - a type of cancer. awarded.
Despite losing his hair in chemo- For those few students
therapy and being often in pain, who reach the dizzy
Shaun was as full of enthusiasm heights of 100 PA's, a
for school as ever and continued gold embossed certificate
with his PE and games despite his is presented by the gov-
treatment, playing successfully for ernors to recognize the
the cricket team. outstanding achieve-
Now officially signed-off his ment.
course of treatment, Shaun is just
pleased life is returning to nor- Mark Wylie and Sarah Webb, both in year 7 last year, gained the
mal and he needn't he the focus coveted Gold 100PA award and received gold certificates at the
of attention anymore. end of year assembly.

Congratulations to our graduates

Five of our 1995 graduates did well in this summer's A' Level exams
at New College. Rebecca Nobes and Eve Osorio have started at Exeter
University to read French & Spanish and Psychology respectively. Hailey
Garrett is looking for a position with a company in Swindon. Jeannette
Hindle is taking a teacher training course at Cardiff Institute and Emma
Smith has started a Psychology degree at Plymouth.
Not available for the photo was Sarah Compson, our top GCSE
performer in 1995 who has just started a degree in mechanical engineer-
ing at Bath University. Her brother Andrew left Greendown in 1993 and
is our first entrant to Oxford where he is also studying engineering.
We extend our best wishes to all our graduates.
Where are you now?
As an 11 to 16 school, it is difficult to keep track of people who have
been through the 'Greendown experience' since 1991 when our first
students left us. We are always interested in knowing how our graduates
are doing. Please contact Ms Erica Holley at the school.
Starting new lives: from left, Rebecca Nobes, Eve Osorio, STOP PRESS: An e-mail from Australia tells us that Jason Cook, who left
Halley Garrett, Jeannette Hindle and Emma Smith in 1992 is studying Astrophysics at McQuarrie University in Sydney.