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40    The Link Magazine • January 1998
                               Jensons for Senior School Uniform. FREE CAR PARK  Computer investment
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                                                          Core literacy and numeracy skills are high on the agenda at Bradon
                               °              JUST        Forest School. And to raise academic achievement, the school has set
                                                          up a computer suite to give students access to special software
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                                                          designed to improve basic skills.
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          DO YOU               P            36.44  £29.99   The school is one of the few in
                                   Z        46-50  £35.99  the country to have acquired
     WANT TO LET               o  .;  7r `  52-56  £39.99 ^a  'SuccessMaker,' which combines
                               0 N          CAR COATS     the enjoyment of working with
    YOUR HOUSE?                    Petrol, Navy, Fawn, Lovatt, Grey  computers with the ability to de-
                                                          liver intellectual tasks at a level
                               C)  124 Cricklade Road, Swindon  w
    e Free impa rtial advice on all                       appropriate to the individual.
                               3    Telephone: (01793) 642211  y
    aspects of residential letting.  Open: 9am - 5.30pm, Wed 9am - 1pm,  Bradon head Chris Montacute
    c Management of all repairs     Sat 9am - 5pm • Free car park  expressed delight at the new in-
                               Jensons for Wedding Hire. FREE CAR PARK  vestment. "Research has shown
    and maintenance to owners                             that SuccessMaker produces sig-
    instructions.
                                                          nificant learning improvement. In
    — Full specialised buildings,                         one project, gains of up to 20
    contents, rent and legal       Dre(s sedfi'           months in number skills were pro-
    protection insurance services.                        duced in just 6 months use of the
                                  t OccacS wy             programme. In other projects, age  Bradon Forest students working in
    - A 'Buy to Let' Mortgage                                                        the new SuccessMaker computer suite
    scheme.                       Handmade gowns          related reading gains can be up to
                                                          12 months after just 7 hours on the  He added that the programme
    c Belvoir is an approved       and cocktail wear      system.                    automatically raises the degree of
    agency for HM Forces                                    "By having half a class working  work difficulty if more than 75%
    relocation and specilises with  For sale or hire      through individual learning pro-  of questions are being correctly
    the needs of service personnel.                       grammes on the computer, a  answered. And the programme
                                  To discuss your
    i With offices across the UK.                         teacher can work with the other  will produce individualised home-
                                 requirements,
                                                          half. In effect this enables us to  work sheets.
    Freephone: 0800 7316069      call Hilary on           work intensively with classes of 14  Initially, all year 7 students will
                                 (01666) 510306.          students. But at the same time  use the system for one and a half
          Fax: 01249 760670
                                  10 minutes from Swindon.  those working independently  hours a week. Mr Montacute is
       E-mail [email protected]
       ittp://www.belvoirgroup.com  Easy Parking.  A      know the teacher can monitor their  convinced that the outcome will
                                                          work effort through his own com-  be better examination results for
                                                          puter."                    all students in the future.
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     Many people across Swindon will have reason to remember the help
     Alan Doyle gave them when planning their holidays in the past.

                         He was the manager at Fitzgerald Travel in Wood Street, for more
                         than ten years, until it consolidated with Highworth Travel in 1993.
                         He has now started up his own travel business in conjunction with
                         Mary Green, also formerly of Highworth Travel, and is hoping   Tel. (01793) 432252
                         to meet up with some of his old customers at his newly fitted-out  Fax (01793) 435717
                        offices at the top of Victoria Hill in Old Town, Swindon.  r

                        Alan believes that the strength of Old Town Travel is its
                                                                                 Providing the following services:
                        independence. "The industry has changed," he says. "People are
                                                                                             * Package holidays
     far more widely travelled and know what they want. We have the edge over the big
                                                                                               * Charter flights
     multiples as an independent agent. We are not tied to linked operators and insurance
                                                                                             * Scheduled flights
     companies, nor are we a cut price outfit.
                                                                                          * Tailor-made holidays
                                                                                            * Hotel reservations
     "We just concentrate on your needs and find the best value package to suit your budget.
                                                                                    * Airport parking * Hire cars
    As an ABTA member we have found that more and more people prefer peace of mind
                                                                                             * Travel insurance
    by paying the little extra which ensures they are covered for any eventuality".
                                                                                    We can be found at the top of
                                                                                  Victoria Hill (next to the Evening
    Alan is confident of the growth potential of Old Town Travel and hopes to open a branch in
                                                                                 Advertiser). Lots of loco j'parking
    West Swindon in due course.
    In the meantime, to book that holiday of a lifetime, call Old Town Travel on (01793) 432252.
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