Page 18 - link magazine

18 The Link Magazine • June 1999
Tours of Abbey Meads community school on 12 June Skiier goes down under
Talented skiier Michelle Palmer,
Although builders were behind with 240 place Abbey Meads Primary School in mid-May, it will
13, from Shaw, opposite page, has
still be ready to host an open morning on Saturday 12 June.
been chosen to attend a summer
The headteacher There are duced, will be sent to all those on training camp in New Zealand.
Mrs Marilyn Brown, ,. presently 103 the school list. She will be part of the British
right, some of her five J pupils from The next drop in session to meet Children's Ski Team and will train
staff and governors within the Mrs Brown will be on Tuesday 15 alongside the junior and senior
will be on hand to c a t c h m e n t June, 2pm to 5pm in the Haydon British Alpine ski squads who will
meet parents and pu- , area regis- Wick Parish Council rooms. There be in camps at the same time.
pils between 9.30am \ ,? "^ " ' tered, and 16 will be a parents evening on 16 Last September Michelle fin-
and 11.30am. A sam- 4 from outside. July, time and venuetobeconfirmed. ished second in the European Ar-
ple of the new blue t w Fifty of these Mrs Brown can be contacted at tificial Ski Slope Championships,
uniform with logo are reception Sanford House on 463000. putting her into the top 25 female
will be on view. children. The racers in Britain. This gained her a
Despite being school will be place at the Thompsons British Ski
nearly one month be- very well Cooks ready for final Academy so that she could train
hind schedule, Mrs equipped with Youngsters at Swindon second- and race on snow.
Brown is confident a library and ary schools are busily perfecting She was the top British Girls
the school will be c o m p u t e r recipes for the third Young Cook under 15 in the Giant Slalom at the
ready on time. "We suite. Mrs of the Year competition, spon- recent World Schools Ski Champi-
are getting really ex- Brown is also sored by ComTel. onship and did well at the English
cited as the building takes shape. hoping to arrange breakfast and Students from twelve schools Alpine races in March.
Our numbers are growing daily after school clubs after a survey of across the town entered the initial Michelle is showing greatprom-
and I believe they will do so after parental need. stages by sending in written reci- ise for the future and the New Zea-
the tour." Abrochure,currentlybeingpro-
Th
Fes. ey w ere ,c1.. ked use local land trip is an opportunity to im-
produce where possible and em- press coaches and selectors.
Second north school plans to view phasise healthy aspects of nutri- Parents Sandra and Geoff
tion. Palmer have funded her, but to
Plans for the second 210 place primary school, situated on Elstree
Way, in the oldest part of Abbey Meads, will go before Swindon's The semi-finalists were short achieve her full potential Michelle
planning committee shortly. Building work is scheduled to com- listed in May and on 10 June the will need to find commercial spon-
mence in August with an opening date set for September 2000. they will be cooking up their crea- sorship. If you can help, contact
To see the plans and discuss the proposals, contact Eileen Roberts at tions at Swindon College. Sandra or Geoff on 874095.
the Education Department on 463126.
Primary school is first to receive award
Oliver Tomkins Infant School is the first Swindon primary school to
be awarded the Basic Skills Agency Quality Mark.
Evidence had to be produced to classroom helpers and the children,
Sports Field back up the application. This in- butalsoparentsand grandparents.
cludedteachingprogrammes,poli- "The acquisition of basic skills
cies on involving parents and chil- unlocks the rest of the curriculum
dren's work. An assessor visited for children. The more we can do
the school to confirm the claims, to provide these skills, the more
Cou rt
Headteacher Penny Summers is children will enjoy all subjects."
delighted. "We did not set out Launched towards the end of
with the specific purpose of gain- 1996, the Quality Mark has so far
Ei
ing the quality mark," she said. been awarded to only 450 of the
"We were already working on ba- 22,000 primary schools in England
hid life sic skills across the school and the and Wales. Greendown School,
area, award endorses our approach to was the first Swindon secondary
literacy and numeracy. It has only school, and one of the first twelve
M
been achieved by everyone pull- schools in the country, to receive
ing together, not only teachers, the quality mark in summer 1997.
Penny Summers, with Oliver Tomkins infants, from left, Joshua Kilroy, James

FREE ESTI„ATE^ & A^DUI(CE
- r

YOUR LOCAL GARAGE DOOR
SPECIALISTS
UP AND OVER GARAGE DOORS SUPPLIED, ® ®
FITTED, REPAIRED (SPARE PARTS AVAILABLE)
REMOTE CONTROL FOR INCREASED SECURITY ®®
SWINDON

Maxwell House • Maxwell Street • Swindon