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Shakespeare Millennium Festival up and running for world first

West Swindon primary schools and Greendown, together with other
schools, local community groups and Swindon College have joined
forces to produce a world first. In April 2000, a thousand children from
twenty different institutions will perform a 30 minute version of every
Shakespeare play in the Greendown Drama Studio.
Awarded a Millennium Lottery Grant of £5,000 and £3,300 from the
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, the festival is being helped along by
national figures Chris Geelan and Sarah Gordon of the Young Shake-
speare Company. Festival Director, senior teacher, Tim Noble is de-
lighted that so many schools are participating and that Greendown is
helping the children of West Swindon to celebrate the man of the
millennium for the millennium. Workshops for teachers are taking
place during the Autumn to explore how Shakespeare can be inter-
preted and sessions for parents are planned so that they can find out
what their children will be learning and acting.
The festival builds on successful work that has been developed with Swindon South MP Julia Drown attended the first workshop in early
partner primary schools over the last two years which has shown how October to launch the festival by presenting teachers with Shake-
young children enthusiastically take to Shakespeare. speare's texts

Speedy boys Hockey success Congratulations Kate
In the last year Michelle Meyers,
Claire Parker and Kim Mead were Year 9 student Kate Zammit
selected for the Wiltshire under continues to make excellent
15s hockey team, whilst experi- progress as a gymnast.
enced player Kelly Hillier- A member of the Swindon
Bowden not only represented School of Gymnastics, which
Wiltshire at under 17s but was uses the sports facilities at Green-
again selected to the South West down, Kate was selected earlier
England Hockey Development in the year to join the Great
Squad Britain Rhymthic Gymnastic
Squad and took part in the jun-
ior European championships in
Hungary in last May.
She trains for seven hours a
week in Swindon and all day
James Grubb, Andrew Daglish, when attending national squad
Simon Cleary and Daniel Lam- training at the Lilleshall sports
bert won the 4 x 100 under 14s development centre.
relay at the Swindon schools ath- Kate appeared with the squad
letic championship in June. on BBC TV Blue Peter in May
and will also be seen on the
Generation Game in a team dem-
onstrating their extraordinary
flexibility and conditioning.

Cricketers hit them for 6
The national team maybe strug-
gling against a range of oppo-
nents, but the cricketers of the
future are doing alright, here at
Greendown is West Swindon's
Community School catering for Greendown.
local families and a wide range Earlier in the year, the under
14s won the Swindon cup in a
of community groups.
match that demonstrated their
We always make visitors very
overall skill.
welcome and are happy to give
Getting Headlands out for 48
parents tours of the school.
runs, three Greendown bowlers
For more information please took 3 wickets apiece to assure
contact, them of a comfortable victory.
Primary parents: Tim Noble Danny Dunn, the captain, who
Other parents: Steve O'Sullivan also plays for GWR men's team is
looking forward to next season
Community use and bookings:
and a similar run of success play-
Amanda Yeoman (mornings only)
ing at under 16 level.
Tel: (01793) 874224
'This is Greendown' is published by Greendown Community School under contract with The Link Magazine