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SHAW & ROUGHMOOR 11
School alive with art

Pupils at Peatmoor Primary School have livened up their corridors with artistic displays that they produced during an arts and
creative writing week in early February.
Headteacher Terri Peacock or- Burmah Castrol through the Swin- Wood worked with each class to dren make a large heron, the
ganised the week around the theme don Foundation for the Arts. create painted frames made of school's emblem, which will stand
of lines and shapes, taking the de- Four artists worked with pupils wood, textiles and thread to hang in the entrance. David Pepps dem-
sign of their building as inspira- indifferent materials. Well known in the corridors. "It was wonder- onstrated the use of three-dimen-
ful having children involved at all sional cardboard and wire mod-
stages of the process," he said. els.
"They have shown great creativity All the children, from ages 4 to
and were really enthusiastic". 11 were involved and youngsters
Banners based on shapes around from Sparklers pre-school were
the school, made by Bailey Curtis also invited to watch.
and parent helpers, were hung in Mrs Peacock said, "we had a
the reception area. fantastic week, the children loved
Melissa Cole, a blacksmith, used every minute of being involved in
a portable forge to help the chil- the creative experience."

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South Swindon MP Julia Drown will be guest of honour for two
functions at Brook Field School on 13 March.
THE BANBURY SUITE
In the afternoon she will offi- and the internet. We are very lucky
cially cut the ribbon on a brand to have two governors with web Weddings • Conferences • Functions
new computer facility and sign the design skills. Paul Stanton built
message book at the school's web our web site some time ago and
site, before going on to launch a now Andy Hollingsworth will be SUNDAY LUNCH
new after school club being run by developing it."
The Big Adventure. Children at Brook Field have
A suite of 16 computers with been exchanging photographs, Come and enjoy Sunday lunch
colour printer and scanner has been project work and e mails with
set up to compliment the comput- schools in Denmark and Finland in idyllic surroundings
ers which can be found in each as part of the European Comenius
classroom. programme. In April they will be
Information technology coordi- visited by a headteacher from their
nator Dale Burr said computer edu- Danish partner school.
cation has become very important. www.brookfield.swindon.sch.uk
"It is essential that children are • The Big Adventure club provides
confident with ICT and gain a good before and after school care. See
grounding in the use of computers the advertisement on page 16.
Youngsters in the Brook Field internet club with teacher Dale Burr, from left,
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