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12 SHAW & ROUGH MOOR
School. strengthens Euro links

Brook Field School continued to build its European contacts when teachers from Denmark and Finland
J . F. K
spent a day in Swindon in late September.
BUILDING ^ Their visit was part of a four day
review of the first year of an inter- 1
SERVICES cultural exchange between Brook
Field and its partner schools in , ra.,, — '
Extensions, Alterations, Voldum, Denmark and Kupio, Fin- „-' 1 ''
Renovations land. It was the latest in a series of ^, '. f '
visits between the schools to build
All aspects of garden links as part of the European 1 ^^
construction including fencing Comenius programme which is
named after the renowned educa-
All general building work
tionalist John Amos Comenius
Tel: Mr J.F. Keenan who wrote in 1628 that: =
(01793) 727824 'the proper education of the young
does not consist in stuffing their " iIf
heads with a mass of words, sen-
tences and ideas, but in opening Brook Field Euro project coordiantor Dale Burr with Mari Jumpponen and
up their understanding to the outer Anna-Riitta Kettunen from Finalnd, Lonno Larson and Liselotte Sollested
world.' from Denmark
The programme has given the
teaching staff an opportunity to they found the idea of Ofsted in- they work very hard."
Brilliant white fascias 6 month
compare approaches to education spections rather daunting. Mari Her colleague Anna Ritta
interest
free offer! in the three countries and for the Jumponnen from Finland said, "I Kettunen was also very impressed
Written tletails J children to work together on joint don't like the idea of Ofsted. It by the children. "They are well
on request projects covering topics such as: sounds horrific." behaved and look really smart in
me and myself, family, home and However she gave the school a their uniforms. Also the wall dis-
The very best
quality system for longer pets and Christmas in my country. great compliment when she said, plays are fantastic; it looks like an
durability fitted by the The children exchange project "I would like to work at Brook arts school."
pa rt ners for over 15 years
work in their own language along Field. The resources prepared by The school has a website at
• Locally run family business with translation sheets to assist the the teachers here are very good, www.brookfield.swindon.sch.uk
• All work guaranteed those in the partner schools to un-
• Cover or replacement d
derstand what is Boost for community spirit
school received manyreceived mn
ny fa-
vourable comments from the Dan- The development of the community centre at Peatmoor School took
ish and Finnish teachers although a major step forward at the end of October when newly appointed
community facilitator Julia Amies-Green from Shaw took up her
part-time post.
Having a community centre at- relatively new concept and
tached to a primary school is a headteacher Terri Peacock and the
Peatmoor Sparcells community
association were successful in gain-
Upper Shaw Farm Community Centre ing a National Lottery grant of
Ridge Green,West Swindon £29,000 over three years to help
Tel: 01793 877999 develop the opportunity for com-
munity involvement.
Dr D Nowotzin Julia, who has lived in West
Dr A Dwivedi Swindon for over 15 years, is look-
ing forward to her new role and
Dr RWilliams
will be consulting with local peo-
Surgery hours: Monday to Friday ple to find out what sort of activi-
ties they would like to see taking
Sam - 6.30pm
place at the centre.
New patients are welcome She can be contacted at Peat-
moor school on 887473.

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