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10 The Link Magazine • May 2001 www.swind
School takes on Harry Potter look

Field School was more like Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the end of the Spring term when a dragon took shape in
the school hall.
Unlike in JK Rowling's 'Harry project. "In geography we have "it was lovely seeing the dragon been found a high perch so that it
Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' been studying environmental is- grow from nothing." can swoop down to get airborne
the Shaw school did not win it in a sues and recycling is one of them. All the artwork pieces have been The school needs a copy of
card game down the pub. It was The children planned for the work- given a permanent homes in the Dragon Breeding for Pleasure and
the creation of year 3 children at an shop by collecting wood, metal, school corridors. The dragon has Profit to confirm what theirs is.
all day sculpture workshop run by card and paper and used it to make
Some of the Brook Field artists bringing the Dragon together, front from left,
Toni Robinson and Gordon the panels."
Dickinson, funded by a £1,000 Headteacher Roger Nicholas Adam Farmer, Leah Blanchard, Sean McHught. Middle, Hannah Fawcett,
grant from Swindon Council. said, "the school hall was full of Hannah Millward, Connor McKenzie, Milly Rogers, Sarah-Jane Rawain,
Toni and Gordon worked with bustle and creativity. Literacy and Megan Staples, James Dredge. Back, artists Toni Robinson and Gordon
over seventy children aged 7 and 8 numeracy have their place, but Dickinson, and art coordinator Claire Hughes
to build a wish tree, three large sometimes children need to take
collage panels and the huge ownership of something special.
dragon using recycled materials. You could feel the infectious en-
Art co-ordinator Claire Hughes ex- thusiasm of children all day."
plained the background to the Jacob Moore, 7 from Shaw said,

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"We're both practising artists in our own right, but we're pooling our
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"We'd love to hear from schools and groups where we can help."
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Lots of promises raises a pile of cash
The Friends of Brook Field School held another successful Auction of
Promises on 30 March which raised over £5,700 for the school.
More than a hundred promises donated by individuals, companies
THE CLEAR CHOICE and organisations were auctioned by celebrity auctioneer Gary Vincent
of GWR fm, including an evening on the beat for two people with local
FOR QUALITY, beat officer WPC Pat Jones.
Pat said, "we'll cover the whole of West Swindon and could take in
all sorts of incidents such as domestic disputes, road traffic collisions,
VALUE AND SECURITY burglar alarms or even a murder. We might carry out a foot patrol to
maintain a high visibility. I am pleased to help the school with its
fundraising and show the public how the police work."
• Full Range of PVC-U and Aluminium Products
Fashion show: 9 May, 7.30pm. Organised by the Friends of Brookfield
School in association with the Catwalk Company. Tickets £2.50 adults,
£1 child, from the school office, or on the door (if not sold out).
David sooths Goliath
with music
Year 2 and 3 children at Salt Way
school entertained parents and
friends with two performances of
Giant Slayer, a schools' musical
written by composer Margaret
Carpenter who lives in Shaw.
The musical version of the bibli-
cal story of David and Goliath was
produced by teachers Paul Corbyn-
Brown and Rebecca Dharmasiri.
Some of the sixty strong cast, from
left, Harry Brown, Matthew Tregelles,
Rhiannon Holbrook, Ashley Carr-
ington, Aiden Collett, James Hall