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This is Greendown • 3

What's new at Greendown? Building the
As we welcome another full year group of 11 year olds, we continue to improve the facilities Greendown Gallery
available for our students.
In addition to a thorough and Greendown is 15 years old and 10 years
extensive redecoration of much of have passed since the first students left the
the school, we have completely school. We're always keen to know how our
redesigned the entrance foyer. Now graduates have fared in the wide world.
complete with open reception desk, We're collecting photos and biographies of
quiet seating and a meeting room, former students for display in our newly
the area provides visitors and par- refurbished foyer so that present and future
ents seeking information, with a generations of students can be inspired by the
warm welcome to the school. acheivements of their forebears.
The days of carrying heavy bags
Let us know whatyou're doing now by calling
between lessons are a thing of the
Assistant Headteacher Mr Noble on 874224;
past at Greendown. In response to [email protected]
student and parent requests over
many years, over 800 lockers have
been provided. Painted in the school New York film accolade
maroon, they line the atria and
provide safe and secure storage for No more backpacking around Greendown, Luke Robinson, forGulit
all school books and equipment. Beckah Snook and Scarlett Patteson find the new lockers Guljit Rana from Peatmoor attended
New furnishings in the dining are a useful addition to Greendown
areas and a change in timetabling Greendown between 1988 and 1993, before
attending Swindon College and then taking an
mean breaks and lunchtimes are
HND in Film and Television Studies at Stoke-
now less congested and students
on-Trent College. He went on to take a degree
can enjoy the range of excellent
in Administrative Management at Hull Univer-
meals and snacks in comfort. sity.
Year 11 students have also been
provided with their own common
room in the Len Hobbs Community
Suite where they can go for lunch.
Our independent catering con- 's.
tractors regularly meet with stu-
dent committees to ensure the serv-
ice they provide is to everybody's F x ,^^
liking. Year 10 student Jade Gordon
said, "there's now a great variety of
interesting meals and snack foods. Some of the back room staff at the front line in the new
The caterers are keen to provide foyer, from left, Mandy Youngman, Norlene Eagle, Linda
what we want." Richards, Carol Nethercott, Avis Veal

Chamber Choir in Demand
Greendown's Chamber Choir — formed in the Spring term by music teacher Ms Louise
Willmott is already finding itself in demand. Guljit spent three months in the USA this sum-
They have taken part in a record-breaking attempt with S Club 7 to record a single in aid mer attending a ten week course at the ac-
of the BBC `Children in Need' appeal and will, alongside many other schools in the country,
claimed New York Film Academy, working
be featured on the new S Club 7 single to be released on 17th November. instensively with sixteen other students from all
In October the choir takes part in the second of Swindon's Senior Music Festivals. They will over the world on all aspects of film making.
be preparing with a workshop run by renowned choral conductor Mike Brewer, before taking
His talent was recognised at the showing of
part in a concert at the Oasis Leisure Centre on 24th October.
student's final work when the organiser of the
"They are a talented group of students," said a proud Ms Willmott. "We hope for many more
New York short comedy film festival invited
opportunities to widen their musical experience."
him to present his work in November, one of
Mrs Willmott with only two student works to be shown.
her songsters, from Guljit acknowledges that his time at the school
left, Jade Balmer, has had a formative effect on his career. "My
Zoe Hughes, Zoe days at Greendown were interesting, lively
Mead (front), and memorable. Without doubt the ethos of the
Elleisha Gilliver, school and the rapport with the teachers gave
Natalie Hughes, me a solid foundation for coping with the real
Laura Garrett, world. I owe Greendown a lot."
Catherine Fidler,
Guljit is now taking a Masters degree in
Kinisha Shand,
Sociology at Bristol University to broaden his
Kirsty Taylor, perspectives on human life for future film
Amber Graham
projects.