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Governors focus on new school The Guitar
A committee to oversee the development of the new Church of England aided primary school at Taw Hill
at the proposed village centre held its first formal meeting on 8 January. School
Formed mainly by local volun- form the admissions policy and ap-
teers who expressed interest in point the head teacher before open- Est 1996
serving after an information dis- ing day in September 2004. OPEN NOW AT
play in the Taw Hill Worship Cen- North Swindon Anglican vicar
tre in April last year, the gover- Ruth Cram said everybody in- 91 VICTORIA
nors will establish the underlying volved with the school was ex- ROAD
values and vision for the new cited that the opening of the school
school and liaise with the archi- was within sight. She added that OLD TOWN
tects Horsely Huber and Associ- the governing body had a good
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perience of designing schools inte- cluding, teaching, personnel, IT The illustation for Tati' Hill primary Book your course now on
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Cram, Caro Barker-Bennett, diocese of Bristol Director of Education. Stand- April 2002
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Santa finds time for gardening
Children at Oliver Tomkins Infants School returned on 6 January to KINGFISHER ':$
discover that Father Christmas had delivered them a gift during the
holiday - a quiet area for reading and class storytime. WINDOWS' DOORS • CONSERVATORIES
The small grove of trees was turned into a sitting area by Playline
Design Ltd from Devon who were happy to turn out after Christmas to
do the work. THE CLEAR CHOICE
Headteacher Penny Summers said the Storytime Area was a lovely
addition to the school grounds and thanked the Friends of Oliver
Tomkins School (FOOTS) for raising £2,000 to pay for the work. FOR QUALITY,
Caroline Belson, grounds development coordinator, said the next
outdoor project was to get an organic recycling scheme going and also VALUE AND SECURITY
a sensory garden for the nursery. A butterfly garden was opened last
July and everybody is looking forward to seeing it come into bloom.
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