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14 The Link Magazine • July 2003
                        New classroom at church school on its way
    Youngsters at Oliver Tomkins
    Infants School in Toothill have
    been getting behind a big cam-
   paign to raise £12,000 by buying
    'bricks' for a new classroom, toi-
   lets and cloakroom which will be
   ready in September.
     Children and their parents pur-
   chased £550 worth of bricks in the
   first part of June and the school
   governors were hoping for a big
   boost at the school fete on 21 June.
     As a voluntary aided school, the
   governors have to find ten per cent
   of the building costs over a five
   year repayment period.
     Headteacher Penny Summers
   said, "we'd like to pay off the loan
   as quickly as possible so that we
   can focus on other needs."


       From Victoriana to mobiles as head prepares for new North school
   The headteacher of Swindon's newest school is used to working in small schools in cramped conditions, with a small budget. Having come
   from the 300 hundred year old East Harptree church school in the Chew Valley, south of Bristol, with four classes, Jane Rodbourn will open
   Bridlewood School in two mobiles next to the site off Lady Lane in September until the permanent building is completed by Easter 2004.
     The school was planned for com-  work started in March.  a leap of faith for
   pletion at the beginning of the aca-  Ms Rodbourn acknowledges  many. But it's very  L'
   demic year but Swindon's School  that she has been set a challenge.  important that the
   Organisation Committee could not  "A school very quickly becomes an  children are not af-
   agree whether it should be built  important focus for a community  fected by these con-
   before other planned schools in  and my aim is to create a strong  cerns.          s                I II    {
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   the area. However, the Govern-  feeling for Bridlewood. There has  "Seeing our new
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   ment Schools' Adjudicator agreed  been a lot of uncertainty over the  school being built in
   in February that Bridlewood  last few months and I know that  front of us provides a
   should go ahead and building  sending a child to a new school is  wonderful educa-
                                                          tional opportunity,
                                                          so is the chance to be
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                                                          the decoration. Next
       SCHOOLWEAR                                         brand new school to  Jane Rodbourn at the Bridlewood site
                                                          Easter we will have a
       A'JA I I_A B L E                                   move into and the previous months  at an exciting new venture
                                                                                         MDSA vacancies
                                                          will quickly become a memory."
                                                            The permanent building will
                                                                                     needed at Bridlewood School in
                                                          eventually accommodate 210 chil-  Midday supervisory staff are
       ALL YEAR RO U PI D '                               dreninsevenclassroomsandhave  North Swindon. For details write
                                                          a hall, hard and soft outside play  to Ms Jane Rodbourn, Swindon
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                                                          and year 1 children,       or call 465153.
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