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Centenary picnic Bidding to be top in Maths
A family event in the spirit of 1903 takes place on Sunday 18 May, Ask any group of people which school subject they disliked most and
2pm, at Coate Water to celebrate one hundred years of the Workers' the majority will say Maths. Now Greendown School in Grange Park
Educational Association. is planning to change that for the next generation by putting the
A guided walk around Coate with a park ranger will be followed by subject at the top of its curriculum.
visits to the museum/house of Swindon author Richard Jeffries with a Next March the - achievements of our
picnic at 4.30pm in the garden. school proposes to o1e ^ ,,, partner primary
Anybody who has enjoyed a WEA course or had contact with the make a bid to the Community School schools across West
organisation is welcome. Call 618238 for details. Government to be- Swindon."
come a Maths and Specialist school
Musical art Computing specialist status would provide
school. Headteacher £450,000 over five
Children at Catherine Wayte Primary School in Abbey Meads have Steve O'Sullivan, years. Greendown
turned their musical interests into art by designing their own CDs to right, said that nu- has already been cho-
decorate a new music area. meracy occurs right sen by Swindon
Groups like Atomic Kitten and Sugarbabes featured on many designs across the curriculum Council as the lead
but some children produced Christmas and Easter albums, and some and specialising in 'touchstone' school in
older pupils invented their own fantasy bands and created ideas for the two subjects would provide an Excellence Cluster, where five
their first release. essential skills and disciplines for secondary schools across the town
Holding children when they enter work. will share good practice in the drive
their CD "Maths and computing offers for higher standards.
ideas, back J massive scope for development The specialist school bid will be
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