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The Link Magazine • May 2003 7
Digital images of the West set to create study archive A free lunch on offer
Two West Swindon primary schools are planning to capture the life and times of the area. The Freshbrook Food and Friends
lunch club desperately needs a
Toothill Primary School in con- for geography, history and infor- on CD to other West Swindon volunteer to drive a mini-bus around
junction with Oliver Tomkins Jun- mation technology work. "With schools. We hope to make a start West Swindon to pick up members.
for School have been awarded a our school celebrating its twenty- after Easter when our year 6 chil- The person should be between
£5,000 BT education grant to pur- fifth year in September I wanted dren have completed their SATs." 25 and 70 years, have a clean
chase digital cameras, computers, the grant to support something Richard added that other schools driving licence and be available on
scanners and software to record which has a long term use. The in West Swindon will be able to
Monday from 1 Oam to 2pm.
what goes on in West Swindon to visual database will show all as- use the cameras to carry out
Lunch is offered in return. For
be viewed on the internet and used pects of life in the area: the shops projects in their neighbourhoods details, call Lorraine at Freshbrook
by pupils in the future. and businesses, the houses, the so that the image base continually Community Centre on 871017
Toothill School headteacher Ri- environment, traffic, people in the grows.
chard Jackson, who coordinated streets or at home, and children In due course he intends to ap- (mornings).
thegrantapplication,said children working in schools proach local history societies for Thursday afternoon tea dance
study their local area for the na- "It will take about a year to build any images of the past and asked if Social sequence and some ball-
tional curriculum and the aim of up the image database on a web The Link archives of the last twenty room. Haydon Centre, 2pm to 4pm.
the project is to create a resource site. They will also be distributed years could also be used.
All invited to take part.
Making a digital start. Richard Jackson poses with pupils and the BT cheque

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