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GREENDOWN

Bigger means better

By Headteacher Steve O'Sullivan
You may have noticed by vis- Borough Council will all be It will give us
its to the school or through worth it in the long run. great pleasure to
the media that there have been The facilities on offer at the show them off to
momentus changes going on school will be outstanding prospective pu-
at Greendown. pils and their par-
and will clearly enhance the
Work began on the internal teaching, learning and social ents when we
reorganisation and new build- environment for all pupils. welcome you to
our open eve-
ings costing £3 million in It is a very exciting time for
January and whilst there has the school and everyone is nings on 22 and
been disruption, the invest- looking forward to taking full 23 October.
ment in West Swindon's sec- advantage of the extra space
ondary school by Swindon
and new resources on offer.
The changes at Greendown:
• new multi-purpose hail for enable staff to work with pupils in cilities - see over;
PE, assemblies and examinations; small groups and one-to-one; • complete refurbishment of
• five additional ICT computer • new teaching areas for Eng- an existing dining area for the
rooms and a state-of-the-art com- lish, Maths, Modern Foreign Lan- exclusive use of Years 7 and 8.
puter network; guages, Business Studies and • a new science laboratory;
• a new resource centre/library Humanities; • new visitor reception area.
with 500 new books purchased • a new sprung floor dance stu- All of the changes have been
for the start of the school year; dio with floor to ceiling mirrors; designed to improve still fur- :: —
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• a new Learning Support Unit to • new catering and dining fa- ther the curriculum opportu-
nities for all the pupils that
attend the school. For instance,
the new ICT facilities will en-
able pupils to begin their ICT
ai IM^^
t. GCSE course in Year 9, whilst
the mobile units of computers
i
^ I linked to a wireless network
will allow pupils to use ICT in
almost any room whenevei GCSEs at the end of Year 10, a
needed. full year before most generally
Our aim is to provide pupil: sit the exams.
with the skills that are needed tc Our primary aim as a school is
use information technology to in to provide the very best educa-
best advantage and also give tion to young people and pre-
pupils the means of obtaining pare them for life beyond school.