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16 The Link Magazine • April 2004
South Africa connections spread
A project to create greater educational and cultural links between Swindon and a South African community is building in momentum and
attracting wider support following a visit by teachers from the town during February half term.
Peatmoor School headteacher Johannesburg. This time they were with Moraiting, the secondary cause not everybody speaks the
Terri Peacock and three colleagues joined by Greendown School school serving the district, same language so we used a lot of
made another visit to the Clarens teacher Cristina Bennett and Steve All the schools serve black town- colourful cloth, dance, masks and
district, about three hours from Ateyo from Wootton Bassett ship populations though Dihla- movement to show how the world
School. berg, being a church-based school was formed. At times there must
Peatmoor has devel- is breaking down race barriers and have been 200 people following us
oped close links with is educating both black and white to the different performances.
Dihlabeng School over the children. "It was fantastic to see the equip-
last two years and now The December Link front page ment we sent out in December in
Westrop School in featured children from Peatmoor use. Imagine a child roller skating
Highworth is connected with members of Swindon Family on a single skate so that more chil-
with Clarens primary Church packing items to be sent to dren could have a go. They were
school. Clarens for distribution to local whizzing about in perfect balance.
Greendown is going to families and for use at Dihlabeng "And it was lovely to show the
^iriw s ^+ develop a relationship school. A large quantity of cloth- pictures back atPeatmoorandhear
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Peatmoor, the church and tion and Skills Building Bridges
Leadenhall School, near Salisbury grant to promote global citizen-
was shipped out with the help of ship. Peatmoor is also working
the Army. with schools in Sweden and Spain
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fter School Growing up together, children at Dihlabeng School
Terri said the aim of the half through the European Union
and term trip was to see how the items Comenius Project and they might
were being used and to review the become involved with Dihlabeng.
)liday Care employment project and to take "The potential for developing
part in classroom and community our links with Clarens is huge,"
activities. This included painting a said Teri. "It is becoming an inte-
mural, top left, on the side of a gral part of being at Peatmoor. I'm
school building and to work with delighted other schools like
children on a drama project. Greendown, arebuilding relation-
"We decided to tell the creation ships. Wouldn't it be great if the
story on the streets of the town- connections spread across the
The Big Adventure Club ship. It had to be very visual be- whole of Swindon?"
Building bridges. Peatmoor children with teacher Melanie Brough, working on
the second SSlinks newsletter, which explains their project with Dihlabeng
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