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The Link Magazine • February 2004 13
Plans for North Swindon Taw Hill parents get together
Clive Westall, head teacher of St Francis Church of England Primary
schools taking shape School at Taw Hill invites parents to a meeting on Wednesday 28
January, 8pm, in the Taw Hill Worship Centre, Queen Elizabeth Drive.
Work on the first of the two secondary schools to
serve North Swindon will start this summer. Hreod School advice out West
Parkway School headteacher Andrew Fleet, right. Education Welfare Officers Faye Butler and Barbara Langham will
describes the progress behind the scenes to create ' hold advice sessions at the West Swindon Family Project at 15
educational facilities for the future. Gainsborough Way, Freshbrook on 30 January, 9.30am to 10.30am.
Anyone with education concerns is welcome to drop in for a chat.
Hreod Parkway School is one of a number of schools in North
Swindon within a Private Finance Initiative programme supported
by central government and Swindon Borough Council. Kumon: an educa
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• A modern, light, stimulating giving future generations of chil- I R'V^/ ate e your child wants to
learning environment; dren the best opportunities avail- a solid foundation in maths and English
• flexible classrooms; able. We are looking forward to s essential. With the year-round Kumon
• accessibility to all parts of the working in close partnership with P"programmes, children develop confidence.
building for pupils and staff; the successful contractor. discipline and study skills that last them a lifetime.
• wide corridors and circulation Over the next two years the
routes; school has plans for developing Kumon West Swindon Centre
• effective social and recreation artwork to enhance the new build- Lydiard Millicent Parish Hall
areas; ing as well as applying for special- Call Richard Bell on 01285 711170
• attractive external play areas; ist school status in 'Science and Centre open 4.00pm to 6.00pm
• community facilities; Mathematics with Computing' Mondays and Thursdays
• a high-tech. building with infor- with an aim to realise this by the
mation and communication date of opening. For almost 50 years, children around the world have benefited
technology throughout. We are very fortunate in having from studying the Kumon maths and lang ^programmes.
45,000 children of all ages and abilities ar
These are just some of the things a wonderful environmental site
at study centres throughout the UK.
that the staff and pupils of Hreod provided for the new school, that
Parkway School are looking for- is easily accessed by the existing
ward to moving into the state-of- community and residents of fu-
the-art premises on one site off ture planned housing. We would
Akers Way in 2006. want to make the most of and pro-

Building will take place in a field tect this beautiful natural area and
alongside the school's existing to use it as a learning opportunity.
south site which will avoid dis- We will continue to value the work
ruption to the normal working of with our existing link primary
the 11-16 school of 1,240 pupils. schools to ensure that children
The last few months have been move smoothly between the
spent by Swindon Borough coun- phases of their education and share
cillors, officers, headteachers and in the new facilities.
governors meeting with the short- Hreod Parkway will be collabo-
listed bidding teams who are seek- rating with the new Learning Cam-
ing to win the contract for the build- pus (secondary school, primary
ings and facilities management of school and two special schools) at
the new schools to be developed Priory Vale, as well as other sec-
under the PFI scheme. ondary schools in the town, to share
It is hoped that the successful the good educational practice al-
y
contractor will be chosen b the ready established and to ensure that
end of April, so enabling thebuild- the facilities add something extra
ing of the two secondary schools to the community at large.
(Hreod and one other at the Learn- While it is not buildings that
ing Campus in Priory Vale), pri- make an effective school the staff
mary schools and special schools and pupils at Hreod Parkway have
that form a part of this exciting no doubt that the new school will
project. create pride and high aspirations
We stand to see some of the best and will enhance the continuing
equipped schools at the centre of improvement in standards seen in
our communities. It is all about recent years.