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10 The Link Magazine • January 2004
Euro connected in the West
Two West Swindon schools signed up with the Comenius Project in November. Tregoze Primary School in Grange Park hosted teachers from France
and Italy, whilst teachers from Sweden and Spain visited Peatmoor Primary. The project aims to promote European citizenship and children from the
schools e-mail each other and exchange exhibitions about school life, culture, sport and leisure. The other major feature is to raise standards of teaching
and learning within the partnership schools, through sharing good practice. learning about teaching methods, languages, school systems and resources.
The Mayor of Swindon coun Derek Benfield attended
an assembly at Tregoze School in December to meet
teachers from Ecole Jacques Prevert, near Rennes, Brit-
tany, France and Instituto Comprehensivo Orciano on
the Adriatic coast of Italy.
Thierry Desvaux said French children do not wear a
uniform and have a two hour lunch break. "We are very
impressed by the teaching at Tregoze and all the com-
puters available to the children."
Antonella Francesconi said children in Italy talk a lot
compared to Tregoze which she said was very calm.
"There are so many books and computers here, it is very
good."
She pointed out that, although teaching methods
were similar, teachers in Italian primary schools are all Tregoze children with their visitors, from left, governors Brian Ray and Mark Tielemans, Antonella
subject specialists who work in a team, compared to Francesconi, Antonietta Nasoni, Piera Tombari, the Mayor, Maryvonne Roussel, Josianne Lebret,
Britain where a teacher will cover all subjects. Thierry Desvaux, headteacher Steve Men/jam, teacher Frances Collins, governor Jean Melville

Peatmoor into Europe as well as South Africa
At the same time as collecting goods to be sent to their partner school in South Africa, children and staff at Peatmoor Primary School hosted
teachers from Kyrktsajo Primary School in Sweden and the College Francais Bilbao, Spain.
Inaki Torre from Bilbao said the the visit. "We were very well re-
visitors were warmly welcomed ceived by nice staff and polite pu-
by everybody. "We were amazed pils. We got many good impres-
by the latest technology and were sions and ideas; the computer
impressed by how artistically deco- linked white board was a new ex- ter` IL
rated, colourful, calm and com- perience; we wish we had one.
fortable the school is. Everything "Comenius creates possibilities
seems to revolve around the chil- for pupils and staff to appreciate
dren's needs." differences and similarities in edu-
Marianne Salomonsson from cation, culture, traditions, archi-
Sweden was equally pleased by tecture and ways of life."

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