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16 The Link Magazine • March 2006
Moredon looks forward to new school
SueLynn The new primary school for the Moredon area, to open in September,
Microsoft will see the merging of the infant and junior schools that have served
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really exciting development for the
whole community. The parents, Art and awards
staff and governors fought suc- PFI contractors Equion have spon-
SHAW VILLAGE DENTAL PRACTICE cessfully to have the new school sored an art project at Moredon
situated north of the current site Infant and junior Schools on the
The team at Shaw Village Dental with access from Moredon Road. theme of transitions.
Practice welcome new patients and "It brings the school closer to the Awards were
family- groups. heart of the community and makes presented to chil-
:• New Denplan for Children access easier and safer for parents dren on 24 Febru-
scheme at £,3.90 per month and pupils." ary. l ,k
•:• Free initial consultation for The school is part of the PFI Anthea Hilson, - -
project which is financing seven right, headteacher A
adult patients
new schools in North Swindon. at Moredon In-
Please contact the practice for fm-Iher
For details contact Mrs Connor fants School, who
details or call in to see what we can do
at Moredon Junior School on will be retiring at
to enhance your smile.
535792. the end of the school year when
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mary and Nursery School, contact ior school received a gift from
Ramleaze House, Shaw Village Centre
t7Tl the Swindon Council Education Equion to recognise her contribu-
Tel: 877422 Admissions Team on 465867. tion to the design of the new school.
Hi-tech boost for Bradon
Bradon Forest has improved its standing in the use of information
and communications technology (ICT) by being one of the first 100 in
the UK to receive the prestigious new ICT Mark.
The new quality mark, awarded
by Becta, the government's lead
agency for ICT in education, rec-
ognises schools which demon-
strate they use ICT to support all
learners and all school activities.
The award was made after
Bradon was one of the twenty
schools asked to pilot Becta's self-
review framework which helps "0
schools create and implement
plans to ensure they use ICT effec-
tively.
The national ICT Mark will re-
place the NAACE award (National
Association of Advisors for Corn- David Wright, Head of [CT at Bradon,
puting in Education) which Bradon left, receiving the Becta award from Neil
McLean, Executive Director for Schools,
had already gained.
Headteacher Len Spiers said he BECTA. (British Educational Commu-
was delighted that Bradon was at nications and Technology Agency) at
the educational computer exhibition in
the forefront of ICT developments. Ja`fuary
We are delighted to receive the
award. It recognises our approach to using ICT in a school. By doing
to ICT and the positive impact that this, their investment in new tech-
it is having on our school as a nologies has contributed to im-
whole." provements in learning."
Neil McLean, Executive Direc- • Bradon was the top school in the
tor Educational Practice, at Becta Swindon area when the 2005
said, "Bradon Forest School thor- GCSE results were released in
oughlydeservethisaccolade.They January. Seventy per cent of pu-
clearly demonstrate how impor- pils gained 5+ A* to C grades with
tant it is to take a holistic approach twenty-two per cent A*/A grades.