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14 swindonlink.com • July 2008
Mobile classrooms to go
September 2009 is a target month for schools in West Swindon with new buildings for Shaw Ridge in Shaw and Millbrook Primary, Fresh-
brook - and at Westlea pupils will, at last, be able to come in from the cold when seven mobile classrooms are replaced by a permanent
extension to the school.
Some of the temporary accom- Governors have been discussing physiotherapy room for
modation has been on site for get- permanent new buildings with pupils with disability.
ting on to 20 years. Two classes are Swindon educa tion for a couple Stuart said, "I'm
permanently housed in the mobiles; of years and plans were shown to thrilled that we have
others are used as a staff room, parents in late May. reached this stage after
physiotherapy room and part-time Four classrooms are to be built as two years of negotia-
classrooms. well as a special needs base, dis- tion.
Chair of governors, Stuart Hog- abled toilets and a staff room. They " We wouldn't be
ton, said that conditions had be- will be built around a courtyard where we are now with- New
built
come unacceptable. One mobile, which can be used as an outdoor out the full support
used as a storeroom, had to be classroom. of council officers and
removed from site because its roof Aclassroom in the existing build- ward councillor Steve
was in such a bad state. ing will be converted to become a Wakefield.
"The work will mean
that we have no satellite
Construction
buildings around the access
school; everything will Q^
be contained within one
permanent and modern site." ers who will use a dedicated, fenced
During construction one of the access road to the site.
^, two school entrances on Langstone The new facilities should be ready
Way will be taken over by the build- by September 2009.

Taste of India spices up the curriculum
Uplands Special School on the Learning Campus was filled with the
sights, sounds and smells of India for a foreign languages day in late
May.
FORAGES 6 -17 ors "Being a special school we focus
SCHOOLS IN BATH, es`' much more on the culture than the
MELKSHAM AND SWINDON ^^•°^o^`°^^`' language," said Phil Joiner, foreign
languages co-ordinator. "We try to
s`° make it as visual and as stimulating
as possible and we're concentrating
on the senses." r*^"
The smell of Indian food filled the ,,
SWINDON ACADEMY O air, as a buffet provided by Planet
Bollywood was set out. Restaurant
owner Matthew Singh also donated
colourful saris which the young-
sters tried on.
Throughout the day there were
drama workshops exploring tradi-
BALLET - TAP - MODERN - JAll tional Indian stories. A Bollywood
film was playing throughout the
MUSICAL THEATRE
day in one of the sensory rooms
& RAD MAJORS and pupils put together their own Lieu Fos slioncmg off a sari
moves in dance sessions in the
STREET, HXP HOP & ADULT TAP hall with dance teacher Dorothy During breaks the youngsters
Clarke. played cricket and at the end of the
Classes from two and half years upwards
Small groups of youngsters day the whole school came together
Lessons held at Haydonleigh School, worked on a rangoli art project to to celebrate their work and to see
Abbey Meads Community School, I3lunsdon Village produce intricate designs using a dance display by a pupil from
coloured seeds. Isambard School.
and also Stratton Community Centre
Tryin
g raayoli art zuitli Smigita Kapidia, from left Adam Culley, Tim Phillips, Lorna
Official Dance Centre Breslin, Paid Handy
of the ISTD '
offering FDI & CDE Units ®'
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