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Uplands take up Duke’s challenge
A group of seven young people at Uplands Special School in North Swindon have enrolled on a Duke of
Edinburgh award course run by the school and Swindon Council’s youth service.
Youth worker Carole Anne They will be learning about
Rapson, said there is very little gardening over the coming months,
for people with learning dif- making use of the school’s vegetable
ficulties to do after school and plot with its own greenhouse and
staff had been very enthusiastic shed. A variety of seeds have been
and supportive of the scheme. sown and there should be a harvest
The award is a personal chal- of salad, vegetables, leaves and
lenge and each participant’s herbs before the end of the school
programme is tailor-made to year. The young people have cho-
reflect their individual starting sen kick boxing as their physical
point, abilities and interests. activity.
“It’s really exciting and Later in the year they will plan an
the young people are lovely,” expedition and community service
said Carole Anne. “I feel pas- projects.
sionate about working with
Uplands and making sure that the required to have evidence covering
young people have this type of four areas of achievement. They
opportunity.” have started work on two sections:
To receive their award, the teen- learning a new skill and taking part
agers, aged between 16 and 19, are in physical recreation.

Science fireworks
at Bradon
There was exciting stimulation for Year 7
pupils in the last week of the Spring term at
Bradon Forest School when science teachers
and technicians turned the school’s theatre
into a performing science space to put on a
series of large scale and spectacular experi-
ments which were followed by a how and
why session.
Conjuring with flames. Teacher Catherine Chappell
demonstrates her flame sparkling skill

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