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Friends first year fundraising feat

In its first year the small group of parents who make up the Friends
of Isambard Community School raised an impresseive £3,000 towards
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Ms Mattey, left, receiving the Friends’ cheque from Paul O’Riordan, Michele
Tyler, Diane Unsworth, Indira Walters, Suzanne Marshall
Friends’ chairman Paul O’Riordan Headteacher Rachel Mattey said, Dedicated Field Marketing services
hopes the total sets the baseline for “considering that we only had one focused on the grocery sector Innovation & Growth
future fundraising totals. “The ma- year group of 246 children in the
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fete and we organised a series of committee did brilliantly. Their
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Duke’s certificates for reaching half way mark
Pupils at Uplands Special School on the Learning Campus received
certificates for completing two of the four sections in pursuit of the
Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme.

Youth worker Carol-Anne Rapson, Further Education Centre coordinator, Lin
Mitchell, teaching assistant Jenny Lillystone, recently retired headteacher Mary
Bishop, with participants, from left, back, Todd Scanlon, Lucy Besley, Luke Paul.
Front, Jonathan Kinder, Sam Pierce
In the skills section they learnt Project organiser youth worker
about gardening and some of the Carole Anne Rapson said. “They’ve
group have set up plots of their own really worked hard in the two sec-
at home. In the physical section they tions so far and are having a lot of
tried out a variety of sports like kick fun planning the expedition.”
boxing, tennis and basketball. Former Uplands headteacher
By the end of the school year the Mary Bishop returned to school to
five pupils will have undertaken a see the young people receive their
community service project and gone certificates at a special awards as-
on a week long expedition. sembly.

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