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Clan raise money for Mission nutrition
Touched by this year’s Blue Peter appeal, a group of friends from Brook Field Primary School decided to
help get meals to hungry children in the UK and overseas.
Eleven year old Charlotte Butler garage and attracted good support a stall after school. This brought
is a regular viewer of the programme from friends and neighbours de- their total to £162.35.
and asked her friends Loren James, spite a heavy layer of snow on the “We saw the stories on Blue
Alexandra Tong and Natasha Roy ground. The girls sold handicrafts, Peter and it was really sad and we
to help with a bring and buy sale in bric-a-brac, cakes and hot drinks wanted to do something to help,”
March. The girls realised that their to raise £100 on the day. As some said Charlotte. “It was really fun
names spell CLAN which became of their friends were unable to get and we all did it together and had
their team name. there, they asked their headteacher, a good time.”
They set up a stall in Charlotte’s Melanie Sancto, if they could set up “They learned an awful lot from
organising everything themselves,”
The CLAN crew who organised for the Blue Peter appeal
said Charlotte’s mum, Amanda.
“They worked well as a team and
I’m very proud of all of them for
thinking of others.”

NEW TO THE AREA!
Phone Chrissie on
01793 725259
Baby massage followed by healthy lunch www.musicalminis.co.uk
A new baby massage class in the newly refurbished hayloft at Lower
Shaw Farm starts on Wednesday 29 April, 10.30am. The six week course
costs £30 and afterwards mums can go to the farm cafe for lunch with
other parents and babes.
Teacher Gayle Fletcher also runs YogaBug classes for ages 2½ to 5 year
olds and is planning a group for ages 6 to 12 years.
Full details can be found at www.innersmilemassage.co.uk

Making music in Middleleaze
Pre-schoolers and parents
enjoy a weekly Sounds Fun Headstarts Day Nursery
session at Salt Way Chil-
dren’s Centre, thanks to a Established 1990
grant from national charity Delta Business Park, Westlea
Youth Music. West Swindon. Tel: 877779
Bill Roberts from Play-it,
pictured, teaches new songs &
and rhymes and involves The Children’s Centre at Robert le Kyng
parents and children in en- Westcott Street, Swindon. Tel: 484934
ergetic participation. Parents Headstarts is a friendly, ‘family’ nursery
are able to take home free
music packs and CDs so offering a warm, happy and relaxed environment
that they keep music going where every child benefits from individual attention.
at home. ❑ Monday – Friday 8am till 6pm all year
For details of Sounds Fun
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