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16 swindonlink.com • August 2010
Ten years of community building at Abbey Meads

Abbey Meads Community Primary School celebrated ten school years with a summer fete on 10 July followed by a street party on 16 July.
Headteacher Bob Buckland, who has just completed his first year years Bob would like to see the school go from strength to strength, and
at the school following Marilyn Brown’s retirement last summer, said following its successful Ofsted report recently he has no doubt that Abbey
“it’s a joy to come to work and I feel as though I have been here forever. Meads will be the school that all local parents want their children to attend.
“The most important thing is the tremendous sense of community • See the big balloon launch photo from 1999 at www.swindonlink.com
– everybody pulls
together, there is
a fantastic can-do
approach. It is also
wonderful to see
children, staff and
parents alike lead-
ing by example.”
For the next ten
Photo: Juliet Platt

Fair wind for Fairtrade pioneers at Bridlewood
Pupils and staff at Bridlewood Primary School in Redhouse are proud to be one of the first schools in Swindon to be working towards achiev-
ing Fairtrade status.
Fairtrade coordinator Kerrie Stone said, “we a credit to the pupils and staff who are com-
have set up a Fairtrade committee composed of mitted to making it happen and I wish them
a representative from each class and including all the best.”
our catering manager, and we have produced a Year 5 pupil and Fairtrade committee member
list of actions which is to be part of the school Aimee Davenport-Banks said, “it takes a year to
development plan.” get Fairtrade status. We’ve been learning how
The school is also making sure it sources crops are grown and how people can be paid
Fairtrade tea, coffee, cookery and sports prod- a good price for them.”
ucts and the first Fairtrade event was the cake Jordan Eagle, also Year 5, said “we all think
stall at the fete in June. we should be helping people who grow food
North Swindon MP Justin Tomlinson who at- in other countries.”
tended to sample cupcakes made from Fairtrade Needless to say the Fairtrade stall sold out
products, said, “it’s fantastic that Bridlewood of cakes very quickly.
could be the town’s first Fairtrade school. It’s Right, Justin, with Kerrie Stone and Year 5 pupils

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