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Bridlewood Fairtrade campaign learning through

builds up for end of the year story, drama and play
Baby Story Play 6 mths - 2 yrs
Children at Bridlewood School in North Swindon were asked to design Interactive storytelling and imaginative play
posters to promote Fairtrade products for homework before Christmas. encourage you to communicate and create
The school is on a quest to achieve Fairtrade School status said head- with your little one. Be inspired by a new story
teacher Jo Garton. “Understanding of Fairtrade issues is embedded each week!
throughout the curriculum and school life. The children are enormously Early Years Drama 2 - 7 yrs
Delight in your child’s love of story as we fire
enthusiastic about Fairtrade and came up with lovely ideas on their their imagination, boost their confidence and
artwork. build their language, listening and social skills
Headteacher Jo Garton with some of the entrants and the poster design prize through dramatic play.
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School sets a stained glass
challenge to builders vouchers
NEW
Childcare
Orchid Vale Primary School in Haydon End is looking for the help of accepted
an enterprising trades-person who can help them solve the problem of
where and how to display a handmade stained glass window.
A feature of the
school is the large
coloured glass panes
installed during the
building in 2007, but a
children’s art project in
2009 to create a stained
glass window came to a
halt after it was found to
be too heavy to display.
Year 4 pupils from
Grasshopper class
pieced together the
picture of Boudicca,
the queen of the Iceni,
working with parent
volunteer and stained Pre Prep now open.
glass expert Sally Price. Welcoming boys and girls aged 3-13 years.
The one metre square
panel shows the formi- Grasshoppers helping to assemble the mosaic in 2009 Visits welcome at any time.
dable Boudicca, fl ame
haired, dressed in a blue cloak and Boudicca and came up with their OPEN DOOR DAY
holding a long spear. own designs for their glass mosaic. Pre-Prep & Prep School
The youngsters had investigated The plan was to display the window Friday 4 March 2011 - 9.30am - 3.30pm
Boudicca’s life and times which in the entrance to the school but See Prior Park Prep in action on a normal school day.
included a trip to the Corinium it’s been kept safely in headteacher
museum in Cirencester to look at Debbie Kalynka’s offi ce for well MAIN OPEN MORNING
mosaics and learn more about the over a year and she would like some Pre-Prep & Prep School
Romans in Britain. On returning to help to resolve the problem. Saturday 5 March 2011 - 9.30am - 12noon
school, the Year 4 children imagin- She said, “it’s a shame that we’ve Last tours at 11.00am. Open morning closes at 12noon.
ing themselves as the indigenous not been able to display the window,
Iceni discovered that the ‘Romans’ so anyone with a carpentry skill or a
in Year 6 had taken over their good engineering idea to overcome T: 01793 750 275
E: [email protected]
classroom to stimulate a discus- the problem of how to hang it would www.thepriorfoundation.com
sion about the Roman invasion of be very welcome.”
Britain. If you can help contact Mrs 3-13 IAPS Boarding & Day Established Co-educational Catholic Preparatory School
Later they studied drawings of Kalynka at Orchid Vale on 704003.

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