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14 swindonlink.com • August 2012
India trip broadens experience for Bradon Forest pupils
Colleen Smith
Family Support Bradon Forest School teacher Debs Shelley reports on an historic experience in April for and her colleague
Kerry Beet and pupils Chanaley Alleyne, Maegan Bryon, Emily Bullock, James Green, Ryan Higgs, Tanisha
Kalra, Charlotte Markham, Tayten Nyahwa, Emily Tidball, Jack Tyler and Oliver Webb.
Do You Need Support? This was our second visit to In- ated by the Indian President Ranjiv games, and took part in a cultural
Are You Fed Up With dia in three years, part of a British Gandhi, to find and foster talented evening where we watched perfor-
Children’s Behaviour Council Connecting Classrooms children from rural parts of India. mances of traditional Indian music
Feeling Alone project with Jawahar Navodaya The schools are residential and and dancing. Bradon Forest pupils
Being Stressed Vidylaya, known as JNV schools, enable children from poorer back- performed songs, one in Hindi
and St Laurence, Bradford on Avon. grounds from across the country which our hosts loved. Our pupils
Bradon Forest pupils were en- to have an excellent education, boarded at the schools, giving them
Colleen is here to help couraged to fundraise for the trip, regardless of their social situation. the opportunity to really interact
For further Information: developing the skills of team work,
Phone: 07859 414 376 self motivation and determination,
www.colleensmithfamilysupport.co.uk and to see the visit as a journey, not
[email protected] a holiday.
Our link schools in India form
part of a network of schools initi-
English, Mathematics and Science
Fully qualified teachers
Accelerated GCSE programme
11+ training and preparation
Free assessment and first lesson
Boost your child’s confidence The Bradon Forest group in red shirts welcomed at JNV Taran Taran school
JNV pupils have the cost of their with their Indian peers. Our girls
education met in order to provide were lucky enough to have mehndi
NEW
excellence, equality and social tattoos, giving another opportunity
Childcare
justice. The JNV school motto is for them to engage with the JNV
vouchers
accepted
‘Come to Learn, Go to Serve.’ Their girls.
pupils aspire to be future leaders in We also spent three days in
technology, medicine, engineering, Dharamshala and McLeod Ganj the
teaching and politics, in order to spiritual home of the exiled Dalai
serve their country as adults. Lama where we learnt about Tibet-
The Bradon Forest group flew an history, culture, and Tibetan Bud-
from London into the city of Amrit- dhism. We were fortunate enough to
sar in the Punjab where they visited visit the Tibetan Children’s village,
the wonderful Golden Temple, a a school for Tibetan refugees, and
sacred Gurdwara for millions of are hoping to develop further links
Sikhs worldwide. with them through our Key Stage
We visited two schools: JNV 3 India link.
Taran Taran and JNV Bilaspur. Both The British Council Connect-
welcomed us as honoured guests; ing Classrooms project with St
indeed, the welcome at Taran Taran Laurence has now come to an end.
Why everybody (yes, you too) was spectacular, everyone received However Bradon Forest is already
garlands of flowers, pupils per- planning a trip for April 2014 to
needs to consider a Will. formed traditional dancing, flags continue our excellent relationship
flying, we were overwhelmed. with JNV schools.
• If you don't have a Will, a total stranger will decide what During our stay we spent time in • Read the full report with more
should be done with your estate and possibly your children. the classrooms, observing teaching photographs at http://bfindiatrip
• If you are married and you do not have a Will the amount and learning, and
your spouse can inherit is limited. interacting with
the pupils.
• If you are co-habiting your partner will have no automatic In the evenings
right to any of your assets, including the home you share. we played vol-
Worse still they can even be evicted leyball and bas-
ketball, unfortu-
• If you have children under 18 they can be taken into State nately losing both
Care. Godparents have no legal standing.
India experience for
• Your family home can be forcibly sold to pay for your Long Chanaley Alleyne,
Term Care fees if necessary.
Maegan Bryon, Em-
A professionally written Will can avoid all this, as well as ily Bullock, James
providing peace of mind that your affairs are in order. Green, Ryan Higgs,
Tanisha Kalra, Char-
lotte Markham, Tay-
32 – 33 Commercial Road, Swindon, SN1 5NS.
Tel: 01793 433705 / www.foresightwills.com ten Nyahwa, Emily
Tidball, Jack Tyler
Foresight Wills are proud members of the New Leaf Will Writers Federation. and Oliver Webb
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