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Bridlewood children show Mark Frank and Suraya Basson their Nelson Mandela
display with headteacher Jo Garton and Tom Wilkes
Teachers Mark Frank and Suraya involved to learn a great deal about
Basson were working for a week how the school works and how
at Nova Hreod School which first lessons are taught in England and
made a link with Harold Cressy in South Africa. Assemblies have
High School in 2008 when former played a large part in explaining
deputy headteacher Tom Wilkes set to students at Nova and learners
up the staff exchange. at Harold Cressy how people live
Since then six members of staff their lives in each other’s countries.
from each school have visited each “It has been pleasing that The
other and developed projects in Link has been regularly reporting
history, science and English. on the visits over the last four years
Mark said: “I have enjoyed every and copies of the magazine have
minute of my time in the UK and I been distributed and used by learn-
have been very impressed with all ers at Harold Cressy as part of their Swindon
of the learners I have met both at education programme.” College
Nova and at Bridlewood. The exchanges have been made
“The reason we came to Bridle- possible through subsidy from the Join the success story...
wood is to help develop a link ‘Global Schools Programme’ which
between the school and Yellowoods has now been axed as part of the
Primary School in Cape Town. Coalition Government’s cutbacks.
Suraya and I will be taking a video, Schools have been forced to choose
produced by pupils at Bridlewood, between raising all the money
back with us to give to the head- needed to sustain this valuable
teacher and her staff.” international work through con-
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