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Moredon pupils sign and sing for Guinness Record

Four hundred and fifty pupils at Moredon Primary and Nursery School took part in a world record break-
ing for the most people signing and singing a song simultaneously.
Sign2sing organised by SignHealth aimed to have over 150,000
The Blackthorn School school children at 900 schools across the country involved, smash-
of Photography ing the SignHealth Guinness world record set in 2011 of 94,489
participants.
Digital image-making Helen Wollington, class teacher at Moredon Primary and
and black and white printing Nursery School, said: “The day on 8 February raised awareness of
based at our specialist sign language and the deaf com-
teaching centre near Cricklade munity as well as raising money
Evening, day and weekend for the SignHealth charity.
courses for beginners and “Sign2sing was a super ex-
advanced photographers perience for all the 450 children
www.photography-courses.com that took part. They thoroughly
Tel: 01454 416937 enjoyed learning the song and all
or 07920 116492 the signs and were very excited
about being in the world record
book.”
www.signhealth.org.uk

Flexible learning can open up new opportunities

New College is offering 20 per administration, because I had no to do so.
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until 31 May at its Nova Hreod “At New College I studied of this without the help and sup-
School learning centre. Intermediate ECDL (basic level port of the committed staff at the
Victoria Souter from West Swin- of computer use, and modules in Open Learning Centre, each and
don has recently been successful Microsoft Office Word, Access, every one of them went above and
in obtaining computing qualifica- Excel and PowerPoint.) Courses beyond for me.”
tions through flexible learning at were flexible, so I was able to study Last year Victoria returned to col-
the college which has led to a new at home and in the Open Learning lege to study and pass Computer-
receptionist/administrative assis- Centre; it took me two months. ised Accounts using SAGE Level 1.
tant position. She said: “I became “I then went on to study iTQ Level • See the advert on the left for de-
unemployed in March 2009 and 3 and passed all modules by June tails about signing up for a flexible
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