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Isambard art on show Always wanted to Colleen Smith

Talented artists from Year 8 and Year 9 at Isambard Community School Family Support
displayed their skills to family and friends in October, demonstrating learn piano?
their imaginative use of paint, collage, photography and sculpture.
Passionate about Do You Need Support?
There were some 190
pieces on show, with Are You Fed Up With
several pupils showing music?  Children’s Behaviour
off their GCSE exam £16 an hour • £9 for 30 mins  Feeling Alone
work. Ben Heath, pic-  Being Stressed
tured right, from Year 11
already has a grade C for If you’re interested Colleen is here to help
Art taken in Year 9 and a in starting piano
B in Fine Art from Year For further Information:
10, and hopes to upgrade lessons, please Phone: 07859 414 376
next summer. call Kieran on: www.colleensmithfamilysupport.co.uk
Assistant headteacher 07969089485 [email protected]
Kirsty Carter said: “Art
is extremely popular
at Isambard. So many
pupils opt for it that we
are unable to take them
all on. If we had space we
could have run 11 classes
rather than 10.
“The quality and the English, Mathematics and Science
range of work is very Fully qualifi ed teachers
impressive.”
Accelerated GCSE programme
11+ training and preparation
Tregoze teachers and pupils off to Spain Free assessment and fi rst lesson
Tregoze Primary School has again been successful in its application Boost your child’s confi dence
for funding to undertake a pan-European Comenius project, involving
eight other schools, from Spain, Poland, Turkey, Germany, Romania,
Italy, Sweden and France. NEW
Project coordinator Sue Adkin two Year 6 pupils will make a trip vouchers
Childcare
said: “It’s a lot of hard work and to Madrid to meet their partners. accepted
planning to get nine schools to work Explaining the project’s theme
together, but it’s so good for the chil- Sue said: “We’re all going to be look-
dren to see how other people live ing at how food is produced, where
and work in other countries. We’re it comes from and how it gets to our
very much in the early stages of a plates. A lot of children think that Swindon
two year journey, but it’s great that food comes from the supermarket
we got nearly 100 per cent approval and that’s it. So we’ll be looking at Improve your College
for our application.” how much food costs, and whether
November when two teachers and ally rather than shipping food all English and Maths
The fi rst visit will take place in it’s better to eat locally and season-
over the world.
“Next spring at Swindon College
we’re going to start
growing and cook- Join a small, friendly, day or evening class
ing our own food,
and collecting reci- at Swindon College and you will be able to:
pes from all across • Update your skills
Europe.” • Learn how to budget
Pictured in the March
Link, planning the next • Gain qualifications (from entry level to ‘GCSE’ Level 2)
exchanges, Corinna • Gain confidence
Kuring, Sue Adkin, • Improve your spelling
Frances Collins and
project coordinator • Help your children or grandchildren, with their
Heidi Barucki homework.
Primary school open days All classes are FREE of charge and are held
If your child was born between 1 September 2008 and 31 August 2009 during the day & evenings
he/she will be eligible to start school in September 2013. The closing For more information please call 0800 731 2250
date for applications is midnight on 15 January 2013 or visit: www.swindon-college.ac.uk or email
Abbey Meads Primary School is inviting parents to visit on Wednes- [email protected]
day 7 November, 10.30am; Monday 19 November, 7pm; Thursday 29
November, 1.30pm; Tuesday 8 January 2013, 10.30am.
Call the school to book a place on 01793 723239, press 1.
Lydiard Millicent Church of England Primary School holds an open
morning on Wednesday 21 November, 9.15am to 11am.
The school also still has spaces for January 2013.
Call 01793 770571 to book a place.

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