Children from a Bradley Stoke primary school have taken part in a fun-filled practical session about fruit and vegetables at the Willow Brook Harvester. Staff at the restaurant teamed up with a Harvester chef to teach 30 pupils from Bowsland Green Primary School about the importance of their ‘five-a-day‘. Manager of the Harvester, Adam Giles, said: “During a VIP tour
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Bradley Stoke’s Bowsland Green Primary School has been rated “good” by Ofsted inspectors, who visited the school last month. The team of four inspectors observed a total of 15 lessons at the 239-pupil school, which is located in Ellicks Close, off Bowsland Way. The inspectors summarised their findings as follows: “This is a good school, where pupils make good progress
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Ticket sales for a big top circus performance at a Bradley Stoke school this coming weekend are said to be going well but people are being advised to book in advance to guarantee entry. The grounds of Bowsland Green Primary School in Ellicks Close will be open from 1.15pm on Saturday (9th October) with the performance starting at 2pm and
Continue readingBowsland Green Primary School will be hosting a circus on its playing field on Saturday 9th October at 2pm. Happy’s Circus travels the country and the various acts which include aerialists, illusionists, clowns, speciality acts from Britain and abroad will play to an audience of 600 in a traditional circus tent. Tickets go on sale from 24th July. Contact bowslandgreenpta@aol.com
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Bradley Stoke’s Sure Start Children’s Centre begins operations today (Tuesday 2nd) with a ‘stay and play’ session for pre-school children and their carers. The session, running from 1:15pm to 3:15pm, will be repeated twice-weekly – on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The Sure Start Centre is located within Bowsland Green Primary School, Ellicks Close (off Bowsland Way). More information: Sure Start Children’s
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Residents of Bradley Stoke are to have the chance to find out about a new Children’s Centre that will open soon in the town. The new Sure Start Children’s Centre at Bowsland Green Primary School will offer a wide range of support services to families with children under five. South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) is staging a meeting at the school
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Bowsland Green Primary School has submitted a planning application to create eleven additional parking places within the school grounds despite having to withdraw a similar plan earlier this year because planning officials considered it “contentious”. South Gloucestershire Council’s Local Plan suggests a cap of one parking space for every two members of staff, but with 15 spaces already available for
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Bradley Stoke’s new Sure Start family support centre is scheduled to open “early next year”, according to a report in the Bristol Evening Post. South Gloucestershire Council announced back in December 2008 that the centre would be set up at Bowsland Green Primary School. The new facility will be achieved through refurbishment of existing accommodation and the building of an
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A new Sure Start family support centre looks set to be established at Bradley Stoke’s Bowsland Green Primary School following a decision by South Gloucestershire Council (SGC). Sure Start centres provide a range of services such as advice and information for parents on a whole range of issues, health visitor support, training for parents on issues such as parenting, breastfeeding
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