emersonsgreenvoice
September, 2019 — ISSUE 36
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£16k raised to help Oliver
The campaign to save Emersons Green Resource Base started with a demo. Now 5,900 people have signed a petition of support
Save our resource centre! PARENTS are calling on South Gloucestershire Council to save a school's specialist centre which enables disabled children to learn alongside mainstream pupils. The resource base at Emersons Green Primary School caters for 12 children aged from 4 to 11 with physical disabilities or visual impairment, giving them extra support and facilities while
they have lessons and play with other children. Parents were told at the end of last term that under a council review of special needs and disability provision in the area the resource base faced being "phased out", closing after its final intake of pupils had moved on to secondary school. They immediately launched
a campaign to save it, staging a demonstration outside. More than 5,900 people have signed a petition on the Change. uk website calling on South Gloucestershire Council not to close the site. A report to the council's schools forum said that, while the Emersons Green resource base Turn to Page 3
Friends, family and strangers have supported a successful £16,000 appeal to buy a walking device for three-yearold Oliver, from Lyde Green. PAGE 6
More buses for Lyde Green The 48 and 49 bus routes will be extended to Lyde Green and Bristol and Bath Science Park from this month. PAGE 2
Students mark A-level success Young people from around the area have been celebrating success in A-level exams and Btec courses. PAGES 14-19
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