Community Links
At Callowell we are very proud to have many close links with our local community...
The Door Youth Project - Looking after the wellbeing of our children and supporting secondary school transitions.
Gloucestershire Young Carers - Supporting Young Carers in our school
School Beat and Local Police - Providing support and workshops such as e-safety for our children.
Info Buzz - A service providing support for children in preparation for secondary school.
Archway School - Our closest secondary school where we attend activities and workshops as well as transition events.
Whiteshill Church - Our local church which we visit for various learning activities and services. The church also provides weekly 'Open the Book' drama assemblies at Callowell.
Tescos, Stroud - A partnership was formed during the Coronavirus. Tescos kindly provided us with supplies for key-workers and staff and Callowell provided Tescos with display work!
Sainsburys - Our children provide display work for the store in Dudbridge.
Museum in the Park - The school enjoys visits, activities, workshops and uses the artefacts loan service.
Stratford Park Leisure Centre - Swimming lessons and many festivals and activities from dance to hockey!
Randwick Football Club - Many of our children attend the girls and boys football clubs, some of which take place at the school.
Leonard Stanley Youth Football Club - girls and boys under the age of 10 use our field for training sessions and fixtures.
Wyatt House Care Home (St John's Trust - now closed) - Our Year Six pupils entertained residents with Carols and performances for many years.
Maypole Village Hall, Paganhill - Our children entertain the local community with gymnastics and drama performances.
Our local residents - we keep in touch with our local residents and hold a moving Carol Bus Service every Christmas!
The Royal National Lifeboat Institute and Cancer Research - Our school events have raised tens of thousands of pounds for these charities since the 1970s.
Musicate, Gloucestershire Music Works and Gloucester Cathedral - We have taken part in performances and have many specialist music teachers support learning in school.
Stroud Schools Partnership - For learning, training and sporting opportunities in collaboration with other schools in the district.
Atlas Sports and Youth School Games - providing our staff and children with many sporting learning and participation opportunities.
Paganhill Community Group - We send spare fruit and vegetables to the free meals service.
Reading Teachers, Reading Pupils - A local book group, which shares high quality children's literature and strategies to ignite children's love of reading.
Bikeability - The cycle training group which run our cycling programme.
Lazy Dog Box Guitars - Ian Cormack Hicks offers guitar lessons.