St Kenneth's go Multi-cultural
hen a call came th
rough earlier in
the youn
g people as the f
uture, and it is
vital that we
W
year from St K
enneth's Primar
y School, do a
ll we can to he
lp encourage them an
d
Greenock, aski
ng for help, the s
ite was sha
pe them as the
y grow up.
quick to oblige
.
David Arribas D
e Arroyo (Spani
sh), Ivana
The school we
re organising a
multi-cultural
Mangione (Ital
ian), Geoffory G
avarin (French),
project, with Pr
imary 1 throug
h to Primary 7
and Silke Bernhar
t (German) - al
l of IMBPD -
participating, a
nd vari ous act
ivities were being
went along du
ring May to talk to
the children,
planned (includ
ing trips to Edinbur
gh to meet
answering thei
r questions an
d telling them a
bout
consulates, vis
its to country spec
ific restaurants
their native co
untry, using pic
tures to illustra
te.
etc). Head Tea
cher, Isobel De
lussey, called the
site to ask if it wo
uld be possible
to have a
A number of the ol
der children ar
e looking
couple of our non U
K national emp
loyees go
forward to visiting
IMBPD Centre
in the future.
along to the scho
ol to speak to the
children in
their language an
d highlight the d
ifferent culture.
Isobel Delusse
y said "Having
the IBM
people
representatives v
isit the school g
ave the children
IBM Greenock
has a number
of initiatives wit
h a much r
icher experience
. They had rea
d and
local schools a
ll of which are v
ery important t
o heard a
bout the differen
t cultures, but ha
ving
us. These include
'Work Experience
', Language
people from those co
untries with them he
lped
& IT programm
es, Bring your Child
to Work Day
them to have a much c
learer vision an
d
and Science &
Technology ev
ents. IBM
understanding o
f the different cu
ltures.
employees are w
orking with pup
ils from local
schools in thei
r school environmen
t or on site at "We hope to repeat the exercise next year
IBM for educat
ional and thou
ght provoking and very much hope that IBM can join
activities and e
vents to inspire them when us again!"
considering the
ir career options
. IBM views thes
e
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