Intercultural
Day in Scoil Choilm
The secretary general of the Department of Education & Science was
the very special guest at the recent Intercultural Day held in Dublin
15’s Ireland’s first ever community national school, Scoil
Choilm in Blanchardstown Village.
“We organised the day to celebrate the many cultures in Scoil
Choilm and the fact that the children are also Irish boys and girls
and proud to be part of our new school,” said principal Treasa
Lowe.
As well as a concert for parents the school also staged an exhibition.
“The children engaged in arts and crafts and worked on themes
from the different continents such as prints from Africa and kites from
Asia. They also brought in photos from their home countries showing
their families and friends back home,” said Treasa. “Some
of the parents also brought in arts and crafts from their own countries
and some made posters about their previous lives there.
“It was a big learning experience for everyone and being proud
of who we are and our own cultures. However now their home is in Ireland
and they are a part of Irish society,” she said.
Parents brought in food from their own countries for the event. “We
have 27 nationalities in the school so we had food from all over the
world. It was a wonderful meal,” said Treasa.
There was a large attendance to see Bridget McManus, Secretary General
of the Department of Education officially open the school’s new
playground. This attendance included parents and extended families and
in one case two grandparents who had travelled from Latvia to be present
on the day.
Ian Murphy, chairman of the board of management spoke of the great achievement
of getting Scoil Choilm up and running in such a short space of time.
“Our new building in Porterstown will be ready in September and
already the children are well settled and parents have formed such a
strong community around the school.”
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