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Intercultural Skills,Skills for life Grundtvig Learning Partnership
Parents Association of Elementary School andPublic Kindergarten of Astromeritis, Cyprus
1st MeetingIntercultural Skills, Skills for Life
Astromeritis/ Nicosia, CyprusDecember 13-17, 2010
Who We Are:
We are not professionals
We are not intellectuals
We are parents who care about ourcommunity, the environment and
conditions in which our children grow up
Structure of our Organization
Board (15 members)
Executive Board (6 members)
Yearly Elections
Number of members/families (112)
Number of children (154)
Elementary (122)
Kindergarten (32)
Our Activities
We organize a number of activities every year,trying to improve the quality of life of our childrenand improve the parents knowledge.
We do activities like: Afternoon tea gatherings with a bingo game
Organisation of plays and cinemas.
Organisation of educational lectures to improveparents knowledge of children behaviour.
Collaboration with school authorities (organisation ofevents e.g. book exhibitions, Christmas ceremoniesfinancial maters, etc.)
Project Main idea Until recently, Astromeritis has been a pretty closed
society with most of the people living there all theirlife. In a short period of time, the really small andclosed community has changed demographically in asignificant way (newcomers from Europe, the MiddleEast, Africa, China and the US.), making the locals alittle cautious.
New ideas, methods, customs, and ways of thinkingare all affecting our children and if we as parents donot know how to approach the newcomers, then ourchildren will also not know how to approach them.
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What is the need?
Need for intercultural skills to be able tobetter welcome the newcomers,incorporate them in the community,accept and include the differences theybring with them.
Pass these skills on to the children(in classrooms, during playtime, and intheir lives in general).
How: Learning Partnership
Main Aims/Objectives:
Increased awareness of the Internationaland European multicultural, social, andeconomic scene.
Better understanding of areas of commoninterest in the field of childrens emotionaldevelopment and advancement ofintercultural skills
Possible Activities Our project (Intercultural Skills, Skills for life)
could involve: Activities to encourage participation from all
families/parents in childrens academic andemotional development (e.g. children's art, craft,dance, music exhibitions)
Exchange of ideas regarding incorporation of new
cultures in small communities like Astromeritis With the help of professionals, exchange of ideas on
related issues with the incorporation of new cultures(discipline, language, cultural communication, etc.)
Establishing a guide or annual event for welcomingdifference in small communities
We are Flexible
We are open to other ideas
We are ready to discuss
We are ready to make a program that isproductive for all our partners
Contact Us
Andreas Kypridemos
E-mail: [email protected]