News and Events
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Claire Soper
Tel: 0131 469 3230
5th and 6th year students from James Gillespies and Drummond High Schools have taken time out of their holiday this week to meet with young people from Israel and Palestine currently here in Edinburgh for 2 weeks at a summer school organised by Windows for Peace. See www.windowsforpeaceuk.org for information on the project which aims to bring young people together to share their experiences and build bridges for the future. It was a wonderful opportunity for the Edinburgh students to learn about the conflict from a real and personal point of view on all sides.
Once they have returned to Tel Aviv, to Jaffa and to Bethlehem the young people will produce a newsletter to coincide with Peace Day on 21 September. The Edinburgh young people will also contribute to that newsletter and plan to stay in touch with the Windows group via e-mail.
Upcoming dates of interest:
Multicultural Calendars
Festival, holidays and celebrations are a major feature of all societies all over the world and throughout history and as such they are an important in the school curriculum.
These multicultural calendars are more than simply a list of dates and events, but give lots of stories and traditions surrounding festivals from all over the world showing how people celebrate their country's holidays and festivals.
NELLIE'S - Cultural Calendar 2008
Keystone's multicultural calendar
See also www.chlive.org/pbeck/eastlibrary/multiculturalcalendar.htm