As part of an official visit to London Mrs Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism,
Sport, Media and Youth visited Bowes Greek School and Youth Club on Saturday 8th October 2011.
Mrs Vassiliou was welcomed by the School committee, parents, teachers and students. The head teacher, Maria Charalambous, in her speech stated that Greek schools in the UK provide a valuable link with Greece and Cyprus and help second and third generation Greek children to learn the Greek language and maintain their national and cultural identities.
Mrs Vassiliou thanked everyone for the warm welcome and hospitality and mentioned the importance of multilingualism and learning languages at an early age, especially as Greek is one of the 23 official languages of the EU.
Mr Savvas Pavlides, the head of the Educational Mission of Cyprus also gave a short address as did the deputy chairman of OESEKA Mr Andreas Kalisperas and the General Secretary of AKEL UK Mr Chrystodoulos Stylianou.
Students of the school presented a short programme of traditional Greek dancing and songs.
Mrs Vassilliou then had the opportunity to speak to the School Committee and parents and discuss with them issues relating to the way greek community schools operate and other related issues.
Below are photographs of Mrs Vassiliou’s visit to Bowes Greek School, Bowes Rd N11 that operates every Saturday morning 9.30 am to 1.30pm .and the Youth evening Tuesday evening 6pm until 8pm
For Further information Tel: Chair of the School committee Doulla Michael on 07960 585 155.
