Franklin Town Primary in KINGSTON, JAMAICA skypes Canadian School.....The live stream is facilitate through the work of Franklin Town Alumni now Canada resident Dr Nadine Wong

Sunday, June 01, 2014 Jamaica Obse    

Students at Franklin Town Primary School practised their ambassadorial skills in a Skype conference with their peers from Eastview Public School in Canada last Thursday.

Franklin Town Primary skypes Canadian school

As one would expect, the excited grade five and six youngsters discussed everything from the weather to Bob Marley and Usain Bolt. There were also cultural items presented by both schools.

The live stream is facilitate through the work of Franklin Town Alumni now Canada resident Dr Nadine Wong, advised Principal Leroy Smith.

"This is our second such engagement this year, and the teachers here at Franklin Town are excited and on board to prepare our students for even more such exchanges," he added.

Many of the students at Eastview are native Indians, but Principal Lewis explained that "it was interesting that in the introductions we found that a few of them also had Jamaican heritage".

"This is the interaction we are glad to have; our students can speak with and others from a country many of them may never get an opportunity to travel to."

The education connection was hosted in the school's Digicel Enrichment Room, also utilising equipment the school has acquired through fund-raising and gifts from the Chinese Embassy in Jamaica.