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I PACKED THIS MYSELF is a Bridging Arts project bringing together migrant workers and local communities in Cornwall. It aims to bridge cultural, social and political divides. We are currently running workshops in schools across Cornwall.

Thursday, 24 March 2011

Camborne workshop and daffodil pickers

Jo Grace reports back on today's workshops at Camborne Community College.
"It was very interesting visiting Camborne Community College today. They had a migrant worker member of staff who very bravely stood alongside Konrad for the Q&A session, she said afterwards that she hadn't realised how stressful it would be to stand up in front of so many students, but I think it was great for the students to hear answers from someone they knew already. We even had a question in Polish. The students split into 8 groups to write their postcards/letters. It might be interesting to ask the school to forward us some examples of this work. We had some great questions and a dozen or so students hung around afterwards to chat to Konrad some more, and one helpful student then showed us the way back through school to reception. The student's knowledge of daffodil farming was the best we have encountered in any of the schools, and they recognised swiftly the new photos of the local pickers."

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