• 2 months ago
Official opening Mill Strand Integrated PS
Transcript
00:00Excellent, you've got your official pictures and then we'll, so it's a like for me to declare
00:11your new school officially open.
00:30But amazing about it here is of course as it says in the leaflet, it's not just about
00:50celebrating the differences, it's about making the differences, it's about building a community.
00:53I mean so many of you will know that I am from a background of education, my father
00:59was a primary school headmaster, my three older sisters were all teachers and of course
01:06I didn't go to an integrated school, I grew up missing work and there was nobody else
01:10to integrate with, but my father sent my sisters and me to the convent, somebody's convent
01:17in Ballymena.
01:18I think that was a bit of a torture without even realising it, he realised the importance
01:23of integration.
01:24And cut to all these years later and to be in this extraordinary place, I think that
01:32along with D&A blood of course is hugely missed, they'll be looking down and seeing a seat
01:38of extraordinary learning, a seat of hope, a seat of joy, a seat of mischief for these
01:45integrally minds, not only to build their futures but hopefully better futures for everyone
01:50and I'm delighted to be here and to be asked here, congratulations to all of you.
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