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STORY: GREECE / REFUGEE CHILDREN SCHOOL
TRT: 3:01
SOURCE: UNHCR
RESTRICTIONS: PLEASE CREDIT UNHCR ON SCREEN
LANGUAGE: GREEK /NATS
DATELINE: 6 – 7 DECEMBER, 2019, PYLI, KOS ISLAND, GREECE
1 Wide shot, children entering school
2. Med shot, children line up to enter school
3. Med shot, children wearing backpacks, walking down corridor towards classroom
4. Wide shot, classroom, teachers helping pupils at their desks
5. Med shot, Mae teacher helps 4 boys with work
6. Med shot, children in classroom call out, young girl in CU
7. Med shot, children at desk laugh and call out
8. Close up, child drawing cats and writing
9. Close up, child’s hands writing in workbook
10. Med shot, Teacher Dionysia Possa runs on spot in front of class
11. Med shot, children at desk laugh and call out
12. Med shot, teacher Dionysia Possa mimes in front of class
13. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Dionysia Possa, Primary school teacher:
“Our goal is to teach children to communicate, for example to be able to communicate when they go to the supermarket and ask for the prices, to be able to speak about themselves, to talk about important things which will help them also in later life.”
14. Med shot, male teacher at whiteboard
15. Wide shot, teenagers in classroom at desks
16. Wide shot, boy hops through hoops in playground
17. Med shot, classroom door with child’s picture on it. Children at computers
18. Close up, young girl plays computer game
19. Med shot, children writing in books, teacher at whiteboard
20. Med shot, girl pins picture to wall
21. Close up, child’s hands cutting out picture with scissors
22. Med shot, child’s hands cutting out drawing of tree with scissors
23. Close up, child’s hands rubbing out on paper, picks up pencil and begins to write
24. Close up, girl sticks drawing of herself on to wall, camera zooms in on picture
25. Med shot, boy pins drawing of flower to wall, camera zooms in over shoulder
26. Med shot, children holding up collage of drawings
27. Med shot, hand print picture on wall with Greek writing. Writing says “all equal all different”
28. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Xenia Hatzidavid, Coordinator of KEDU:
“Our aim is to create a safe and friendly environment for children who reside in the Reception and Identification Center on Kos, in which we offer different activities to children and experiential and cognitive games. To have a friendly environment, in which they can express themselves, something that is our priority, but to also contribute to their knowledge and provide assistance while we prepare them to attend Greek public schools.”
29. Med shot, drawings of flowers on wall
30. Close up, girls sticks flower drawing to wall
31. UPSOUND (Greek) Anna Lioliou, Art Teacher:
“How does the flower feel? Express yourself”
32. UPSOUND (Greek) students shouting altogether:
“…Sadness, love, joy, shame…”
33. Close up, young girl’s face profile
34. Close up, child’s hands cutting out flower drawing with scissors
35. Wide shot, children in circle in playground, running on spot, laughing
36. Wide shot, boys playing football
37. Med shot, group of boys and girls in playground
38. Close up, boys embrace and smile towards camera
Offering a range of subjects from mathematics to Greek, arts, science and crafts, KEDU, an informal school on Kos teaches displaced children aged between seven and 18 years old. Almost 400 youngsters, who might otherwise have no education, have passed through its doors since they opened last April, supported by the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
KEDU (Kos Education) is a non-formal school run on Kos island by UNHCR’s partner ARSIS – Association for the Social Support of Youth. Since April 2018, when it opened with funds from the European Commission, KEDU has ensured access to classes for children living at the Pyli Reception and Identification Centre (RIC).
The school, located in a reconstructed building near the Pyli RIC, provides lessons in three classrooms for dozens of children aged between seven and 18 years old – one third of them are girls. Almost 400 youngsters have passed through its gates since the facility opened. KEDU fills the important gap between children arriving on Kos island, either with their family or travelling on their own, until they are registered at a state-run school.
Almost 400 youngsters have passed through these classrooms. They have all fled conflict and crisis but are thriving through learning Dionysia Possa is a teacher at KEDU school in a refugee reception centre on Kos Island.
SOUNDBITE (Greek) Dionysia Possa, Primary school teacher:
“Our goal is to teach children to communicate, for example, to be able to communicate when they go to the supermarket and ask for the prices, to be able to speak about themselves, to talk about important things which will also help them in later life.”
Set up by UNHCR with funding from the European Union the school prepares pupils to study in Greece.
SOUNDBITE (Greek) Xenia Hatzidavid, Coordinator, Kos Education:
“Our aim is to create a safe and friendly environment for children who reside in the Reception and Identification Centre on Kos, in which we offer different activities to children and experiential and cognitive games. To have a friendly environment, in which they can express themselves, something that is our priority, but to also contribute to their knowledge and provide assistance while we prepare them to attend Greek public schools.”
UPSOUND (Greek) Anna Lioliou, Art Teacher:
“How does the flower feel? Express yourself.”
UPSOUND (Greek) students shouting altogether:
“…Sadness, love, joy, shame “
Classes give welcome respite to children, many of whom have experienced severe trauma and face difficult living conditions putting their social and emotional wellbeing first and encouraging them to dream big as they work towards a new start in Greece.
