Published on:
26
March 2012
Abercromby Primary School have been chosen to receive a Community Impact Grant for £6500 from technology company IBM.
The school has had an excellent working relationship with IBM for the past two years with volunteers from the company delivering an active and exciting full day learning experience within the school called 'Build a Robot'.
Head teacher at Abercromby Primary, Fraser Forsyth, said: "The school and IBM are delighted to be strengthening this relationship.
Mr Forsyth explained: "The school will be using this money to develop science, technology and enterprise throughout the school, further enhancing the school's development of active and purposeful learning."
"IBM was very pleased to award Abercromby Primary School with a Community Impact Grant in recognition of both the great work that the school does and the volunteering efforts of our employees in preparing students with the skills for learning, life and work," said Fiona Caffyn from IBM. "We reached our 100th anniversary in 2011 and these grants were an integral part of the celebrations, marking the continued importance to IBM of making sustainable contributions in the communities where we work and live."
Mr Forsyth, added :" I am very grateful for the support offered by IBM to the school. I am particularly delighted that we can work together to develop learning across the school to deliver positive life chances for our children."
Their work in this area has been so successful that IBM were recently awarded a Provost Award for Enterprise Relationships in education.
Fiona Caffyn will present the school with a cheque for the amount of £6,500 on Thursday 29 March at 6.30p.m.
The cheque will be presented at the start of the school show, 'Hoodwinked', another excellent example of the school's enterprising attitude.