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Programme for Dr Thein Lwin and Chris Robinson at Forthview Primary School:
22-26 October 2007


Monday 22 October 07

12.30pm Chris Robinson arrives at Forthview
1.30pm Introduction to Forthview staff – teachers, Learning Assistants and Nursery Nurses: "Teaching and Learning for Critical Thinking" – an overview
7-9.00pm Open Meeting with Amnesty/BEST: Teviot Row House Mezzanine,
13 Bristo Square, Edinburgh University

Tuesday 23 October 07

8am Forthview Primary School, tour and meeting children and classes
12.30 Lunch at school
2-3pm Lord Provost George Grubb meets Dr Thein Lwin, Sheila Laing,
Murray Forgie and 4 Forthview pupils with CEC External Relations Officer, Elaine Ballantyne

Wednesday 24 October 07

8am Forthview Primary School Breakfast Club: with Murray Forgie, CEC International Education Officer
9.45am Trip to City of Edinburgh Council HQ with P6/7 and Mrs
Jenkinson and Mrs Fraser and Ms Laing to see David Mach's collage portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi to set up exhibition – and PowerPoint.
10.30 – 11pm Meet Gillian Tee, Director of Children & Family Dept with P6/7
11am Visit tree planted for Aung San Suu Kyi in Princes St Gardens in two groups of 12 with the remaining group selling ribbons and swapping at Waverley Court
4-5.30pm Edinburgh University –Rowena Arshad, academic colleagues and students at Patersons Land
6pm Open Meeting of International Development Group at Scottish Parliament: Presentation and Discussion by Dr Thein Lwin on Education and Democracy – Contributions from Aung Moe Zaw: Democratic Party for a New Society (DPNS) and National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB) Aung Naing Oo, the former foreign secretary of All Burma Students Democratic Front (ABSDF)
7.30pm Dinner at Scottish Parliament with GSP party, Sarah Boyack and Malcolm Chisholm, NCGUB and BEST hosted by Unison, Amnesty and EIS

Thursday 25 October 07

8.15am Photo-call with CEC Councillors, Lothian MSPs, Forthview pupils and staff, Gillespie’s pupils and staff, Amnesty, BEST Trustees and Student, NCUB at CEC City Chambers
8.45am James Gillespie’s High School Assembly with Discussion with Suu Kyi Community pupils or whole school with Dr Thein Lwin, Nan Lung and NCGUB guests (tbc) accompanied by Murray Forgie, CEC International Education Officer
10.00am CEC City Chambers: Morning Reflections on Burma at Full Council Meeting – debate on Motion: Burma and Edinburgh – Building Sustainable Links
11.00am Photocall at Scottish Parliament with NCGUB, Thein Lwin, BEST and Amnesty – tour of Parliament
12.00pm First Ministers Question Time
12.30pm Meeting with First Minister
1.15pm Packed lunch at school
1.30pm School Assembly – theme is our link with Hle Bee School and Burmese Peoples and Our Lives exhibition
4-5.00pm Scottish Pen Event at Scottish Story Telling Centre with Lewis Murray, Sophie Doig and Jamie Leigh Brunton
5.30-7.30pm International Family Evening at Forthview for the school community and for Edinburgh’s Burmese community: ‘Sharing Our Lives’

Friday 26 October 07

8am Forthview Primary School, discussions and teaching in classes
Meeting with Mark Lazarowicz, Westminster for Forthview
11am Elaine Morris, Councillor to City of Edinburgh for Forthview
1pm Discussion with Forthview staff on the way ahead for our school partnership/other school partnerships
2.30pm Meet with Patricia Herbert (Prospect Burma)

Saturday 27 October 07

12-2.30pm Fundraising Bring-a-picnic Lunchtime Concert:
Short illustrated Presentations by BEST; Forthview Teachers and Pupils; Dr Thein Lwin; BEST Students and Former Political Prisoners; and Auction at Newbattle Abbey College
6.30pm Soroptomist International: Reception for BEST and Barnado’s
7-9pm Amici String Quartet: Concert for BEST and Barnados,
Mayfield Salisbury Church, 18 West Mayfield, Edinburgh
Tickets £10 at door – Children free

Monday 30th October 07

10.30-12.30pm Presentation to joint Education Faculties of Strathclyde and Glasgow Universities on Education for Democracy and Critical Thinking in Burma
12.30pm Lunch in the Anne McAllister Room, Main School Building, Jordanhill
2.30pm BBC Media spot at Pacific Quay with Philip Dundas