Our trip to Parliament!
June 10th, 2009 -Anne Frank day in Scottish Parliament
A really exciting day for AF Scotland tomorrow! To mark Anne Frank Day (12th June), in this really important 80th anniversary year, MSPs will be asked to sign the Anne Frank Declaration. John Park MSP will be leading the MSPs in signing the declaration and Lucy Glennon from The Anne Frank Trust UK staff in London will be traveling up to support Anne Frank Scotland on this extremely important day.
June 4th, 2009 - Anne Frank brings youngsters together
Pupils from Turnbull High School in Bishopbriggs visited St Mary's Kenmure, a nearby residential secure unit for young people to guide them around Anne Frank; A History for Today.
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.2512235.0.memory_of_anne_frank_brings_youngsters_together.php
June 3rd, 2009 - Exhibition arrives at Portlethen Library in Aberdeenshire!
Anne Frank; A History for Today visits the Portlethen Library for the week commemorating Anne Frank's 80th birthday.
http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/news/release.asp?newsID=1191
February 25th, 2009 -Anne Frank exhibition visits St. Margaret Primary School
St. Maragret's is the first primary school in Scotland to host Anne Frank; A History for Today.
http://www.fife.gov.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.display&objectid=AD841D1E-E77D-1248-E03D3BADF87C0D80
December 5th, 2008 -‘Anne Frank: A History for Today’ in partnership with The Mitchell Library
"The Mitchell Library hosted the ‘Anne Frank: A History for Today’ exhibition from 5th December 2008 – 11th January 2009.
The issues it highlights are very relevant to our world today and the exhibition and related workshops provide an excellent vehicle to prompt discussion among young people.
This was an extremely successful partnership with demand from schools to attend, simply overwhelming."
Feedback and comments we recieved:
“ I wish to thank those responsible for this truly memorable and moving exhibition”
“Very well put together exhibition…well done! Thank you for hosting this exhibition”
“Pitched at just the right level for adults and children”
“Wonderful exhibition – thoroughly enjoyed by the children (pupils) who were moved to learn of man’s inhumanity and will be better citizens as a result”
“Superb guided tour – still touching and profoundly sad”
“A very moving exhibition, very relevant today. Pupils also found it a worthwhile experience, thank you. What a wonderful tribute to Anne Frank”
- Margaret Houston, Principal Librarian , The Mitchell Library
November 11th, 2008 -Exhibition's official launch at Renfrewshire Council's headquarters
Pupils from Paisley Grammar School guided Renfrewshire's Provost Celia Lawson through the History for Today, exhibition which covers the tragic story of Anne Frank and aspects the Second World War.
http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/ilwwcm/publishing.nsf/Content/ce-jm-press-Annefranklaunch
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