Hull school helps Romanian children connect with roots
"We are now at the second generation of migrant children," she said. "I think it's important to teach them to understand what Romania is because, for them, it is something totally foreign."According to the 2021 Census, Hull's Romanian population was 3,602. Ms Salvage, who moved to the UK from Romania in 2007, said she thinks the number has increased significantly since then. She said each school session focussed on a topic such as Romanian history or national holidays."We try to do themes for each week," she said."For example, last week we had an election. We had an election here in the UK, and we had an election for the Romanian presidential election."If it's something that we celebrate at home, we'll try to give that as a main activity, as the main theme. If not, we look at geography, history, language, tradition and so on."
Nine-year-old Angelina is among the children who attend the sessions. "We do some fun activities and we do learn some new stuff in Romanian," she said. "Me and my mum play this game where she has to say in English and I have to say in Romanian."
Mirela Popesceo moved to the UK in 2018 and takes her two children to the school including four-year-old Emma-Maria."She barely speaks Romanian to be honest," she said. "We are trying to speak with her at home, but she has been at nursery since she was one, so her language is more English than our native language."We would like her to learn Romanian because, when we are going on holiday to see the relatives and the grandparents, it would be nice for her to understand a little bit."
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