New Green IT Classroom Opens Up New Horizons for Children

On the afternoon of October 17, the inauguration ceremony of Grundfos Green IT Classroom was kicked off and witnessed by more than 40 school teachers and students and more than 10 Grundfos employees. On behalf of the school, Principal Ji first delivered a welcome speech, welcoming the guests’ coming, and highlighted the new Green IT Classroom will level up the school's information education to a higher step. John Markmann, President of Grundfos China, subsequently delivered a speech, saying that the completion of the green IT classroom is a good demonstration of the company's strong commitment to corporate social responsibility, and hoped that children utilize the computers as a useful tool to turn their dreams into reality with the help of teachers. Afterwards, John and Principal Ji handed over the nameplate of the classroom, and the Grundfos volunteers who came to attend the inauguration ceremony also prepared sports equipment as gifts for the students, hoping that the children exercise their physical fitness through various sports activities in their spare time.

One of the volunteering activities is to give IT-related class to the first year of junior middle school. Engineer Luo, a volunteer from Grundfos was full of passion, from introduction of Grundfos is a company that deals with water, to share environmental knowledge about water conservation with the children. The topic of how to make a digital post by using PPT with the theme of water conservation was brought by Jessie, another enthusiastic volunteer of Grundfos, most of the students know nothing about PPT, and they were curious and eager to learn. Grundfos volunteers patiently guided the children to operate step by step, and with the help of volunteer teachers, the children finally created creative posters with their own ideas.

The environmental handicraft class was closely related to the characteristics of the autumn solar term, combining circular economy and leaf sticking artworks. The children carefully used tweezers to pick up the dried leaves and paste them into desired patterns on the white paper, and the volunteers inspired the students to fully play their imagination, and some students even skillfully used marker pens to add drawings next to the pasted leaves. Seeing the students' final imaginative and aesthetic products, the volunteers were amazed by the children's talents.

“Thanks again to Grundfos and the volunteers for their help and care towards our students. This Green IT classroom will benefit over 400 students on campus. The children cherish the opportunity provided by the volunteers for IT and handicraft classes, as they rarely touched such courses in normal times. Therefore, on behalf of the children, I would like to thank the volunteers of Grundfos for enriching children’s course experience.”

-- Ms. Lu, Teacher of Shengzhe Junior Middle School