jueves, 7 de mayo de 2009

The bilingual project within Colegio Bilingüe Espíritu Santo

Vice- Principal, bilingual project
G'day as you are aware I'm David Heley the vice-principal of the bilingual project, Im going to tell you a bit about myself and about the bilingual project within Colegio Bilingüe Espíritu Santo.
Well I'm from Sydney, Australia I was born in 1975 and I have been here in Colombia since December 2005. I really enjoy working for you and find Villavicencio a warm and friendly place to live. I consider every one of the students and their families' part of my own.

Some facts about Sydney, is renowned as a dynamic and cosmopolitan city, combining excellent business and education facilities with great leisure. Its famous for its World Heritage-listed Sydney Opera House, Sydney is one of the world's favourite cities, and has been voted "world's best city" by readers of US travel magazines Travel & Leisure and Conde Nast Traveler. Sydney is also ranked first in the Asia Pacific for quality of life by the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2007.

The city has a sunny, moderate climate which contributes to Sydneysiders' relaxed lifestyle and love of the great outdoors. There are five major national parks around Sydney with 8,000 square kilometres of open space.

SYDNEY IS A GLOBAL CITY FOR THE WORLD OF BUSINESS
Sydney is the gateway to Australia, one of the world's most economically resilient, politically stable and globally competitive business locations.
Sydney has a population of 4.3 million, an innovative culture and a workforce that is well educated, productive and multilingual.
A financial hub for Australia and the Asia Pacific, Sydney has a financial services workforce half the size of London's and approaching half New York's.
Sydney is home to cutting edge manufacturers of advanced products from medical devices to defence and aerospace.
As host of the 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney showcased to the world its logistics, infrastructure and construction capabilities. Sydney firms are now deploying this expertise around the world.
Sydney is a centre for highly-skilled film, digital animation, television and other creative industries.
The city offers a more cost competitive office location than other major business centres and an open and efficient regulatory environment.
Sydney is the capital of Australia's leading business State, New South Wales, whose economy is larger than that of Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia or Singapore and accounts for more than one third of Australia's GDP.
New South Wales is a significant producer of low cost mineral resources and a major world supplier of coal.

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