Community Connections: a trip to the bank
It was a long walk but we made it to Vancity on Dunbar Street! We were greeted by Maryvonne, the bank manager and introduced to Breanne, a bank teller, who gave us a tour!
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| Meeting Breanne |
We were all impressed by the tour and got to see many things. Breanne opened the safe where all the money is kept and showed us rows and rows of coins. Neil had a customer that wanted to withdraw $200 and he showed us the machine where the money comes out. Most of the children recognised the ATM machine, but it was so interesting to see what it looks like from behind!
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| Opening the safe |
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| Neil shows us where the money comes out |
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| Behind the ATM machine |
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| Everyone got to push a button! |
The children met the different people who work at the bank and learned that their job is to help people make big purchases, such as, buying a house, or a car, or replacing the roof. I wanted to know what kind of attributes were important to work at the bank and Breanne told the children it's important to be a good listener so you can hear what the customers need, to be friendly and smile a lot, and to be patient because you have to help a lot of people! Simone said she would like to work at the bank when she grows up!
Lastly, the children all received special Vancity bags containing a juice box, raisins, a picture, a flashing light for bikes, a piggy bank and a brand new 2012 quarter! It was such a long walk we took the bus back. Thank you to Rocco's mom, Robin, for coming along and helping!
Simone's Oma worked at a bank... and she might have another opinion about working there. We'll see who wins that discussion.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny Alex! I will say that when Breanne asked the children who would like to work in a bank when they grow up Simone was the only one who spoke up. To her credit it was after Breanne let the children know that it was important for bank tellers to be good listeners, friendly and patient - Simone thought she had those attributes too!
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