In what has become a local tradition (long before video calls became all the rage), Santa Zoomed in to 16 primary schools this week across the North West, thanks to Oldham IT support company, Fingertip Solutions.
The annual conference calls have the children enthralled as Santa (aka Fingertip’s managing director, Austin Pass) dials into classrooms to deliver some Christmas excitement.
Pre-briefed by the schools, Austin is able to ask questions of particular children as well as send messages of goodwill on the interactive call.
The team at Fingertip Solutions, which has been making the calls for six years, is particularly looking forward to this year’s calls, having missed last year’s due to Covid and children not being in their classrooms.
Commenting on the annual round of calls, Austin said, “It’s always great fun to do the calls. This year we will be dedicating two days to the calls and will be visiting, virtually, a total of 16 schools.
“It’s going to be an interesting one as the children are now so familiar with video calls. We are hoping that they will find the experience as exciting as they did pre-pandemic.”
Gillian Kay, Executive Headteacher of The Ivory Federation in Oldham, which has participated in the visits from Fingertip Solutions for six years said, “Santa’s annual visit is a highlight of the run up to Christmas at The Ivory Federation’s member schools.
“We are grateful to Austin and his team for taking the time out from their busy schedule to make these calls which are a real bonus. To be honest, I think the teaching staff enjoy the calls as much as the children – I know I do! Who doesn’t like a visit from Santa?”
