2015 IIME REPORTCountry [ New Zealand ]School[ Ashburton Borough School ] Teacher [ Lyn Galloway ] Grade ( Year 7 /8 ) Students ( 66 )School [ (JP) Ogawa Elementary School ] Teacher [ Kazuya Iwamoto ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Inquiry

What is important to us as kiwi’s

Inquiry

What would a school in Japan like to know about NZ , and how can we represent
that in the mural

Hours
40

# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

CultureMessage

Icons of NZ and Japan
A rainbow of hands connecting us# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
We learned about the lives of students in Japan, theirlikes and dislikes ( eg sport, food)A chance to communicate with students fromanother culture, to share our thoughts.

Points for further improvement
I feel happy with the programme as it is. I would
have liked to have seen a better quality photo of thecompleted mural, we received a very small photo on
the forum that was hard to see. To enlarge thephoto made it very pixilated.

# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
Itwasgreat
to reflect and share with another school
We learned about Japan from a student point of view.
in another part of the world. The idea of the rainbow
of hands to join us together provided robust
symbolism. It was both a practical exercise and asharing of ideas.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Aug
Sep

Research

Oct
Nov

Composition

Oct
Nov

Painting

Dec

Appreciation
Reflection

Dec

What you did
Skype with partner school.
Made introduction postersand shared these. We postedmessages on the forum
Researched our own andJapanese culture.
What icons we might placeon the mural. How we canconnect our two cultures.
Planned the structure of themural, groups of students
drafted each jigsaw pieceand the icon contained.
Painting the mural using thedetermined layout.
Adding the rainbow of hands
to link our two countries

Your students attitude/reflection
We enjoyed our skype session andmeeting with the students of Ogawa. We
liked seeing their introductions andlistening to them playing the recorder.
Discussedoursimilarities
anddifferences. Considered our closeness reglobalization.

Sharing the mural with theschool and through theforum

Viewed by the school community andthrough the local newspaper. Sharedpride in our work

Shared the idea with our partner.
Considered the composition of the mural,layout and how to link it with the Japan
side.
Painting techniques, blending, mixing
colours.
Appreciation of the NZ icons d theirrelevance to us personally and globally

Subject
Inquiry

Inquiry

Inquiry

Inquiry

Inquiry# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)
Expected Effect
Aim Result
How your students have reached it

Understanding our owncultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures

A

4

We recognized the features of NZ culture that were important tous and incorporated them into the mural
We gained some understanding of the similarities and differences
between our cultures. We asked some questions and received
interesting replies.

4

We used skype only once. We enjoyed the session very much but had
limited opportunity to repeat it. We communicated through the forum andsometimes by email. We enjoyed the introductions and the postcards
written by the students. We learned some greetings in Japanese

3

We changed our email system in the middle of the project andsometimes missed the notifications from JAM. We found theforum sometimes challenging and not the easiest to understandand manage.

A3

We thought we could probably do this better another time. It was our firsttime on the project and it fits in well with our philosophy of global
understanding but at the end of the year we were quite busy with various
activities and it was hard to keep the communication going. This was bothus and Ogawa.

A

4

We communicated well within our school and as well as we could
with Ogawa.

Attitude in learning

A

4

Expression ability

A

4

Appreciation ability

A

4Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills

Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

BB

We are keen to complete the project again this year. A greatopportunity.
Appreciated the opportunity to be creative and express
ourselves through this medium
Fun and confidence in their painting ability. We enjoyed using
the quality materials provided. Thankyou