2016 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ France ]School[ Honore de Balzac ] Teacher [ Fujiko Martin ] Grade ( 6)
JP school [ Sherry English School ] Teacher [ Atsuko Shiwaku ]Member ( 23 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
EnglishArt

Geography

Conception of cards in English with grammatical structures ( My name is…)
-Conception of small cards ( calligraphy, sketches….)
MuralsIntroduction of Japan archipelago
Introduction of the partner city, Ako City
Introduction of Himeji Castle

Hours862# Theme and Message of the muralThemeMessage

Cultural and Local Heritage
The Unesco heritage in our cities

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Thanks to the IIIME project, the students understood IIME should propose it to several classes of a samethe idea of a world heritage for an united mankind. grade in a school, as all the children of a same grade
Usually used to be out of the idea of “heritage”, the feel very envious towards my students
work made this year about the IIME project they built
interest for entire world.
# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
The children ask a lot about Japan and are eager to A lot of teachers were happy to speak about thelearn Japanese words and song.
Japanese mural; the 1st grade studied the Japanesesong “Sakura”, the 5th grade and the 6th grade
started to do origami.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SEPT

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
Pupils wrote a card about Pupils were very delighted to presentthemselvesthemselves by drawing and writing

OCTPupils read about French
CultureDECPuoils
welcomed
Shiwaku in Eglish

SHARE
Research onthe theme

UNITE
United message/

Mrs

Pupils decided to be more aware about
World Heritage un Parisian museums andin other countries
Pupils were able to introduce themselves
in English by speaking English

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

JAN

FEB

Pupilsdecidedwhatelements
shouldberepresentedinthemural .They improve theirskills in art
We hung the murals in theschoolyardandwepresented it to the pupils

Pupils trained in drawing sketches:
Parisian coat of arms, some famous
masterpieces
They all painted a flag and themselves on
the central part of the mural
Pupils explained the mural to theirfriends from other grades.
They improve their self-confidence

Subject
EnglishgrammarHistorygeograp
hyEnglishfluency

History

Attitudeinlearning# 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

ResultUnderstanding our owncultures

A5

Understanding theother’s cultures

A5A4A

2A5A

5A5A

5A

5

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

Attitude in learning
Expression ability
in words, in pictures

Appreciation ability
Appreciate the mural and thewhole collaborative learning

How your students have reached it
The students did their research on internet and on book.s. Theycollected their knowledge about French culture, and Unesco
heritage thanks to maps and internet researches.
The students did their research on internet and on books.
We were not able to make video conference, and this is to be puton the French side.
The student did their research on internet.
They started to feel a sense of friendship with their Japanese
partner.
They really started a sense of friendships with their Japanese
friends and they started to be cooperative for the painting of themural
They understood the necessity to learn English language
Their did their best in drawing and writing
They were very happy to draw the mural and were proud topresent it to their friends