2012 IIME REPORTCountry [ Wales]
School [Bryn Hafren Comprehensive ] Teacher [ Gemma Price and Tracy Evans] grade ( ages 12-13 ) Student number (20)
JP School [Kyokuhoku Elementary School ] Teacher [ Aiko Kuroda]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
SubjectConception of the lesson
Japanese
Researched on the internet and produced powerpoints
Festivals
Welsh festivals Researched on the internet and created posters

Times
33

# Theme and Message of the mural
Festivals in Japan and Wales
ThemeMessage

Festivals are interesting, fun and colourful. It’s good to be different and to learn about eachother’s cultures and differences.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
They have enjoyed learning about Welsh festivals andJapanese festivals.
It has broadened theirunderstanding and helped them to enjoy celebrating
their own cultures as well as the cultures of others.

Points for further improvement# Have you made your activity open in your school or in your local area? How was their reaction or reputation?

PR you did inside/out of your school
Reaction/reputation from around
Local newspaper and school newspaper. We also had a Everyone was really impressed and enjoyed seeing thecelebration in school where the pupils’ parents were photos of the Japanese pupils with the mural.
invited up for pupils to tell them what they had learned
about the festivals and to show them the photos of themural.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SeptemberResearch

SeptembertoDecemberComposition

October

What you did
We made introduction cards
and wrote letters, We also
madeHalloweenandChristmas cards.

Your students attitude/reflection
Pupils enjoyed receiving and reading ourintroduction cards from our partner
schools.

We looked on the internet.
We sent information to eachother through the forum.

Pupils enjoyed receiving messages on theforum and finding out about our Japanesefriends.

We discussed the topic online.

Pupils liked the festival topic and enjoyedresearching.

OurJapanese

partners

Subject

completed their half of the muraland we followed their example.

Painting

January

Appreciation

March

Pupils firstly sketched themural and then painted it.
They enjoyed this.

This was the pupils favourite part of theproject

We unfortunately didn’t havetime to display in school (Iwas off school as my cousindied). However, photos wereput on school newspaper andlocal newspaper, and on
JAMS facebook group.

Pupils enjoyed seeing their hard work in thelocal newspaper and school newspaper.

# Aim of the Lessons and Result
AimRank
understanding
2
our own cultures
Understanding
the other cultures

1

communication ability
interactively / in English

IT skills

in the class / with partners

3

Collaboration

positive attitude in learning

Expression ability
in painting

Appreciation ability
reading the painting

5 ○43 2 15 ○43 2 1

5 4 ○
3 2 1

How your students have reached it
Through research and creating information for ourJapanese partner school
Through the information given to us on the forum andthrough internet research.
Good communication was made with us and our partner.
We used the forum and internet, however didn’t haveopportunity for video conference.
Introduction cards and photos.

5 4 ○
3 2 1

Through forum

45 4 3 2 1○

Pupils enjoyed learning and found the project fun.

55 4 3 2 1○
festivals through painting,in the class / with partners

Keeping motivation high

5 4 3 2 1
○

5 4 ○
3 2 1

forum / video conferenceCreating friendship

MarkPupils loved showing their own understanding of Welsh

5 4 ○
3 2 1

The pupils enjoyed seeing the final result and seeing thephotos of their mural in Japan.