2012 IIME REPORTCountry [ Uganda]
School [ Greenhill Academy ]Teacher [ Ssonko John Bosco ] grade ( 4/5 ) student number ( 22 )JP School [ Irifune Elementary School ] Teacher [ Kaoru Ishida]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
SocialDiscussing and knowing things and people in our environment

Times
4

Fine art

Drawing sketches on paper with pencils

2

Fine art

Painting on the canvas

3# Theme and Message of the mural
MY ENVIRONMENT
Theme
Letting our partners and whoever sees the mural about our naturally gifted environment

Message# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Students were much attached to the urban setting may To involve the participants’ parents in research making
be because most of them are born and grown in the city about the given theme
setting. Therefore, it wasn’t easy to make themunderstand that the rural setting is also existent and it
actually contributes 65% of our country’s formation# 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 aroundWe made sure everyone sees, hears and knows about It improved many students’ performance! Because
the exchange in school by: displaying our artwork and every one wanted to show a special skill such that theycards from IRIFUNE ELM. SCHOOL in a very strategic can impress to join the exchange group.
area in the school main hall

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

Sept.

ResearchOct.

Composition

Nov-Dec,Jan

PaintingFeb.

What you did
Got to know about our partners
through internet

Your students attitude/reflection
Very happy to know about the programand excited to be part

SubjectIT

Gathering
literature
likemagazines, news papers whichshow different components of ourenvironment
Forming sketches on paper to betransferred to the canvas.

Were very active and cooperative insearching for material

group
work

Enjoyed the activity

Fine art

Each child had made about threesketches so, we picked the mostfamiliar ones and picked two
Saturday where we transferred tocanvas ad painted

They all made a particular contribution
towards the painting depending on theirabilities and attitude.

Fine art

We displayed our finished mural in theThis gave students some sense of pride
and recognition and confidence to goon.

Fine artschool main hall stage for 3 days andAppreciationFeb.

then at the Uganda Museum in a joint
exhibition

withtheother 3iime

participating schools# Aim of the Lessons and Result
AimRankMark

understanding
our own cultures

35 ○43 2 1

Understanding
the other cultures45 ○43 2 155 4 3 2 1○

25 4 32 1○

35 ○43 2 135 ○43 2 145 4 3 2 1○55 4 3 2 1○35 ○4communication ability
interactively / in English

IT skills
forum / video conference

Creating friendshipin the class / with partners

Collaborationin the class / with partners

Keeping motivation highpositive attitude in learning

Expression ability
in painting

Appreciation ability
reading the painting

3 2 1

How your students have reached it
By being told and reminded with live examples
They read and relate more with seemingly better cultures
than theirs
It is a common language used at school and home
Little time during school hours to access the computer
facility
Using the physical information sent to us by partner class
Responding by writing back to the partners
Through continuous appraisals
Regular practice in painting
Being guided on how to interpret art wok