2012 IIME REPORTCountry [Australia]]
School [ Trawalla Primary School ] Teacher [Peta Ikeda ] grade ( Prep-6
JP School [ Hara Primary School] Teacher [Yuko Okizuka ]) student number (24 )# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Japanese
Students were able to use Japanese to communicate with native Japanese speakers
Language
SOSE
Students were able to learn about Japanese culture and compare and contrast with
their experiences in Australia
Technology
Students used the internet to plan and create a draft of their mural. They also
used Microsoft PowerPoint to create a self-introduction card.

Times5+10+5+# Theme and Message of the mural‘Our Country’
Theme
Engaging with other cultures and developing our understanding of others.

Message# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Through authentic activities, students have gained a real
insight into another culture.
Through thisunderstanding they have also developed an acceptanceand respect of people from other cultures.

Points for further improvement
Perhaps schools could be given some ideas for VC,
activities such as quizzes, cultural boxes etc. Ifschools knew the types of activities they could try on
the VC they would VC more often.

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

Regular inserts in our local paper. Peta Ikeda
presented about the mural project to teachers
throughout Victoria at the Perfecting the Blend
conference last year.

Interest from all involved.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonth

What you did
SeveralIntroduction

July/AugustVC

meetings.

Introduced ourselves.

Createdself-introduction cards.

Sent

cultural box to Japan. OpenedYour students attitude/reflection
Students were very excited to learn
about Japan and use their Japanese
languageskillstointroduce
themselves.

SubjectJapaneseSOSE

Students enjoyed using the internet
toresearch
Japan/Australia.
Students were very excited to sharethe contents of our Australiancultural box and learn about thecontents of the Japanese box.

TechnologyStudents engaged.

ArtArtthis over VC.

Researched Japan on theInternet.
contents

Research

August/September

Discussedof culturalbox.

Investigated Australia on theInternetandeachchildcreated their own plan for themural.

Composition

October

As a whole group webegan deciding on thecomposition of the mural.

PaintingNovember

We began painting!

Students engaged.

We displayed the mural at ourStudents were proud to share theirwork and understanding of Japan
with the wider community including
their families.

Christmas Concert.

Appreciation

Peta

Ikeda presented the mural atDecember

the Perfecting the Blend
Conferencewith

otherteachers throughout Victoria.

# Aim of the Lessons and Result
AimRankMarkunderstanding
our own cultures

25 4 3 2 1○

Understanding
the other cultures

15 4 3 2 1○

communication ability
interactively / in English

5IT skills

5 4 3 2 1○forum / video conference

Creating friendshipin the class / with partners

4Collaboration

positive attitude in learning

Expression ability
in painting

Appreciation ability
reading the painting

5 4 3 2 1○

Students know understand that not everyone speaks
English and it is important to speak slowly and carefully
when conversing with people from other cultures.
Students could confidently use the internet to research
about Japan and Australia
Students were excited to VC with Japanese students.
Students would like to continue to collaborate with their

5 4 3 2 1○
Japanese school.

in the class / with partners

Keeping motivation high5 4 3 2 1○

How your students have reached it
Students know have a greater understanding of Japan.
They are able to discuss aspects of Japanese culture
which they did not know before.

35 4 3 2 1○

Students engaged.

5 4 3 2 1○

Great.
Students were excited to share the mural with the wider community

5 4 3 2 1○
and could explain the Japanese aspects of the mural.