REPORT Artmile International Collaborative Learning 2020
Country/Region [ France ]School [ Ecole Élémentaire Balzac de Nanterre ] Teacher [ Fujiko Martin ] Grade ( 5th ) Member ( 21pupils )JP School [ Ogawa Elementary School ]Teacher [ Ogawa Kouhei ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Arts
Japaneselanguage

Hours

Every 2days
Introducing Japanese Katakana and Hiragana to learn about own’s name in24
Japanese and fish names
hours
Learning geometry with origami# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeFighting against the coronavirus

MessageLet’s overcome the virus and take care of ourselves

United thoughts toshare with the world# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained- French pupils got highly interested inJapanese culture and language- French pupils discovered Japanese origami- French pupils realized that Japanese arecommitted to the SDG as themselves-Points for further improvement
I should try some IT interaction withJapanese school.
The Japanese culture , as well as theJapanese language, should be more taught
to the French pupils on a more daily basis.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers- Pupils made their first contact with Japan- I understood that I should answer more
and Japanese culture, they are going toquickly in the communication with thestudy it further more.
Japanese partner, still we were very
disturbed by the pandemics..

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthMEET
Selfintroduction

SHARE
Research on
the theme

UNITE
Message of91011

What you did
We went late to answer totheJapanesepupils.
September is the beginningof the year, and it is quitedifficult to focuse on theJAM as good as we should..
I discussed with theJapanese teacher, and I
realized that I should trust
him. I thank him.
We followed the Japanese
school, and we thank them.

united thoughts

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/Appreciation

0102

With the advice of theSummer camp leader, we
decided to let the children
draw and paint!
We met our Unesco
coordinator for France,
Sofiane MEDDOUR, he
proposed to take it in the
UNESCO Palace, in Paris,nextyear
whenthepandemic stops.

Your students’ attitude/reflection
Very nice

SubjectEnglish

Very nice
CIVICS

Very nice
We received the parcel from Japan, andall the children were very happy with it.
Very niceEnglishCIVICSART

Very niceI really like the “gambaru message”., itallows the French pupils to understandJapanese
commitment
totheircommunities.

CIVICS# Effect and evaluation gained through the collaborative learning
Evaluation: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected effectCross-cultural
understanding
Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Evaluation

55

Active learningand action5Collaborating withdifferent people

5Expressing in words,
in shape

5Scenes and reasons that teachers felt the effects
French pupils were very happy for receiving news, letters from their
Japanese friends. Sarah, one girl, decide to give some gifts and she
wrote by herself a Japanese letter by her own means.
Next time, we would go quicker for an active collaboration; still we do
not have technological means for that. We hope that the mayor would
provide us with interactive whiteboard as soon as possible.
Pupils were delighted to do something for other pupils of the same age.
The mural is very appreciated by the families too.
They learnt about Japan, and as their parent are coming from oversea
countries the mural helped them to have another cultural interest. Itis JapanThe mural is now creating an important enthusiasm among otherprojects, we are now creating 2 more murals for a contest made by theAquarium de Paris:
https://www.aquarium-tropical.fr/ressources/pedagogie/participezau-congres-des-petits-hippocampes-2021
Pupils understood the necessity to speak in English. They wereinterested in the Japanese letters and messages.