2018 IIME REPORTCountry/Region [ Switzerland ]School[ Scuola Vivante ] Teacher [ Paige Rieder ] Grade ( Primary )JP school [ Sherry English School ] Teacher [ Atsuko Shiwaku ]# Subjects, Activities and Hours of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson

Hours

EnglishCulture

10

Workshop

Painting the mural13# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeSports and local culture
Respect to other cultures connects people closer

Message
United thoughts toshare with the world

and good communication beyond differences makes people happy!

.

Scuola Vivante# Effects and Problems
Effects your students have gained
Respect and understanding of other cultures.

Points for further improvement
Effort in the small things.

Discipline of working internationally.

Creative contributions.

Openness to new and different things.

# How has your impression toward your partner’s country/region and the world changed?
Changes in the students
Changes in the teachers
They learned things about Japan that they never Same as for the students.
knew before.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthSelfintroduction

June?

What you did
Your students attitude/reflection
sent introduction cards and they are always happy to talk about
videosthemselves

SHARE

SeptOct

shared about Swiss holidays,
traditions, food, productsetc.

the kids were motivated and had many
many ideas

we were told from ourpartner school what themessage was on their hearts

the kids liked the sport aspect but wehadtroubleunderstanding
andcommunicating about the rest

painting

the students worked long and hardthrough the different steps required todesign such a muralMEET

Research on
the theme

UNITE
United message/

Dec

Mural design

CREATE
Mural painting

APPRECIATE
Reflection/
Appreciation

FebMarwe sat together andreviewed the questions
asked by the report

kids gave long thoughtful answers andrealized the enjoyment they got from thework

Subject
EnglishEnglishEnglishWorkshopEnglish# 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 effectEvaluation

Scenes / points teachers felt the effects

Understanding yourown cultures

2

Culture in Switzerland is very prominent. The kids had a lot of ideas andpoints to share that they knew already.

Understanding yourpartner's cultures

5

The kids took a lot of time to look through what our partner school sentand try to immerse themselves in the culture as well.

Information literacy(research, share)

Communication ability(interactive exchange)

Critical thinking(objective, logical views)

Active learningand action
Collaboration(in the class, with partners)

Expression ability(in words, in pictures)?
4?
5This project took a lot of activity and demanded participation. The kids
jumped in with most of their hearts to this big work.

4

We had a lot to share and received a lot of information from our partner
school.

4

It was hard to put everything they wanted into our message and thenpainting but they tried their best.

4They enjoyed the overall process and could imagine doing it again andeven want to visit Japan!

Appreciation ability(the mural, the wholecollaborative learning)

The students had many great opportunities to work on their English andwith the computer in learning in depth ways of communication,