2011 IIME REPORTCountry:England
School [Sidney Stringer Academy]
Teacher [ Sarah Lines] (grade: /students number: ) year 8 10 students aged 12/13years oldJP School [ Yawata Junior High] Teacher [Atsuko Takeuchi ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Fine art
Planning, painting, drafting out ideas for the mural
ITTimes
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Using the computers to research ideas and the culture of Japan

4History/geography Studying both the history of art and culture in Japan, looking at symbolic images ofboth England and Japan.
Field Trip
Visiting Coventry Cathedral to take photographs and to research our culture

4ThemeMessage

2Peace and Harmony
That throughout the world we can instill in our future generations this theme.
To help promote peace and calm in a world of different religions, countries etc
To develop communications through visual art# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
The students really enjoyed the project. They It was easier to communicate with our partner throughexperienced working on a large scale, collaborating with direct e-mail rather than the forum. It was difficult toanother country and learning about art and life in access things on the forum.
another country. They also understood more about thetheme of the project and appreciated their own citymore.
# 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
The mural was displayed inside our school for 2 weeks Teachers, students and other member of the school wereand got many brilliant comments. It was in our school very impressed not only by the painting itself but also
newsletter, shown on our school website and mentioned that we were working with a school in Japan, something
in a small article in our local newspaper.
that has never been done before.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SeptResearch

OctComposition

Nov

What you did

Your students attitude/reflection

We wrote individual Introductory

Extremely positive. The students really enjoyedsheets, made a video we put on

making the video and showing a snapshot of their life

You Tubehere and loved watching the video from our partner’s

We researched on the internet,

Timetabling went very well, plenty of time to plan,looked in books.

research and produce work.

We swapped ideas with ourThe students thought about ideas for the content ofpartner and made suggestions

the mural. They were very excited about the Japanese

about what we both wanted andhalf of the picture. Together we thought of ideas andexpected from each other.

looked more closely at the theme of Peace andSubject
Art,
English,media
ITdiscussion
Art, teamwork

Harmony.

PaintingFeb/March

When we received the mural theAll of the student were involved with painting andchildren and staff were very

worked together well to produce the work. They all

impressed and couldn’t wait toimproved their mark making skills and learnt how to

get started on our half. We spent

blend paint.

Art anddesign

an hour a week working on it.

Appreciation

March/April

We displayed the mural in a

It was fantastic for others to see all the hard work that

central area in the school. Many

had gone into it and appreciate what we had done.

people gave very appreciative
comments full of praise.

# Aim of the Lessons and ResultAimRank
2

understanding othercultures1

interactively, in English

IT skills
online forum and VC

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

How your students have reached it
We looked at Coventry’s past and also English history. We also

understanding our own
culturescommunication ability

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spoke about the student’s own culture as most come fromeastern Europe and Africa

54 3 2 1○We felt it was important to research Japanese Culture and art.
We looked at Japanese printing, and looked at maps etc
The students discussed their ideas, we produced a word

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bank/dictionary about the mural project. We encouraged them toshare stories and thoughts.
The video conference was very good and is was brilliant to see

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our partnership school and students, however, the forum wasdifficult to access and share with the students.
Our students worked as a team, helping each other. Some of the45 4 3 2 1○

more able ones helped the less able and the atmosphere wascreative and happy.

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As there were only 10 in the group we all worked together. Allstudents suggested ideas and all were encouraged to work hard.
Our students were very enthusiastic and keen to start work on

3 2 1the painting. We couldn’t wait for the mural to arrive so we could
express our thoughts and feelings.

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All students were helped to develop their paintings and looked at954 3 2 1○

The mural was displayed in a central place in the school and wasselection of colour, blending and mixing paintappreciated by many people.