2013 IIME REPORTCountry [ Singapore ]School[ Huamin Primary School ] Teacher [ Mdm Noor Aishah ] grade (5 ) student number (30 )JP School [ Yoshino Elementary School ] Teacher [ Ms. Mie Sekido ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Research about history, culture, people and important icons of our country and ourSocial
partner’s country
Use the online forum to get to know friends from our partner school
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Fine Art

Design the mural

4Fine Art

Discussion, Appreciation and Reflection of the Project3# Theme and Message of the mural
Theme

Environment, Friendship and Culture

Message

To develop cultural awareness and to appreciate the cultural traditions of others# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
Students had a deeper understanding of the culture and No time to finish mural during art lessons. We had totraditions of their own and they are also more aware of meet after school to complete the project.
the culture of their partner from Japan.

# 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 informed the school of our exchange programme
Teachers and students were very happy to be given thethrough our Art lessons and Assembly Talk to the whole opportunity to work on this meaningful project.
school.

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

SepResearch

Oct

Composition

Painting

Appreciation

NovJanFeb

What you did

Your students attitude/reflection

Subject

Introduce the project. Explain theobjectives and showed murals
created previous years

Students were very keen to participate inthe project.

socialBy using internet, students look forimages and information at home.

Students divided the research work among

Exchange respective ideas on themural and decided the design
together in our group andcorresponded this to partners.

Students were very excited to share theirthemselves and work cooperatively

research findings with each other.

Students make sketches of theirideas which they later transferred
onto the canvas. Painting was done
after school.

It was tedious at first but after the secondsession, students enjoyed themselves
painting their ideas on the canvas.

We shared the mural with the whole
school during our Assembly Talk.

It was a proud moment when everybody wasimpressed with the work, All our hardwork
paid off!

socialITsocialIT

fine art

fine art# Aim of the Lessons and Result
Aim: Rank A to C in order you put emphasis on (A: very much/ B: much / C: not so much)
Result: Rank 5 to 1 (5: very effective / 4: effective / 3: so- so / 2: not so effective / 1: not effective at all)

Expected Effect

AimResult

Understanding our owncultures

B5

Understanding theother’s cultures

B4A4C3A4A

4

Attitude in learningB

5Expression ability

B4Appreciation ability

B

4Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaborationin the class/with partners

How your students have reached it
They learned from their teacher, parents and friends
They researched on the internet
They used English in writing
They use the forum
They built friendship with their partner school
They worked cooperatively to complete the mural
They were very interested and were excited to be part of the project
They expressed themselves well verbally and artistically
The mural was displayed during recess for all to view

Please submit to jam@artmile.jp . Thank you for your cooperation.