2014 IIME REPORTCountry [ Zimbabwe]
School[ Helena Infant School ] Teacher [ Chipo Marunda ] grade ( 2/3 )JP School [ Hikawa Elementary School ] Teacher [ Kumiko Ozaki ]# Subjects, Activities and Times of the lessons
Subject
Conception of the lesson
Social Studies
PhysicalEducation
Art

student number (2 1)Times

We learnt about food, fashion games from Japan.

12Games children play in Zimbabwe and Japan

10Developing drawing and painting skills

7# Theme and Message of the mural
ThemeFun games we play and our tradition
W researched on Zimbabwean traditional games and share them with our partner. We
compared these with Japanese games. We play the same games and different games too
but we all like to play.

# Effects and the Problems
Effects your students have gained
Points for further improvement
The children know a lot about Japan they can talk Making more use of IT so that the children canabout the differences and the similarity in life.
exchange more often
The children were always happy and asking if they
could paint or send a message to their partner# How has your impression toward your partner country and/or the world changed?
Change in student’s impression
Change in teacher’s impression
The children now know that there are other I enjoyed the project I continue to learn about Japancountries beyond Zimbabwe and they all want to visit and would like this project to spread to other schools
Japan some time.
in my country. It is an worthwhile experience I learnt
so much for the children and the partner school.
There is so much to share about Zimbabwe andJapan

# Flow of the Activity
ContentMonthIntroduction

ResearchComposition

Painting

Appreciation
Reflection

Sep

0ct-J
anJanFeb

What you did
I told the class about theexchange and we make namecharts we took pictures ofourselves around the school
The children make a list ofdifferent Traditional games
we play and listed theinstructions. W also played
the Japanese games wewere taught by our visitors
fromtheJapanese
embassy.We also had an
asian food day we ate
noodles and sweet and sour
pork with chopsticks

Your students attitude/reflection
They didn’t understand what the photos
were for but when they saw them on theforum they were happy

After playing the games anddeveloping new ones thechildren wrote instructions
on the different games andplayed the game theirpartners sent them.
They children draw picturesof the games they like toplay.
Insummer
theJacaranda tree is in bloom
the whole street will bepurple. Like the cherry
blossom we learnt aboutfrom the embassy. The classincluded that and climbing
trees as their favorite thing
to do. They love climbing
trees playing soccer anddrew themselves playing
This was done by the whole
school. The painting wasplaced in the foyer parents,
visitors and the otherchildren had a chance to see
the mural. When the parcel
arrived the participatingclass explained to theschool what they had beenworking on.

The children loved playing the games
from Japan they were surprised thatthey both play musical chairs and othergames but they have different names.

The children loved the food day the mostthey found it hard to use chopsticks but
it was so much fun and the food wasdelicious. They also loved playing thedifferent games and learning new games
from each other.

The children enjoyed painting so much.
The would finish their work early so thatthey can get more time to paint as anincentive this was good in teaching. Thechildren would promise to do well andask to paint if they behave or finish theirwork on time.

The children said they had fun and learnt
a lot. They said they wished the mural did
not have to go. One child said we must
not worry because when we grow up wecan go to Japan

Subject
SocialStudies

Physical
EducationSocialStudies
Shona

Physical
educatioinArt# 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

B

4

How your students have reached it
The children research on the Zimbabwean culture by asking
elders in the community.

Understanding theother’s cultures

A

5

We had an Asian food day and played Japanese games given to
us by the Japanese Embassy In Zimbabwe.

Communication ability
in the class/with partners

IT skills
Creating friendshipin the class/with partners

Collaboration

C3C3A

5A

5Attitude in learningA

5Expression abilityA

5in the class/with partners

Appreciation abilityA

5The limited internet access prevented the children frominteracting often. However in class or at play the children would
ask me to take pictures so they can share with their JapaneseFriends
We only had one device to use as a class this slowed
communication down
Through playing games the children came together learnt to taketurns to share and have fun
They always wanted time to paint so in other lessons they would
help one another and work well to have time for the project at
the end of the day. We also took turns to share ideas we wantedin the mural
Using visual aids, videos about Japan and having visitors fromthe embassy the children had direct contact with JapanesecultureEach member had to share ideas on how to make the mural
better before we started working on it.
The children worked on a list of things that would make theirwork better and at the end they checked if they managed to dothat. The learnt to use feeling world to say how the mural madethem feel.