Other Global LYNC schools interestd in this idea please contact Jo Tate for a Blinky Bill and passport. International postage can be refunded to your Victorian school if you send appropriate receipts and details through in a timely fashion please - marked: Attention: Jo Tate Korea Australia Foundation Grant Claim DET SWVR 109 Armstrong St Nth, Ballarat. We encourage schools in Korea to reciprocate with a toy who will holiday in Australia. Blinky Bill will be able to go home for visits with students in Korea who will hopefully capture his integration into the Korean culture. A travel diary or an online blog is a great way to share his adventures immediately. In the case of a real diary it can be sent back with Blinky Bill to Australia at the end of the year to the partner school. A blog it can be updated regularly by each country and the URL shared. Blinky Bill can STAR during the video conference where you can briefly outline his adventures. In the past this idea has worked really well with my own classrooms. Arriving by post soon! I will also include a package of tiny koalas to send over to your partner class that can be given to each child so please let me know if you are interested. Sharing traditional folk tales Where to find English versions of Korean Folk tales? Anna (Sejong Global HS Sth Korea) is a fantastic global teacher. She has shared with us this link: Figure Anna (left) Where to find English versions of Australian Folk tales? Curriculum ideas: Pick a story from your own country or try to interpret the one from the other country and turn it into a performance play for your next video conference linkup Explore a story from the other country off-line and write down the questions you have about any cultural or misunderstandings from your reading. Link up and ask the students to answer your questions about the story. Turn the story from the other country into an illustrated picture book and then post it to your partner school. Once it arrives students elect to read parts of the story to each other during a video conference Pick a story that both countries will use. Off line write a different ending to the story. Next time you link up share your endings Conduct a discussion about a few stories. What would have happened if the main character had decided to do …. Instead? Around the partnership schools…
children under six from entering primary school, even five year olds who are thought to have the ability became eligible to enter school if there is space. In addition, to expand foreign language education, English has been taught as a part of the regular curriculum starting in 1997, one hour per week for third and fourth graders, two hours per week for fifth and sixth grade students. Since 2008, the newly-established Lee administration has been emphasizing the importance of English Education. Starting in 2010, English class hours were expanded to 2 hours per week for third and fourth graders, and from 2011, 3 hours per week for fifth and sixth grade students. “ Communication issues with your partnership schools? Please let Jo Tate or Professor Ku know the details and we will try to assist you. Remember it is essential to communicate regularly and try to plan at least one class connection a month. Fun facts about Korea When you are born in South Korea, you are considered a year old. This means that you age faster by a year if you are a South Korean compared to a westerner. A strong bond among the Koreans prevails as they speak and write the same language. The Hangul language consists of 14 consonants and 10 vowels. These alphabets can be combined to form various syllables. This makes it heaps easier to learn than Chinese or Japanese. Korean language is on the recommended DET Asian language list for schools. If you are interested in offering Korean language in your school there are a number of assistance programs that you might qualify for. Contact: DET Korean Language Advisor for Victoria Read more: Fun Facts about Australia Australia has the world's largest cattle station (ranch). At 30,028 km2 it is almost the same size as Belgium. The Australian Alps, or Snowy Mountains as they are also known, receive more snow than Switzerland.