Objectives
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Form of Output
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Year Group
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Getting to know you- September
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- Present video to whole school
- Share with children the details of the project
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- Create an International links link on the school website
- Upload the video to the school website
- Embed the video on the E-Twinning page
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- Whole school- led by International links team
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Landmarks and Geography of my Country- October
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- To talk about parts of the country from a geographical point of view (important cities, lowlands, mountains, population)
- Being able to identify our own and our partners country on a map of Europe/ the World
- To check my partner’s knowledge using a test according to keywords used in the presentation
- To make an electronic poster about landmarks and geographical places in my country
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- Beginning- Thought shower- what do you know about Wales? Slovakia?
www.padlet.com
- End- test exchange (Nearpod app)
- Upload the poster on the ETwinning page
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Traditional Foods- November
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- To present typical national food/ dish
- To present a recipe in the form of an instructional video
- To offer information about the times, places, and ways in which people eat their food traditionally in Wales
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- Food diaries
- Instructional video
- Shared recipes- partner schools making traditional dishes from partner country and recording, and evaluating the products
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Family Nurture
Year 2
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Christmas celebration and music- December
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- To share our experiences and traditions surrounding Christmas
- To video our St Mikulas celebrations and share
- Traditional Welsh Christmas Carol
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- Audio recordings of 3 songs from my partner’s country (according to the language level) *Each partner country to record 3 songs and share the recordings, other partner school to learn the songs and exchange- evaluated
- St Mikulas celebration to be recorded and shared (Skype)
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Year 6
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Cities, Towns and Famous Landmarks
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- To present important cities, towns and landmarks in the country (from the geographical point of view)
- To highlight the historical moments of each country/ town/landmark
- To speak about the history, present and future of the town where I live
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- Drawing a map of the city (big poster with drawn pictures or photos, postcards- sending via post
- Tourist guide of the city in a form of a video
- Drama- my partner’s historical event
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Anthems, Games and Sports- February/ March
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- To explain the historical background of the anthem
- History of sport in Wales
- To explain the rules of a typical game from my country
- To introduce some famous sports people
- To speak about the most favourite sports activities of young people
- To invent our own celebratory dance (like the Hakka in New Zealand)
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- To play a game according to the rules explained by my partner
- To video the dance, share, for the partner school to learn- share the videos again
- Presentation- photo album with audio comments
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History and Traditions- March/ April
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- To present some of the traditions of our countries
- Video St Davids Day celebrations
- Explain historical events of our country
- To know the brief history of my partners country
- To learn about an important historical person
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- Sharing of celebration videos
- To complete a compare and contrast sheet of the different traditions
- Drama- re-enact a historical event of our country and share the video
- Written report of the history of our countries- shared and evaluated
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My Favourite Topics I would like to talk about
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- To evaluate the project from the students point of view (questionnaire, video survey, exchanging questions through email)
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- Email survey/ evaluation form
- To prepare a news report about the project (advantages/ disadvantages/ what we have learnt/ what we can do to continue our partnership)
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