KEY STAGE FOUR: PROJECT PLAN

MAPPING OUR ETWINNING JOURNEY

What we will learn and experience:

• English: Pupils will read and appreciate the depth and power of English literacy heritage.  Pupils will write accurately, fluently and at length, adapting their writing for purpose and audience.

• Citizenship: Pupils will understand parliamentary democracy and different electoral systems used beyond the United Kingdom.  Pupils will understand governance across the united kingdom, they will understand the diverse national, regional, religions and ethnic identities. 

• Geography: Pupils will build on their knowledge of globes, maps and atlases and apply and develop this knowledge routinely in the classroom and in the field.  Pupils will use fieldwork in contrasting locations to collect, analyse and draw conclusions from geographical data, using multiple sources of increasingly complex information.

• Modern foreign languages: Pupils will develop their ability to communicate confidently and coherently with native speakers in speech and writing, conveying what they want to say with increasing accuracy. Pupils will develop awareness and understanding of the culture and identity of the countries and communities where the language is spoken.

HOW WE WILL ACHIEVE THIS

 

Setting the scene:

1. Each school will use the eTwinning Journey’s resource to identify where the partner schools are.  Pupils will use atlases to help them to identify where each county is and pinpoint them on the map.
2. Pupils will develop questions to ask their project partners in order to complete a report in the target language or target geographical enquiry.
3. Passport: Each school will complete the passport for their own school ready to post.  This will be completed by each pupil.
4. Passports will then be posted to partner schools. 
5. Pupils will also complete a digital copy of information about their school.  Pupils will complete it in both English and the language of their partner school.
6. Schools will embed a map of Europe on thinglink https://www.thinglink.com (see instructions for how to make the thing link for your project) to pinpoint their own school and provide some information.

Getting to know each other:

1. Pupils will answer the questions in the google form that has been embedded in the twinspace (see instructions in materials section). 
2. Once all schools have completed the above, the results can be used to produce written work based on the findings.
3. Homework Challenge:  Share with pupils the homework challenges. 
4. Create a display showing the completed work. 
5. Photograph and share in the twinspace.  If any work has been created digitally share this in the correct section in the twinspace.
6. Pupils will be given the homework tasks and be asked to complete them over half a term.  The completed tasks will be shared on the page for that task.  Ensure that pupils extend and develop the tasks.  Make sure pupils are developing their modern foreign language skills.  Ensure that the homework tasks are completed in the modern foreign language the pupils are learning.

Evaluation

1. Pupils will complete a project evaluation form to self assess what they have learnt.  This evaluation could be completed using a google form or using padlet. (see padlet instructions for more information)
2. Teachers will assess pupils academic progress against the targets set.  Progress trackers are in the resources section for pupils to complete if needed.