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British CouncilConnecting Classrooms

Asian Dialogues

Helen Trilling, International Links Coordinator

Cluster partnerships

• KS3 project• Focus on

Citizenship/Enterprise/• Sport/Science/Climate

Change…..• 10 schools in each cluster• Project between 3

countries• 2 websites• Teachers• Students

• Embed in the curriculum• KS3• Citizenship• 6-8 week modules – year 7,8, or 9• My World / New Worlds• Traveller’s Toolkit• Other areas• ICT• Science• English

Global Citizenship

• Broad themes• Who am I?• Where am I?• Festivals• Food• Our future

Skype video conference

• Communicating with people on the other side of the world was exciting and interesting

• It was strange how they didn’t have seasons

• They are polite because they neither interrupt nor talk with their friends when I talk

The Dead CrowA. Samad Said

• Students exchanged poems inspired by The Dead Crow

• Environmental pollution

• Exchanged work on Macbeth

• A positive impact on pupils

• Made them more aware of other countries and cultures

• Made them reflect on their own cultures

Loy Krathong Students read posting and discussedsignificance and meaning of festival

• My name is Piangpim  Wongchai I'm a teacher in Chiang Mai.My students come back to school. My students will join website soon.

• Today I have a picture about the activity in my school to show you.

• This is my picture about Loy Krathong Festival at my school.

• My students have a lot of fun. They float krathongs in Maepuka River.

• They supposed to float their sin away.They want to be good luck too.

• Loy krathong Festival is very  popular in Thailand. It helds on November full moon night.