British Council Connecting Classrooms Asian Dialogues Helen Trilling

British Council Connecting Classrooms Asian Dialogues Helen Trilling, International Links Coordinator

Cluster partnerships • KS 3 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 KS 3 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 Crow A. 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 discussed significance 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.