2014 Videoconferencing Outlines Tacking Point Public School in NSW, Australia, and Hakha Elementary School in Daejeon city, South Korea

1. School websites

• Tacking Point Public School, NSW: http://www.iimage.com.au/tackingpt-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

• Daejeon Hakha Primary School, Daejeon city: http://www.hakha.es.kr/icons/app/cms/front.php

2. Teachers • Karen Jones: KAREN.LOUISE.JONES@det.nsw.edu.au M: 0413-765-080 • Ji-Hye Ahn: anjelabc@gmail.com M: 82-10-8209-5081

3. Students

• Tacking Point: Y4, 25 students • Hakha: Y3-6, 15 students

4. Special events

• Great Barrier Reef excursion: 22 May (Thur), NSW 11.30am = KOR 10.30am

Tacking Point VMR#: 600461717@153.107.119.149

• Sydney Olympic Park Environmental Education excursion: 16 Oct (Thur), NSW 11.50am – 12.30pm = KOR 9.50 – 10.30am

5. E-pals and Exchange of Cultural artefacts

• E-pals: Karen sends her students’ names, emails, and gender to Ji-Hye, who matches students with AUS students and send it to Karen. Students are introduced to their e-pals in their VC #1.

• Exchange of cultural artefacts: On 8 Oct (Wed), students write cards to their e-pals

outside their VC session. On 22 Oct (Wed), students bring small gifts of cultural artefacts, and send them in a box by postal mail. It takes 4 weeks from one point to the other. Please do not open the box until the Christmas Party in the last VC session.

6. NSW DEC VMR# for Videoconferencing Calls

• Tacking Point VMR#: 600461717@153.107.119.149

7. Class day/time and Class format: Fortnightly

 

 

• AUS: Wednesdays: T1/T4: AUS 11 – 11.40am. T2/T3: AUS 10 – 10.40am • KOR: Wednesdays: KOR 9 – 9.40am. Always the same.

• In each session, both schools present, each for 20mins:

AUS – 20mins KOR – 20mins

8. Class dates/times • VC #1: 19 March (Wed): Casual introduction of individual students

• VC #2: 2 April (Wed): AUS/KOR: Introduction to country/city/school.

• VC #3: 30 April (Wed): AUS/KOR: Food

• VC #4: 7 April (Wed): AUS/KOR: Animals

• VC #5: 22 May (Wed): NSW 1 – 2pm = KOR 12 – 1pm:

AUS/KOR: Great Barrier Reef excursion.

• VC #6: 18 June (Wed): AUS/KOR: Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime stories; Korean folktale.

• VC #7: 16 July (Wed): AUS/KOR: Sing and Dance.

• VC #8: 3 Sep (Wed): AUS/KOR: Festivals and Celebrations. KOR: Korean Thanksgiving Day: Korean costumes, Korean traditional food.

• VC #9: 17 Sep (Wed): AUS/KOR: Sports

• VC #10: 8 Oct (Wed): AUS/KOR: Landmarks E-pals: Students write cards to their e-pals outside the VC session.

• VC #11: 14 Oct (Tues), NSW 11.50am – 12.30pm = KOR 9.50 – 10.30am Sydney Olympic Park Environmental excursion.

• VC #12: 22 Oct (Wed): AUS/KOR: School life. Exchange of cultural artefacts: Teachers send a box of cultural artefacts to their partner school.

• VC #13: 5 Nov (Wed): AUS/KOR: Language: Australian colloquials; Korean survival language

• VC #14: 19 Nov (Wed): AUS/KOR: Children’s outdoor games KOR: Yut-no-ri. Show and Teach the games, and play it together.

• VC #15: 3 Dec (Wed): Christmas Party! Open the box! Take photos!

Send the photos to Myung.

 

 

Tacking Point Public School, NSW: http://www.iimage.com.au/tackingpt-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/

Daejeon Hakha Primary School: http://www.hakha.es.kr/icons/app/cms/front.php