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From Our Window Homepage

Summary

Using different media, we explore the view from the classroom window. This would a gentle and asthetically pleasing way to explore similarities and differences between schools.

Age range: 5 - 15
Language: English
Owner: Rosa Ryou

Project stage: In progress
Last update: about a month ago
Resource use: 143M

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Before the journey begins...

Please read through the project outline which can be downloaded below. Discuss with your partner on issues such as time, aim and logistics before you start to ensure a successful and sustainable relationship.

Download the project outline below!

From our window Project Outline.doc 490.5 kb

Stage One

Take a photo from your classroom window and label on some of the things you can see. You could also take a photo of the class looking out the window to introduce them to your partner school.

You don't have to use photos to show us what you see from your window. Perhaps the view will inspire your students to write a poem or short story. You could upload these with a photo of the view which inspired them. They may be inspired to draw or paint a picture which could also be uploaded. There are many different ways of expressing what you see from your window and we can't wait to see them all soon! Please make sure they are from your window though otherwise it would defeat the whole purpose of this project....

What does "From Our Window" mean?

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Example photos to show you what we want.

Another view from our window. The colourful cow keeps us smiling. Can you guess why the cow is there?

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Stage Two: Exchange and discover

Either send or upload your images taken from your window with your partner. While you wait for your partner's images, get your students to predict your partner's images. For example, the weather, buildings, clothes, environment. You can then upload your students predictions in the folder titled "While we were waiting"

While we were waiting

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Use this folder to upload any student work related to stage two.

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Stage Three: Reflection and inspiration

Once your students receive or see your partner's images, have your students check their predictions. How right or wrong were they? What do they find most surprising or least surprising? What influences made them think that way? Then using the images as a springboard, students can either paint, write, compose or anything which can be uploaded into "This is what we did" folder.

This is what we did

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use this folder to upload any document related to stage three

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Welcome to the new From Our Window Homepage!

Existing members, your work is not lost but a page has been created to store last year's work. Scroll down the page to "Individual Project Pages" and click From Our Window 2009-2010 Academic Year(Sept-June). Thank you for your continued support with this project and if you'd like to form a group, please email us by clicking here

If you would like to join this project, please contact the Connecting Classrooms team