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Regional Identity - Me and My Family

BACKGROUND
Students of Trinity College Junior School, Kandy, Sri Lanka and Old Earth Primary School, Elland, West Yorkshire exchanged booklets about themselves, their School life and their families. The Projects were displayed in the respective Partner schools.

OBJECTIVES
The main objective of this project was to have a developing and understanding different cultures and the life styles of the students in partner schools and also to accept and Respect the two cultures in the two countries.

ACTIVITIES
The students wrote about themselves, their family, hobbies, sports and pets. Photographs and drawings were included in their booklets. The booklets were exchanged within the Partner Schools and the students enjoyed reading and compared the life styles of them to their partner country.

SUBJECT AREAS

English
Environmental Studies
Citizenship
Art
ICT

RELATED GLOBAL DIMENTION CONCEPTS

Global Citizenship
Diversity
Critical Thinking

OUTCOME

The completed work were compared and contrasted by the students in each school
Students learnt about the two different lifestyles in the two countries
By comparing the lifestyles they learnt how the UK families live freely by comparing to the traditional families in Sri Lanka and how free the students of UK in learning and how they are benefited with modern equipments. On the other hand how the Sri Lankan students are benefited in certain things such as more space in school, bigger  play grounds and the swimming pool.
By comparing the activities in school and the hobbies they came to an understanding that there are differences and also a lot of similarities.

IMPACT

The main impact of this project is that the awareness on different lifestyles and the role each member in UK and Sri Lanka
Both schools got an opportunity to compare how they spend time in school, their activities and their hobbies

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