AKC Videoconferencing: 2013 Class Outlines

AUSTRALIA KOREA School Ben Venue Public School Chungsol Primary School Name http://www.benvenue- http://chungsol.es.kr/ p.schools.nsw.edu.au/ Tandber ■ DET VMR# for Ben Venue: ■ Tandberg IP: 122.203.198.66 g VC 621051230 ■ Tandberg IP: Cheongsol VMR#: 621051230 @153.107.119.149 Teacher Ms Mary O’CONNELL, 6M teacher ■ Jeong-eun Song (Jane): Manager of [email protected] the English Centre, AKC Lead Teacher: Walter O’Hara: [email protected] wally.o’[email protected] ■ Pauline Stokes (Native English teacher, New Zealand): [email protected] Students Y6, 25 students. Boys & girls. Y5 (age 12), 25-30 students, selected group

CLASS TIMES Total: 23 Classes Time difference due to Australia’s daylight savings: Until 7 Apr: AUS 2hrs ahead. 8 Apr – 5 Oct: AUS 1hr ahead. 6 Oct – 31 Dec: AUS 2hrs ahead. 11 March – 5 April: Wednesdays, KOR 9.50 – 10.30am  AUS 11.50am – 12.30pm 13 March (Wed) 27 March (Wed) 20 March (Wed) 3 April (Wed) 8 April – 28 June: Wednesdays, KOR 9.50 – 10.30am  AUS 10.50 – 11.30am 10 April (Wed) 5 June (Wed) 8 May (Wed) 12 June (Wed) 15 May (Wed) 19 June (Wed) 29 May (Wed) 26 June (Wed) No Classes: 1 May (Wed), 22 May (Wed) Semester 1 (Terms 1&2): 12 classes

26 Aug- 5 Oct: Wednesdays, KOR 9.50 – 10.30am  AUS 10.50 – 11.30am 28 Aug (Wed) 4 Sep (Wed) No Classes: 11 Sep (Wed), 18 Sep (Wed) 7 Oct – 31 Dec: Wednesdays, KOR 9.50 – 10.30am  AUS 11.50am – 12.30pm 9 Oct (Wed) 6 Nov (Wed) 16 Oct (Wed) 13 Nov (Wed) 23 Oct (Wed) 20 Nov (Wed) 30 Oct (Wed) 27 Nov (Wed) 4 Dec (Wed) Semester 2 (Terms 3&4): 11 classes 2

No CLASS TOPICS: Semester 1 1 13 March (Wed) AUS & KOR: Introduction of individual students AUS 11.50am – 12.30pm ■ Australia: Individual students at Ben Venue PS. KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Korea: Individual students at Chungsol PS. 2 20 March (Wed) AUS: Introduction to country/city/school AUS 11.50am – 12.30pm ■ Australia: Introduction to Australia, Armidale, Ben KOR 9.50 – 10.30am Venue PS. ■ Activity 3 27 March (Wed) KOR: Introduction to country/city/school AUS 11.50am – 12.30pm ■ Korea: Introduction to South Korea, Seongnam city, KOR 9.50 – 10.30am Cheongsol PS. ■ Activity 4 3 April (Wed) AUS: Visual Arts AUS 11.50am – 12.30pm ■ AUS: Visual arts KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity 5 10 April (Wed) KOR: Visual Art: Mirror image AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ KOR: Learn and apply the basic fundamentals of KOR 9.50 – 10.30am creating a self portrait through observing themselves and their features in a mirror and reflecting what students perceive onto their paper. ■ Activity : Drawing a Self portrait  7 April: AUS NSW daylight savings ended.

1 May (Wed) No Class 6 8 May (Wed) AUS: Science: Alternative energy sources AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Australia: Wind measuring device, Wind turbine KOR 9.50 – 10.30am produced power, Windmill. ■ Activity 7 15 May (Wed) KOR: Science: Surface tension AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Korea: learn about surface tension and sinking & KOR 9.50 – 10.30am floating. ■ Activity : Surface Tension Experiment 22 May (Wed) No Class 8 29 May (Wed) AUS: Folktales: Aboriginal bush tales AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Australia: Min min life, bush poem KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity 9 5 June (Wed) KOR: Folktales: Two Wenny man and goblins AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Korea: The Storytelling of Two Wenny man and KOR 9.50 – 10.30am goblins ■ Activity: What will happen next? & Role play or etc. 10 12 June (Wed) AUS: Drama AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Australia: Drama KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity 11 19 June (Wed) KOR: K-pop, Gangnam style AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Korea: K-pop, Gangnam style KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity 12 26 June (Wed) AUS & KOR: Talent shows AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Australia: Talent shows KOR 9.50 – 10.30am 3 ■ Korea: Talent shows

No CLASS TOPICS: Semester 2 13 28 Aug (Wed) AUS: Visual arts AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Australia: KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity 14 4 Sep (Wed) KOR: Visual Arts: Korean kites AUS 10.50 – 11.30am ■ Korea: Korean kites KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity: 11 Sep (Wed) No Class 18 Sep (Wed) No Class

15 9 Oct (Wed) AUS: Science: Secret messages; Morse code AUS 11.50am – 12.30am ■ Australia: KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity  6 Oct: AUS NSW daylight savings start. 16 16 Oct (Wed) KOR: Science: The states of Matter AUS 11.50am – 12.30am ■ Korea: Understand matter, its different states, and KOR 9.50 – 10.30am properties ■ Activity: Matching Game etc 17 23 Oct (Wed) AUS: Folktales: Rainbow Serpent, Birds, Aboriginal AUS 11.50am – 12.30am stories KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Australia: ■ Activity 18 30 Oct (Wed) KOR: Folktales: Heungbu and Nolbu AUS 11.50am – 12.30am ■ Korea: The storytelling of Heungbu and Nolbu KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity: What will happen next? & Role play 19 6 Nov (Wed) AUS & KOR: Making Christmas cards for their AUS 11.50am – 12.30am KOR/AUS peers KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Australia: Make cards ■ Korea: Make cards 20 13 Nov (Wed) AUS: Children’s games AUS 11.50am – 12.30am ■ Australia: Children’s outdoor games KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity 21 20 Nov (Wed) KOR: Children’s games AUS 11.50am – 12.30am ■ Korea: Children’s outdoor games KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Activity 22 27 Nov (Wed) AUS & KOR: Dance AUS 11.50am – 12.30am ■ Australia: Dance KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Korea: Dance 23 4 Dec (Wed) AUS & KOR: Christmas Party! AUS 11.50am – 12.30am ■ Australia: Open Christmas cards & gifts from Chungsol! KOR 9.50 – 10.30am ■ Korea: Open Christmas cards & gifts from Ben Venue! 4

CLASS FORMAT Weekly videoconferencing, taking turns for the lead. The Videoconferencing (VC) sessions are held weekly for 40mins. The first week is led by an Australian school, meaning Australian students do 2 presentations, followed by Korean students’ questions, and lead the Activity part. The next week is led by a Korean school, i.e., Korean students do 2 presentations, followed by Australian students’ questions, and lead the Activity.

Power Point slides. Power Point slides must have pictures and/or visual images, and 2) keywords/phrases/sentences so that students of the partner school can understand the presentation contents more easily. PPt slides must be sent to the partner school teacher at least the day before the VC class.

Activity. The Activity can be: music performance (e.g., Marimba performance, Korean traditional music performance), talent shows, teaching folksongs (e.g., Waltzing Matilda, Arirang), demonstrating cooking (e.g., how to make Kimbab), demonstrating dance or martial arts (e.g., Taekwondo), and magic shows.

Class format:  Check audio/video qualities and PPt slides (5 mins).  Presentation 1 (5 mins) + Q&A (5 mins)  10 mins  Presentation 2 (5 mins) + Q&A (5 mins)  10 mins  Activity: 10 mins.  Open Discussion: 5mins.  Total 40mins.

SCHOOL INFORMATION Ben Venue Public School, Armidale, NSW Videoconferencing . DET VMR # for Ben Venue: 621051230 Walter O’Hara, . wally.o’[email protected] Tel: 02) 6772-4263 Principal & . Address : Rock Vale Rd. Armidale, NSW 2350. School Info . Recess: 11.20 – 11.40am. Lunch: 1 - 1.40pm Orchestra: Thursdays. Mary O’Connell, [email protected] Tel: 02) 6772-4263 Year 6M teacher Students Y6, 25 students. Boys & girls.

Cheongsol Primary School, Gyeonggi-do Tandberg VC Tandberg IP: Chungsol VMR#: [email protected] Principal & . School office: 82-31-713-0742 (not English Centre). School Info . Address: 243 (or 131?) Keum-gok-ro, Bundang-gu, Seongnam city, Gyeonggi-do, (zip) 463-480 South Korea Jane Song Jeong-eun Song (Jane): fsong 9 @naver.com Lead Teacher Manager, Chungsol English Centre. Tel: 82-31-715-8455 Pauline Stokes Native English speaking teacher, from New Zealand. [email protected] 5 Students Y5, 25 – 30 students, normal class.(Boys&Girls)

NOTES Australia 1. Australia NSW School Terms, 2013: Term 1: 29 Jan (Tue) – 12 April (Fri) Term 2: 29 April (Mon) – 28 June (Fri) Term 3: 15 July (Mon) – 20 Sep (Fri) Term 4: 8 Oct (Tue) – 20 Dec (Fri) 2. Australia/NSW Daylight Savings: Until 7 Apr: AUS 2hrs ahead. 8 Apr – 5 Oct: AUS 1hr ahead. 6 Oct – 31 Dec: AUS 2hrs ahead. 3. Australian holidays: 26 Jan (Sat): Australia Day 29 Mar (Fri) – 1 April (Mon): Good Friday, Easter, Easter Monday 25 Apr (Thu): Anzac Day 10 Jun (Mon): Queen’s Birthday 5 Aug (Mon): Bank holiday 7 Oct (Mon): Labour Day 4. Possible times to visit Korean schools: 1) April, Term break, 2) 1 July – before Term 3 starts.

Korea 1. School semesters: Semester 1 starts, 4 Mar (Mon) Semester 1 ends, 26 Jul (Fri) Semester 2 starts, 26 Aug (Mon) Semester 2 ends, 27 Dec (Fri) 2. South Korea does not have Daylight Savings. 3. South Korea Public holidays 1 Mar (Fri): Independence Day (3.1) 5 May (Sun): Children’s Day 17 May (Fri): Buddha’s Birthday 6 Jun (Thu): Memorial Day 15 Aug (Thu): Liberation Day 18-20 Sep (Wed-Fri): Korean Thanksgiving Day (15 Aug by Lunar Calendar) 3 Oct (Thu): National Foundation Day 4. The Best time to visit Australian schools: 19 Feb – 28 Feb.