We received an invitation to have a video call from a Year One class at Chadwick International School in Songdo, Korea this week! Mrs Potter and 1A called us to ask us some questions in regards to their inquiry about play around the world. The students in 1A asked us questions about what types of things we played with and what games we played, both inside and outside. Children at both ends of the conversation were delighted to discover that they all loved playing with lego, blocks, in the sandpit, drawing and riding bikes! The children in Korea were surprised to hear that some of our kids liked to go surfing outside of school, and they had not heard of 'handball' before.
It was amazing to connect with a group of 6 years across the world and just wonderful for our students to see how similar life is so far away, in a different environment and culture. After we finished the video call, our Broulee students reflected on what they noticed. Some were similarities, others were differences.
These were some of the observations our Kindies made:
"There was lots of wood in their classroom - they had wooden furniture"
"They didn't have things hanging from their ceiling like we do"
"They weren't wearing school uniforms like us"
"There were coloured jars by the window"
"The kids didn't speak properly" (this lead into a conversation about English as a first language and English as a second language)
"Our school is flat, but theirs is a building. It is in a city and ours is not"
It was amazing to connect with a group of 6 years across the world and just wonderful for our students to see how similar life is so far away, in a different environment and culture. After we finished the video call, our Broulee students reflected on what they noticed. Some were similarities, others were differences.
These were some of the observations our Kindies made:
"There was lots of wood in their classroom - they had wooden furniture"
"They didn't have things hanging from their ceiling like we do"
"They weren't wearing school uniforms like us"
"There were coloured jars by the window"
"The kids didn't speak properly" (this lead into a conversation about English as a first language and English as a second language)
"Our school is flat, but theirs is a building. It is in a city and ours is not"