Classroom Exchange Ideas

View From Classroom Window

Ask the students to write about what they can see from the classroom window. If possible, also take some pictures. Then exchange these with your penfriends.

Here is an example of a photo and description sent to us by a student from our link school in Thailand.

"Out of the window I can see Klang Temple. The temple has a crematorium and chapel. Behind the temple is a school. The sky is blue and very beautiful." - Jittwaran

Daily Diary

Ask the students to write a diary for one week detailing life at school and home. Then exchange these with their penfriends to make comparisons about lifestyles.

Tuesday: "Today I got up late because I went to bed late. I took a shower and put on my school uniform. I didn't have breakfast. Then I went to school on foot. At 8 o'clock I went to assembly in the playground and sang the national anthem.

In Period 1 I learnt English. I did my English work in Period 1. Then I had break time. I drank some milk with my friends. I studied Period 2 I learnt Computer which was interesting. In Period 3 I learnt Thai.

I had lunch time with my friends. I ate chili pork and meat ball. I studied Period 4 at 12.30 p.m after lunch. . I learnt about geometry in Math. In Period 5 I learnt Music. Then in Period 6 I learnt about science. I went to eat snacks with my friends. In Period 7 I did my homework.

I went home with my friends. I had dinner with my cousin. I ate chicken with chili and basil. After my cousin and I went to buy cartoon books. Then I went home.."

- Raya

Top Ten

This is a simple one for the students. All they have to do is vote for their favourites in a list of categories. Click here for examples.

Cartoon - Conan the Detective
Ice-cream flavour - Chocolate Chip
Toy - Gameboy Advance
Freetime activity - watching tv
School subject - maths
Animal - dog
Food - Pizza
Sport - football
Colour - blue
Book - Harry Potter

Sunrise and sunset

The students did a project with a school in the northern hemisphere near the equator and a school in the southern hemisphere. The idea was to compare the length of day for different countries. Click here for more information.

Country Symbols

Our students selected what they considered to be representative of England and then drew pictures and wrote about it. They then swopped these with students in other countries.

Art Gallery

This can either be done with computer art or real drawings which have been scanned. Create an online gallery where students from around the world can view pictures.

Postcard Geography

This was very simple for us to set up as our website receives thousands of visitors from around the world each and every day. We simply put a plea on our website asking our visitors to send our students a postcard. We have received hundreds of postcards from around the world.

We use these postcards in our lessons. They help our students to learn about the physical and cultural aspect of different countries. We also use the postcards in other activities such as:

• Locating the countries on maps and globes
• Measuring the distance cards have traveled
• Creating a database of countries.

School Life

Students swop information about school life and then create web pages from their findings. Click here for more information.

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