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Australia

July 12, 2010 on 6:53 pm | In Uncategorized | No Comments

The world tour ended in Australia. Students heard a little about the geography of the country and were amazed at the size of it. They tried out a few Aussie phrases – realised they were “fair dinkum” at that, and that some of them were quite familiar. Lynn told them a bit about the indigenous people of Australia – the Aborigines, and we looked at some traditional art work. They heard about the boomerang and how it had originally been used as a weapon, and more recently as a sport. Finally they created their own Aboriginal style designs for some Northamptonshire boomerangs, before tucking into hot dogs as our tribute to the Australian “barbie”.
   

The students’ evaluations of the whole programme were very positive with words such as fun and interesting being chosen to describe it. They were able to identify things they’d learned as well as making suggestions for future programmes – more cricket was requested! Scores of over 9/10 were given by the students who also expressed the wish to return in the Autumn term.

Staff identified students’ increased confidence in trying new things, an improved ability to join in discussions and express opinions, and better reflective skills.