Linking the next generation
BritOz ePals is a completely new bi-lateral initiative intended to develop dynamic partnerships between schools and their pupils in Australia and Britain.
Designed to enliven and sustain the historic but ever-changing ties between the two countries by direct and personal communication, the BritOz ePals scheme aims to encourage school children in Australia and Britain to actively seek an e-mail a pen friend.
Always under the control and guidance of their teachers, BritOz ePals is initially directed at the 7-14 age group.
Objectives
Through regular pen pal contact via email, the intention is to provide a stimulating new tool to:
- aid, develop and improve computing, language and literacy skills
- learn something of the history, culture and values of each other's country, in a more informal way
- Establish lines of communicataion and friendships that will last a lifetime.
Future developments
Computing is a curriculum subject in both countries. So, in addition to developing the pen-pal aspect of the scheme, it is anticipated that teachers in Partner Schools will initiate joint projects associated with the BritOz ePals objective of greater understanding through skilled and imaginative communication.
To encourage such projects the BritOz ePals initiative will establish an ePals award scheme for both individual students and schools.
Assistance
The BritOz ePals Secretariat will:
- support the implementation of the scheme
- provide back-up
- Stringently supervise all necessary security checks and, if required,
- offer assistance in putting schools interested in establishing an ePals Partnership in touch with one another.
How to join
Simply fill in our registration form and we will contact you before activating your school's membership.
