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As the second school in the project, we intended to link with Pam Marsh and carry out a joint venture. However, due to technical difficulties and the lack of a suitable project, we decided to concentrate on separate studies. Similarly to Pam, we used the globalschoolhouse website to find suitable projects, eventually we began three.

Zelenogorsk
The first was a link with a special school in Siberia, under the title of 'Beautiful Places Smiling Faces', which ran over a period from April to September. This link inspired the children and although the content was not strictly structured, it fed into the following curriculum areas: Literacy - Pupils read the teacher's e-mails and different spellings and use of grammar, e.g. 'my students are unabled',' photoes', 'recive'. This also promoted discussions into the difficulties of translation of languages and communication in English. We also wrote and sent poetry.

History
Zelenogorsk, the city in Siberia is only forty years old. We discussed the age of our closest city, Canterbury and sent Valentina (the tewcher) e-mails with a selection of English towns and how far they date back.

Geography
The size and location of Siberia became an interesting focus. For example, it takes longer the get from Zelenogorsk to Moscow by train than Canterbury to Moscow! The geology of the area was also discussed since Siberia is rich in minerals and natural resources.

Science
As part of our study of habitats we sent information about our local habitats and the animals that live in them, the pupils found the Siberian Tiger particularly interesting. The most notable point to emerge was the fact that on one occasion, an e-mail was sent from Siberia and arrived here the day before ! This prompted discussions on timezones etc.