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Kaitieke School in New Zealand and Ola School in Idaho​ How we met. We gained contact with one another through e-pals, an online service that connects schools with each other. We decided to become partners as we had similarities in our remoteness in our own countries, but also many differences that we could explore with our students.

Our Goals​ In both of our schools, we feel physically isolated and the social opportunities for our students are limited. By forming a partnership we aim to increase the opportunities for our students to learn about the outside world and to form relationships with peers. We hope to find different ways the children can learn from one another and with one another through collaborative relationships. We hope this wiki will provide a forum for our students to do this.​ Country about 35km from Taumarunui. We have six students who range in age from 7 to 10. We are very lucky as we live in a beautiful farming community, close to The Retaruke River and The Wanganui River and a short drive from the ski fields of Mount Ruapehu. Our school is "the heart" of our community, and is really well supported by it in many different ways. Although our school is small, we strive to give our students the widest range of opportunities. They excel in the classroom, where the small numbers allow for their individual needs to be catered for. We use child centred learning, where much of the content is based around authentic contexts and co-constructed using an inquiry approach. We greatly encourage the use of ICT to enhance teaching and learning and make the most ofEducation Out of the Classroom opportunities. || Ola School Ola School is also a small rural school. We are located in the state of Idaho of the USA. We are about eighty miles north of our capital city of Boise. We now have 22 students in our school. Our ages are from Kindergarten (5 years old) to 6th graders (11 -12 year olds). Our school is focused on the environment and our place within it. Although we have a strong pull towards our community traditions, we also like to stay current with world wide issues. Ola is a farm and ranch community. Many of the students in our school are third and fourth generation families. We will be celebrating our Centennial Celebration in September of 2010. ||
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