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Radford CollegePartnership Proposal withFatunaba Memorial School, DareTimor Leste
 
PURPOSE
:As part of the Radford Awareness and Service Program (RAS), RadfordCollege seeks to partner the Fatunaba Memorial School, Dare (pronouncedDahray) in Timor Leste under the auspices of the Office of Kirsty SwordGusmao. Radford can make a commitment to the partnership for the next 3-5years. The partnership program has been developed in a manner thatprovides:
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Material, financial and relational support for the school community
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Support for practical needs of the community that will have a carry over benefit more broadly into schools of Timor Leste
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A deepening of our mutual learning and respect for each other Radford participates in and seeks to help build communities that are just,inclusive, diverse and sustainable. The Fatunaba Memorial School partnershipmakes it possible for Radford College to gain:
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a solidarity with the life of another community
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greater learning and understanding of the challenges of a new nation andpeople who have been subjected to invasion, colonisation, poverty and thebrutalities of war 
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an opportunity for a small group of senior students to briefly experiencefirsthand the community of Dare Memorial SchoolThe education of children is fundamental to the growth and stabilisation of theworld’s newest nation and democracy. Radford’s role will be extremely modestbut real none the less.
PROPOSAL1. Financial:
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The RAS programme will grant financial assistance to enhance thestudent classroom and learning environment of Fatunaba MemorialSchool (around $8-10 000 in 2009).
2. Curricular (Radford):
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Continue to develop Year 5 PYP unit on Government andDemocracy, looking for ways Timor Leste in general, and Dare inparticular, could be used as a case study within our region. Year 5students may also choose to support Dare Memorial School as anAction component of their PYP unit. (See below)
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Engage more intimately in the Yr 5 Heroes unit with the person andstory of Xanana Gusmao; the struggle for Timorese independence
 
and the links with Australian Defence forces in WWII and theINTERFET Peace Corp of 1999.
3. Practical:
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Engage in practical support
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Stage 1: the Dictionary Project (see below)
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Other stages will be explored and developed
4. Relational:
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Send Radford students to Dare on expedition:
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Senior Students in Winter holidays participate in the workrequested by the Dare Community through the office of KirstySword Gusmao.Winter 2009: the WWII Veterans Narrative and education kit
SPECIFIC DETAILS for the 2009 Winter Expedition
Purpose
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To further develop links between the Radford and Fatunaba schoolcommunity
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To develop greater learning and understanding of the challenges of a newnation and people who have been subjected to invasion, colonisation, andthe brutalities of war 
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To provide a small group of senior students to briefly experience firsthandthe community of 
Fatunaba Memorial Primary School
and the Dare regionand to provide assistance as requested and required.
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Complete the Dictionary Project (Printing, covering and delivering 2000Tetum-Portugese-Tetum dictionaries)
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Creation of a WWII Veterans Narrative Educational Kit for use in Fatunabaand other schools
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Assist in development of Democracy Unit for Yr 5 Radford Students Term 3.
Travel Dates: 20 June – 1 July
 
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3 days: orientation geography and culture, including a coastal trip, avillage stay, mountain walks, visit to Balibo (hopefully) and introduction toDare and the school community
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5 Day work: Veterans Narrative Project; interviewing, camera work,editing and compilation of material; activities and engagement withstudents of Fatunaba Memorial School, Dare.
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1 Day Debrief 
Preparation
Students will be expected to continue in their enthusiastic commitment totheir academic studies and:
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Join in a Timor Leste orientation (language, culture, history)
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Contribute variously to: Dictionary Project; Veteran Narrative Project andthe RAS Charity Fundraiser 
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Fulfill the expectations of students
Expectations of Students
 
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Independently raise their own costs
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Contribute their energies and skills to the demands of the projects and journey
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Travel to Timor Leste ready to learn, work and be open to the people andtheir story
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Be committed to living out the Radford ethos and represent well what theCollege stands for, expressed practically through students ability toimagine, listen and respect, deeply and well.Project Details:RAS Charity Fundraiser (due on Foundation Day, 9 April 2009)Working target of over $45 000 for whole schoolMultiple tasks with publicity, tutor and year group promotion etc.Dictionary Project
Organise printing of PDF Dictionary File targeting the Junior Schooland working with its student council
Organise collection, proofing, binding, packaging
Facilitate further copying if needed
Organise transportation and deliveryVeteran Narrative ProjectCreate an education resource box to facilitate the teaching and learning of theevents and stories relating to the Australian forces fighting alongside theTimorese Creados during WWII. Research: Australian War Memorial,Australian service links, maps, pictures, archives etc. Video and edit interviewswith Veterans and their relatives while in TL on the expedition (organised by theoffice of Kirsty Sword Gusmao) and complete the education kits to present toFatunaba Memorial School. Note: there is the very real possibility that theseresources might be for use in wider schools also.
It is understood that even inthe midst of great hardship, poverty and struggle, the knowledge of their ownstory and national identity is crucial to the emergence and stability of one of theworld’s poorest and youngest nations. It is acknowledged that we undertakethis task because it has been asked of us.
 
BACKGROUND information
 
a) Yr 5 Unit on Government and Democracy
Year 5 Unit of Inquiry on Government: examining the instruments of democracy, its institutions and governance arrangements and includeconsideration of parliamentary structure, language, police, army, judicialsystem, constitution, education system etc. (possible connections withthe Old Parliament House Democracy exhibition in which Kirsty Gusmaofeatures, Joy McCann curator). This unit when developed could beshared across the international PYP community.
b) Dictionary Project
Portion of email from Kirsty Gusmao
The dictionary project grew out of the requests of a number of schools toestablish small libraries, given the almost complete absence of reading/didactic materials for the use of both teachers and students
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