Archive for March, 2007
March 30, 2007 at 11:49 am · Filed under Journal Entries
Gavin says it has been fun, Nadine say’s it really good crack and we go on trip’s lol!, Jessica say’s we have made lots of things that we have never made before it is really good fun, Matthew says it was exciting and fun to do this project with Colin McGookin. Stacey says..it is good fun and good crack lol!!, Rachael says it is fun to do a project like this. Kirsty says it has been a great experance and good fun :). Courtney says it was great fun and for once art is pretty good and I like doin the project and stuff!! lolz!!. Natasha says I enjoy makin the mask and azorrize lolz!! Vikki says it was fun making a fairy.knoxie says it was cool making drums. Robert says it was cool making a mask . Jack says it was fun making stuff like masks and animals. David Irvine say it is fun and I like it specially making things”. David Fleming says it waz cool working for Colin and the rest.
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March 23, 2007 at 6:51 pm · Filed under Journal Entries
In music we recorded more keyboard performances and a violin piece. Orla dropped in and talked to the class about the project and the forthcoming exhibition. We planned a photoshoot for next week and in art tried to finish all our masks and accessories. We made good progress and are looking forward to trying everything on when the paint dries. In PE we photographed the remaining letters of the alphabet.
March 23, 2007 at 1:50 pm · Filed under Journal Entries
this week we started to come up with stories in sphe relating to the eye game. some groups already animated parts of the story.
3 of the girls taught the whole group a dance routine in p.e., which was fantastic, very energetic. they did a great job teaching and the rest of the group participated really well.
some girls edited the video of the dance, all by themselves and we all watched it in music.
we recorded more songs and also went round the school in search of sounds. these sound journeys will be edited next week.
we also downloaded photos which were taken last week of the special places with the mask.
in geography everybody drew the kind of environment their houses are in, village, estate,… and added what they like or dislike about it.
March 16, 2007 at 2:02 pm · Filed under Journal Entries
this week in art some students were exploring their favourite spaces in the school, doing drawings, photos and maps. they also took their masks into these spaces to strange mixtures of the usual reality and something unexpected.
in sphe we were working with plasticin still on the theme of the eye game, being treated unfairly. we are planning to develope short stories relating to the feelings the game brought up. everybody was really absorbed in the plasticin and their were really interesting conversations happeneing, about what it reminded them of, childhood, playschool,…what they used to do,…
we also recorded more songs and in geography everybody was doing a drawing of the house they live in.
in p.e. some girls were teaching the others a dance routine, it looked great. maybe we can do a short performance on the next exchange day.
March 9, 2007 at 1:54 pm · Filed under Journal Entries
most masks are still work in progress. some students who had finished theirs took them round the school finding interesting places for the masks and hands to appear and interfere.
in s.p.h.e. we went back to the eyes. soem students were writing poems about their experiences during the game, others were brainstorming ideas for stories about similar situations in real life.
we are also in the process of recording songs, mainly from now 65 and highschool musical.
March 2, 2007 at 9:51 pm · Filed under Journal Entries
A very busy week. In art we looked at our website and saw the pics from last week and read the Mercy College developments. We then set about adding to our masks and accessories and took a lot of pictures to help keep everyone informed. Mathew finished of a red devil mask and a rocket launcher and even added an elastic band device to make it fire the rocket. In music we practiced some keyboard jazz and blues melodies and recorded them. In PE the boys did gymnastics and videotaped some jumps and rolls and then photographed themselves as letters of the alphabet.
March 2, 2007 at 1:27 pm · Filed under Journal Entries
we continued with the masks and casts. the casts with different materials, paper, fabrics,… look really interesting. now everybody started devloping their masks into charackters.
we also sent a task to enniskillen, relating to the eye game. we are trying to come up with more ideas how to create more exchange between the two groups.
March 2, 2007 at 1:17 pm · Filed under Journal Entries
we went outside to learn peoples names. we built really big towers with lots of different materials. they grew up to the ceiling very quickly. everybody seemed to enjoy the building and it was hard to tell in the end which one was the tallest. we were put into mixed groups north/ south to get to know each other. in the end we all came up with ideas of how we could continue with the exchange.
