Kids' Own Voices

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Colin McGookan — Tue, 08 May 2007 15:11:25 +0000

Exhibition Clinton Centre

Colin McGookan — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:24:18 +0000

Anna, Orla and myself spent the last 2 days assembling and displaying the final exhibition at the Clinton Centre in Enniskillen. We selected work from our schools and then displayed it in the main gallery along with digital projections of documentation and animations made with the students. The exhibition looks tremendous and we are looking forward to next week when all the students come together again to see their work in situ. The exhibition continues until May 11.

Week 18 On Strandhill Beach

Colin McGookan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 15:15:13 +0000

Today we had our most fun day yet with lots of creativity mixed in to make it even better. Both colleges got together on Strandhill beach for warm up games then a sand castle building competition. It was great fun and we used stones driftwood and seaweed to decorate our buildings. Later we went back to the Model Arts Centre to look at pictures and video we had taken and made a final presentation on each sandcastle. The teachers then judged the best sandcastle and the winning group got a pack of Kids Own publications to read on the bus journeys back to school. The next day was the last session before the final exhibition. We looked at our whole project and all the documentary material and took more pics of stuff that got missed because of students being absent. I will make a final selection to send to Orla for printing up for the exhibition in the Clinton Centre next month.

Week 17-Reflections on the Project

Colin McGookan — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:49:20 +0000

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.

Week 16

Colin McGookan — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:51:06 +0000

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.

17th week in the mercy

Anna Reitberger — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:50:14 +0000

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.

16th week in the mercy

Anna Reitberger — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:02:50 +0000

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 andÂ 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.

15th week in the mercy

Anna Reitberger — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:54:37 +0000

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.

Week 15

Colin McGookan — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 20:51:29 +0000

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.

14th week in the mercy

Anna Reitberger — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:27:12 +0000

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.