We have been studying Japan over the past couple of weeks. We got the school laptops and researched different topics about Japan. We enjoyed doing this work. Today we created a podcast based on the information that we found out about Japan. We used the Audacity software to record the podcast. Then we converted it into an MP3 and posted it on our SoundCloud
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Bhí Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl ar fud na tíre ar feadh an coicís seo caite. I Rang VI rinneamar roinnt podchraoltaí chun an ócáid a cheiliúradh. Is féidir éisteacht le na podchraoltaí thíos: Podchraoladh 05 – Mamma Mia: Na daltaí ag canadh an t-amhrán “Mamma Mia” as Gaeilge. Podchraoladh 04 – Seanfhocail: na daltaí ag rá seanfhocail a d’fhoghlaim siad i rith na
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Wednesday January 30th was Grandparents’ Day in our school. Some grandparents talked to us in class about their childhood, when they were in school and how it was different to our childhood. We recorded them telling us these stories. Peggy Cromey and Jim Lawlor talk about making sandals, ration books, oranges, gas masks and hoovers. Podcast 6 Jim Lawlor talks about people going to
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Wednesday January 30th was Grandparents’ Day in our school. Some grandparents talked to us in class about their childhood, when they were in school and how it was different to our childhood. We recorded them telling us these stories. Podcast 1 This is Mary Kate Nicholson talking about when she was at school. She tells how the walls were painted green and you had
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On Thursday October 25th, 6th class recorded some Hallowe’en Carols. These are Christmas Carols with Hallowe’eny lyrics. We recorded our three best songs. We used an app on the iPad called Hokusai to record the songs. Then we exported the file to Dropbox and imported it into Audacity where we converted it into an .MP3 file. Some of the songs were really funny. We
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In 6th class we made some poems with a twist for National Poetry Day last Thursday. In poems with a twist, the first three lines are full of expectation and the last line is a let-down! We used Audacity to record the podcast and then we made it into an MP3 file. They were really fun to make. Listen to the Podcast HERE (2mins 55secs)
World War II We have just finished a class project on World War II. We divided up into groups of three. Each group had a different topic to research. We used the laptops to do our research and type it up. Then we presented our findings to the class. Finally we made a podcast of our findings. It was good fun! Here
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Today we made a podcast about people’s favourite food. We had to speak into a microphone in Gaeilge. Teacher gave us a tap on the shoulder to start. It was written in our Gaeilge copy. The name of the programme we used to record the podcast was Audacity. We listened to the podcast again to make sure it was right. It was great fun.
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2nd and 3rd class made a podcast about World War 2. Some people were recorded in the podcast. We had to be really quiet while people were recording. It was hard to stay quiet for so long. We used some sound effects that we found on the internet. We talked about the food that was rationed, children being evacuated and the bombings in Dublin and
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Last year we started tinwhistle. First we learned the notes. Then we learned the crotchet (1 beat), the minim (2 beats) and the semibreve (4 beats). We got a scale for the tinwhistle. Then we started learing tunes. These are some tunes we have learned. Mary had a Little Lamb, London Bridge, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, The Wheels on the Bus, This old Man
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