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Gilnahirk Primary and the NDNSP - working together during the year 2003-2004
During the school year 2003/2004 we'll be continuing to work with Gilnahirk Primary. .
We are calling the project 'The 5 C's'. These stand for: Country, Citizenship, City, Colour and Contrast.
P6 and 4th Class will begin the project by carrying out a combined exploration of Kenya.
The project will continue after the 11+ transfer tests are finished in Northern Ireland. P7 will then join the project and we'll be looking at Citizenship, City, Colour and Contrast. More on this later.
We put together a set of questions that the children want to ask Mrs Woodrow who lived in Kenya for 3 years, She visited P6 on the 13th October.
You can see from this email from Mrs McClune, P6 teacher, just how well everything went:
"Thanks so much for the list of questions. Mrs Woodrow came this afternoon and really brought our study of Kenya to life. My class asked questions for a full half hour at the end! Eager to get answers for their Dublin friends, as they call their keypals. I posted our profiles today so hopefully they will be with you by Wednesday. We will be timetabled for the computer suite on Wednesday and will post our replies on the conference then. A great start indeed. We also learnt a Kenyan song today - perhaps the same one. We'll soon find out!! No further on with the video phone. Will keep you posted."
These are interesting questions and here are some of them along with the answers.
Q.How large exactly is Kenya? I know that Jambo means hello and buana means man because we learned a song about Kenya
A.I don't know exactly how large Kenya is but it is about 10 times the size of Ireland.
Q.Is it hot? Does it have jungles? Does it have deserts? Does it have forests?
A.Yes it is very hot and humid. It doesn't have jungles. Yes it has deserts. It doesn't have forests.I already know that some people live in the city some live in the country and some live inthe desert. There are no tigers in Kenya.
QWhat kind
of animals are there? Are there many shops? What are the people like? Is
it hot there and if it is how hot?
A The answers
to your questions are: 1. There are lions, elephants, giraffes, leopards,
cheetahs, hippos and ostriches. 2. No there are not many shops. 3.The people
are friendly. 4. Yes it is hot there, the hottest temperature is 35 degrees.
Hi Rosa did you know that in Kenya from primary two they start at school at eight o'clock and finish at four o'clock. Their most common sports is running.Did you know that the longest rain has lasted for at least three months
Really! Thats cool!I wish I went to kenya. We leard a song from kenya.it was so fun to learn.is belfast warm right now? when I write this message it was raining.i don't think it would be cold in kenya. Rosa
Our First Video Conference this school year
4th Class and P6 got to see each other today - 12th November. There was great excitement and the children did very well considering it was their first time to use videoconferencing. They talked about the work they were doing on our project about Kenya. P6 had been looking at some animal skins. These include snakes and giraffe skins. They told 3rd Class about these. 3rd Class had been learning about the Masai people who live in Kenya and they were able to tell P6 about customs these people have. Here are some pictures we took with the digital camera during the conference.
Our Second Videoconference - 15th December
4th Class and P6 had a great videoconference on the 15th December. Both groups had done a lot of art and project work on Kenya and they shared some of this with each other during the conference. They also chatted with their e-pals. Both groups had artefacts from Kenya and it was interesting to look at these. They were clear to see on the screen. The children in the NDNSP were fascinated to see a real Kenyan flag and also to see some bowls similar to the ones they had. Alice, who is a teacher in the NDNSP, visited Kenya last summer and she had given us lots of things she bought there. She also gave us pictures of children in school in Kenya and these were some of the things shared during the conference. It was particularly interesting to compare things like water carriers and baskets that each group had and to look at the difference. We also had some musical instruments that we played. Here are some pictures from the conference:
Our Third Videoconference - 16th December
We didn't have enough time on the 15th so decided to continue on conference the next day. The children talked to their e-pals and today's conference was more on a personal level with stories about hobbies, achievements, interests and Christmas plans being shared. It was really enjoyable.
Our 4th Videoconference - 8th March 2004
This videoconference marked the beginning of Phase 2 of our project. The children told each other about their cities. The accounts written by the children of what they had learned really proved to me the value of videoconferencing. The children in the NDNSP knew very little about Belfast before the conference. You'll see from what they wrote just how much they learned!
Esmay wrote:
Rory told us about the River Lagan and the seals that were under the bridge. He told us about the salmon that were in the river and how they swam to the sa. Jessica told us about a hall by the River and she told us that it cost a lot. It is used for classical concerts and community meetings. On Tuesdays and Fridays there is a market where they sell fruit and vegetables and fish and meat. Belfast has not got a wax museum, unlike Dublin which has a wax museum. The Titanic was made in Belfast. Siv told them about the Viking Splash Tour in Dublin and they told us that a Viking ship was going to visit their school. The class we talk to on NINE (web-crossing) are doing a study on a real model longship. That is the ship that is coming to Gilnahirk Primary. They also told us about the Golden Dome which is a building that has a golden dome in it. We will be meeting that class on the 19th March on a Friday in Armagh.
Danny wrote:
