June 10, 2008

The film about the knights of Mt. Ålleberg.

Click the picture and follow a link to an external web page on witch I have uploaded our film. We have still some work to do on it but as we start our summer holiday on Thursday we'll take up the work in August when we return to school.

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June 03, 2008

4 Narration Clips

Here are four narration clips to accompany the four video scenes.

The Setting.
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The Attack.
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The Pitched Battle.
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The Glorious Victory.
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May 29, 2008

First preview from the film.

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Work with the narration and upload it as wav or mp3 and then we will continue the editing.
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May 07, 2008

Bike ride to Ålleberg.

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In one of your comments you asked some questions about Ålleberg. By this film we’ll try to answer them. Mt. Ålleberg is located 2 kilometres east of our school. Yesterday afternoon we took a bike ride to Ålleberg. The area we visited is a nature preservation area.

May 06, 2008

The Stone Lifters and Other Videos

Oisin returns from Tir na n-Og.

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Ronan, the First Stonelifter tells what he saw !!!!!!

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Caoilte the Second Stonelifter tells what he saw

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Saint Patrick recalls Oisin's last days in Ireland.

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The Arrival.......... Niamh comes to Ireland.........................her own story.

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Fionn, leader of An Fianna, speaks his mind.

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Oisin explains his reasons for departing ...........................and returning.

May 05, 2008

Discussion and Debate

Here we debate, discus and deliver our opinions on the Legend Theme. Picture by Mary

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Further Exploration

Here we extend the theme a bit further. Picture by Kieran.


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April 22, 2008

Vindängen and Knockaclarig pupils write a film synopsis together.

Instructions to the writing teams:
You are chosen to represent your class writing a 2 minutes film synopsis together with the other team. Focus on the action and keep down on the dialog. If we have a good result the film is to be recorded.

* View the films / presentations on the legends The Knights of Mt. Ålleberg.
* Structure the story by making a mind map. Upload the mind map as a picture on:
http://komplit.se/mediawiki-1.10.2/index.php?title=Vind%C3%A4ngen_and_Knockaclarig_pupils_write_a_film_synopsis_together.
* Take part of the other team mind map.
* Identify 5-10 key scenes and describe it with some words. Upload the scenes.
* Agree with the other team on your common key scenes.
* Each team writes a first text suggestion.
* Write the synopsis together.

Run a tutor on how to upload pictures and edit text by clicking here
. But remember that the pictures must be well compressed as the wiki has a restriction on file size.

Good luck with your writing!

April 18, 2008

4As presentations on the Riders of Mt. Ålleberg legend.

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Click here to see Kajsas presentation. The Riders

Maria, Anton & Gustavs presentation. The golden knights

Rebecka, Matilda & Malin film Mt. Ålleberg

Linus & Timmys story The knights of Mt. Ålleberg

Albin, Niklas & Martins story The evil War.

Patricia, Clara & Evelinas .presentation

Lukas & Ludwigs film film.

Sanna and Agnes presentationThe Riders.

Anton and Olivers film The War
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Fairy tale project in 6A.

This is a presentation of the fairy tale project in 6A. These three girls have done this film in English. The picture is from a folder. We hope to upload some own written tales later.


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April 09, 2008

Irish Myths and Legends.

Planning Framework

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April 07, 2008

Our fairy tales, Myths and Legends.

Theme planning
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Planning connected to the tale of the knights of Mt. Ålleberg:
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The tale of the knights of Mt. Ålleberg, text:
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Inspiring audio presentation on the knights of Mt. Ålleberg:
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Tutor on how we are using the audio editing program:
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March 31, 2008

Movie maker

In this turtor Bernt is showing how we are using MovieMaker to produce our films.

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March 12, 2008

Handwriting

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Penmanship is a great skill skill. Each year the INTO (Irish National Teachers Organisation) and the EBS (Educational Building Society) promote handwriting. Here we have our winner Joanna pictured from left with Mr. Seamus Long (INTO) and Mr. Thomas Stuart (EBS). A very pleasant function was held in The Meadowlands Hotel in Tralee, Co. Kerry where all prize winners were feted.

Handwriting Example Joanna started school in September 2007.

March 07, 2008

Credit Union Quiz

On Saturday 1st March we travelled to the Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, for the Chapter12 Final of the Credit Union Quiz.
It was a most successful outing. At the end of 60 questions we had 55 correct answers and emerged as Chapter winners. We now have qualified for the National Final. This final will be staged in Dublin on Sunday 6th April next. We are looking forward to this major event.
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This our winning team
Pic. Courtesy of Eileen O'Connor. nelloconnor@eircom.net
The Quiz took place in Dublin on the 6th April as planned.There were 50 teams nationwide in our category.We achieved 10th place in the country. We were very satisfied with our perfomance. We have two contestants who are eligible in this age category next year so we look forward to the future with energy and confidence.
We would like to thank Dorothy, Manager of Newmarket Credit Union who took care of all transport and catering arrangements allowing us to totally focus on the task on hand.