12th March

A real visit today and as usual it was a very full day.

This is the day that we have set aside to record every voice in the school: all of them -from P1 to P 7. The intention is to show the change in voices as the children move through the school. We divided the children into groups and worked methodically through the different classes. There are other groups recording with other children at the same time. For most of the time I worked out in the mobile as it is a quiet space and we aren’t interfering with other recordings that are happening at the same time. Mrs Wilson’s class was so good with the other children, especially the small ones. It was amazing to see them communicating patiently and clearly with P1s and being so confident with the recordings.

All of the practice and preparation has really paid off.

The children are taking notes of each voice that they record and we should have a full list by the end of the day. If anyone isn’t in school, Mrs Wilson will get them in the next week or so and then I will edit the voices together.

Mrs Wilson’s class think that it should be from youngest to oldest in the school I don’t know if that will be easy for me to arrange as I don’t know everyone’s DOB and it wouldn’t be appropriate to ask for them. I can do from P1 to P 7 at least.