Today was the third session of the Virtually There project.  We were able to combine the introduction of our World Around Project on Hot Land Animals with animal sounds.

The session began with a revist of the previous activity.  Children enjoyed seeing their shakers displayed on the whiteboard and we had a short discussion about the inspriration for their drawings.

This was followed by a tour of the Elluminate white board in which Fionnuala and the children collaborated to create a drawing of a bear and a monkey.

We were able to view some of the work of other school’s.  We especially enjoyed looking at the photographic work of one school.

Fionnuala showed us a lovely rainforest picture using the Elluminate Softward.  This was accompanied by a piece of music.  The children were encouraged to chose an animal and imaging what it might be doing using the picture and the music.  The children came up with some excellent ideas (See class journal).

This inspired the children to draw and write about their animal. We used this as a cover for the guitar.  The instruments were very simple and easy to make.  An empty shoe box was covered with the children’s picture and then given strings using elastic bands.  A short strip of balsa wood was attached using a glue gun.

We finished the session with singing using our instruments.  To the tune of ” If you’re happy and you know it” we sang “!If you’re a monkey sing and dance” and “If you’re a snake shake your tail”.