"Aberdeenshire is full of wonderful sounds captured by the locals ... this week Helen travels out along the River Don to meet schoolchildren making Sonic Postcards ... a composer who's mapped the whole landscape in sound ... a unique local dialect called Doric ... and of course the springtime birds, which curiously for an inland location, are mainly gulls and oyster-catchers."

"Hear, hear for the site of Sounds. In an all-too visual world, the internet is giving children the chance to discover the art of noise."

"That was a poem read by some of the pupils from Meare Village Primary School ... they are Year 3/4/5/6 students ... and they have come out to the Somerset levels to take part in a project to record some of the sounds of the environment around them..."

"Focus on other initiatives...Sonic Arts Network has embarked upon an innovative and creative ICT project in schools throughout the UK..."

"Now when you think of a postcard from Shetland your maybe thinking nice views, maybe Shetland pony or two or maybe a Viking Galley...well, pupils at Hamnavoe have been creating their own postcards using sounds instead of pictures..."

"What's that sound? Sonic Postcards is an innovative new project giving young people across the country the opportunity to explore and record the things they hear every day."

“A project that attempts to promote the art of listening is offering students and teachers creative ways of intergrating Information and Communications Technology (ICT) into arts subjects..."

"Sonic cards of high-tech 'pen pals'... Schools swap sounds of life ... Sights and sounds of everyday village life in Lincolnshire will be sent all over the country in a new electronic postcard created by youngsters..."

"Nan Tait sonic display is first class... From July 1-3 Art and Technology were combined to stunning effect at the Nan Tait Centre in an exhibition of 'Sonic Postcards' created by pupils from Barrow Island Community Primary School and pupils from Lindal and Marton Primary School..."

"Listen and learn...Sonic Postcards is a project that encourages students to record sounds that represent their local area and share them with other schools..."

"The strength of the projects in the Climate Change and Environmental Efficiency category saw three entries commended. Sonic Postcards is a unique project that enables pupils from across the UK to explore their local sound environments through swapping sound postcards with other schools via the internet...”

"Sonic Postcards blends beautiful online imagery with real-world elements to create a whimsical journey through the sounds and images of everyday life across the UK. A schools programme, aimed at children from nine to 14 years old, inspires them to gather soundbytes from their local environments..."

"Hear where they are coming from ... Quack quack. Clip-clop. Whoosh. There is no sand, no sea, no striking views from a hill. And there is no jaunty 'wish you were here', scribbled between beach-front margaritas. But pupils from Nettleham Junior School..."

"Hayle schools get creative with Sonic Postcards...between Monday 16th and Thursday 26th of January, four primary schools and one secondary school in Hayle will have been involved in a unique and innovative educational project entitled Sonic Postcards..."