On Thursday all the TY's are going to The Moat Theatre in Naas for a mini company workshop. There are going to be two other schools there and we will be learning how to create business' and how to work together. There are seven in our group and our idea is to create 'mini emergency kits' with things like mini hand wipes and mini deodorants too!! We have had a few ideas but have finally decided on going with this one. The group is working well together and each person has been assigned roles within the group such as Managing Director, and Secretary. My job is in production and Quality Control, along with two others!!
So far ,everything has been going well and hopefully we get into the mini company competition!!
Tuesday 27 September 2011
Around the world trip!
At the beginning of the year the TY's were given a geography project called 'Around the World Trip'. Our deadline to hand in the project is the week before midterm. In groups of three we had to choose two first world,second world and third world countries. I chose to do Mali, a third world country and Italy, a first world country. I am really enjoying doing the project and getting to learn new things about different countries. The others in the group are doing Canada, Slovakia, Poland and Peru.
We are going to present our project in a scrapbook and on a powerpoint presentation. So far I have learned about Malian culture, festivals and traditions and about historic places in Italy!
Its such a fun project!!
We are going to present our project in a scrapbook and on a powerpoint presentation. So far I have learned about Malian culture, festivals and traditions and about historic places in Italy!
Its such a fun project!!
Thursday 22 September 2011
Junior Cert Results
Last Wednesday, the 2010/2011 third years waited anxiously for their results. The suspense was getting to us and we couldn't wait any longer!! We had our first six classes of the day and during music we were called down to the hall to get our results. I was excited but a little bit nervous too!
We lined up in alphabetical order under our class names from third year-me being from class Rowan. Finally we got our results in brown A4 envelopes. I waited until i got into reception to open it and was really surprised at my results-i'd really done better than i had expected !! I was thrilled, as was everyone else with their results.
That night a big group of us went to Caitrionas house to get ready to go out and celebrate. We went to Time in Naas. It was really fun!!
:)
We lined up in alphabetical order under our class names from third year-me being from class Rowan. Finally we got our results in brown A4 envelopes. I waited until i got into reception to open it and was really surprised at my results-i'd really done better than i had expected !! I was thrilled, as was everyone else with their results.
That night a big group of us went to Caitrionas house to get ready to go out and celebrate. We went to Time in Naas. It was really fun!!
:)
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Carlingford :)
Last Monday, 12th of September the three T.Y classes gathered at the garage at 6:45 am. We were all so tired but so excited to be going to Carlingford. A double decker bus and a minibus waited for us. We registered with Ms Leahy and set off on the buses. It took about two hours to get there but it was worth it!
When we arrived in Carlingford we collected our bags off the bus and were led to the centre. We left our bags in one of the rooms there and were told to put on our wellies because we were going to be doing our first activity-the challenge course!! We split into groups and walked for about ten minutes with our leader John to get to the bus which brought us to the challenge course. When we arrived we put on helmets and were told we had to complete different challenges to win gems which would result in a prize for whichever group got the most. The challenges needed all of us working together ,so thats what we did! The challenges were really enjoyable, even though some included walking up a lot of hills! When we completed the challenges we walked back to the centre.
There, we had our lunch of sausages and chips. After lunch we walked up many more steep hills to get to the forest to play laser tag!! This was my favourite activity. We split into a red team and a blue team and had a fun game of laser tag.
Later on we returned to the centre and had dinner. Afterwards we went back to the forest and did night-line. This was also really fun. We had to put on blindfolds and hold onto each other. We walked through the forest,with our leader Wayne jumping out of the trees and scaring us half to death!!
After night-line we again went back to the centre and relaxed there. We met a boys school there and everyone had great craic. Some of the girls from our year sang also. We went to bed at 11.30 and we even more tired than we had been before!!
The next morning we got up at eight o'clock and went downstairs for breakfast. We then put on our wellies again and went up the hills once again to do orienteering .This took a long time and eventually my group got lost so we headed back to the centre. It had been a long day.
we left Carlingford at five o clock and got home at seven.
Overall it had been a brilliant trip :)
When we arrived in Carlingford we collected our bags off the bus and were led to the centre. We left our bags in one of the rooms there and were told to put on our wellies because we were going to be doing our first activity-the challenge course!! We split into groups and walked for about ten minutes with our leader John to get to the bus which brought us to the challenge course. When we arrived we put on helmets and were told we had to complete different challenges to win gems which would result in a prize for whichever group got the most. The challenges needed all of us working together ,so thats what we did! The challenges were really enjoyable, even though some included walking up a lot of hills! When we completed the challenges we walked back to the centre.
There, we had our lunch of sausages and chips. After lunch we walked up many more steep hills to get to the forest to play laser tag!! This was my favourite activity. We split into a red team and a blue team and had a fun game of laser tag.
Later on we returned to the centre and had dinner. Afterwards we went back to the forest and did night-line. This was also really fun. We had to put on blindfolds and hold onto each other. We walked through the forest,with our leader Wayne jumping out of the trees and scaring us half to death!!
After night-line we again went back to the centre and relaxed there. We met a boys school there and everyone had great craic. Some of the girls from our year sang also. We went to bed at 11.30 and we even more tired than we had been before!!
The next morning we got up at eight o'clock and went downstairs for breakfast. We then put on our wellies again and went up the hills once again to do orienteering .This took a long time and eventually my group got lost so we headed back to the centre. It had been a long day.
we left Carlingford at five o clock and got home at seven.
Overall it had been a brilliant trip :)
Tuesday 6 September 2011
Back to school !!
hi everyone,
Its our second week back to school and we have already been given plenty of projects to do. I sort of enjoy projects, so im not complaining! We got projects to work on for science, geography , home economics etc.
I've figured that Thursday is one of the best days because the day is filled with activities such as pilates, photography and dance . We also have music, home ec and I.T. Three times a week we have mini company classes.These are enjoyable and we get to think of ideas for a business to submit to a competition.
On Fridays I have double Home Ec. At the moment we are working on a project to design an outfit out of a pair of white jeans and a white t-shirt. My group have decided to make a dress based on 16th century fashion. We will have to cut the jeans up and sew everything together . I cant wait to see what it turns out like.
Bye for now
Eleana :)
Its our second week back to school and we have already been given plenty of projects to do. I sort of enjoy projects, so im not complaining! We got projects to work on for science, geography , home economics etc.
I've figured that Thursday is one of the best days because the day is filled with activities such as pilates, photography and dance . We also have music, home ec and I.T. Three times a week we have mini company classes.These are enjoyable and we get to think of ideas for a business to submit to a competition.
On Fridays I have double Home Ec. At the moment we are working on a project to design an outfit out of a pair of white jeans and a white t-shirt. My group have decided to make a dress based on 16th century fashion. We will have to cut the jeans up and sew everything together . I cant wait to see what it turns out like.
Bye for now
Eleana :)
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