I.T. Class :)

Today I learnt how to embed a video onto my TY Blog in I.T. class. This is a video of The Script with their song 'The Hall of Fame'.


 

The Simon Community :)

On Thursday, Ms O'S. gave us a talk on The Simon Community. She told us about how she became involved with the organisation. It was very interesting to listen to how she helped the people through art. She told us that we could get involved through other means than just soup kitchens. I really liked the pictures that she helped them paint. The building which they are displayed on in Cork looks very colourful and full of life. I found our talk very beneficial as I learned how something small that I would be able to offer, would be of great benefit to the people and the community.



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Irish Debating :D

Today, Ciara, Orla and myself headed to a school in Bray, where our Irish debating competition was being held. Our motion was 'Senators and TD's should be able to choose the clothes that they wear in the Dáil', our team was for the motion. The captain of our team is Ciara, I am our second speaker and Orla is our third and final speaker. We had a great opportunity to practice our debate on numerous occasions throughout the day, thanks to Ms B. It was great having this opportunity to practice as it was of great benefit to us in our debate.
We arrived at our destination for our debate and went to practice our motion before the debate officially began. We ran through everything and were feeling confident, when a teacher from the hosting school came to retrieve us to bring us to the main hall where the debate was being held. Ms B. was there which was great as we had an opportunity to ask her any questions before the debate began. There were four groups including us, each with three representatives, from schools in Dublin and Wicklow and Kildare.
We were the third school up and our points very strong. Each of us felt both very nervous and excited when we were about to step up to the podium. All of the students who debated had excellent arguments and put a lot of time and effort into their debates.
In the end it was announced that two teams won, and to our delight we were one of those teams. Myself and my team mates were absolutely delighted with our hard work. We are very happy to be able to say that we are progressing onto the next round and we would like to thank Ms B. for all of her hard work and we greatly appreciate it!

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Mini-Company Trip :)

Today all TY's embarked on a journey to Odeon cinema in Naas for our Mini-Company workshop. When we arrived we went into the cinema theatre. There were three other schools at the workshop and we were all seated according to our schools. We were waiting for along time for the woman to come to begin the workshop. A teacher came into the theatre and informed us that unfortunately the woman was taken to hospital this morning and therefor the workshop was cancelled. On a good note we were told that we would now be able to watch the new James Bond film 'Skyfall'. Everyone who was at the cinema became very excited with this news.
After watching the action packed film, we left the theatre all discussing with each other how much we enjoyed it. When we got into the foyer of the cinema we were all given a goody bag filled with popcorn, jelly's, 7up and a Madagascar drink beaker. Everyone was shocked and delighted when this was presented to us. The trip back to the school was full of chat about the film and of how nice it was to be given the lovely goody bags. We had an amazing trip to Odeon Cinema in Naas and I really enjoyed my time there :)

Dress Up Day :D

On Friday the 26th of October we had our annual Halloween dress up day. This year the themes were Witches for First Years, Pirates for Second Years, Super Heroes for Third Years, Zombies for Transition Years, Scary Clowns for Fifth Years and Harry Potter for Sixth Years. 
This year my friend Eve, did my make up to make me look like a scary zombie. My class had our pictures taken for our Halloween dress up day. Everyone had to vote for two people from my class to represent Class Cinealtas in our Halloween parade. Emma and Rachel were chosen as we thought that they had the best costumes. At lunch time the parade was held in the hall where all the class representatives from each year group had to walk in front of the judges and they decided what class won from each year group. Unfortunately this year my class did not win, but we all had a great day participating in our annual Halloween dress-up day and I am really looking forward to next years Halloween :)

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Junk Kouture :)

This year everyone in Transition Year has to make an outfit from recyclable objects. I am in a group with Kate and Aisling, and we are doing a Tea Party theme, I am modelling our creation. The top of our dress is a bodess made with chicken wire and covered with paper machete. We placed used tea bags over the paper machete. The tea bags are brown in colour.
For the bottom part of our outfit we did a skirt in the shape of a tea pot. We shaped the chicken wire into a tea pot and paper macheted the skirt. We then covered the skirt in painted used tea bags. I painted my tea bags pink, Kate painted her tea bags purple, and Aisling painted her tea bags blue. We are putting these tea bags onto the skirt.
We are doing a handle of the tea pot, which my arm will go into. This is covered in pink tea bags. We also have a hat, which acts as the lid of a tea pot. This is covered in blue tea bags. For our shoes we are covering them in purple tea bags.
I am really enjoying making an outfit that I will be able to wear and say that I had a hand in making it.


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Fun Walk and Work Experience :D

This week we were busy preparing for our Fun Walk performance. My class group were good and bad bees, but during our piece we all became friends. We put a lot of effort into our Transition Year Fun Walk Performance.
This week I also had my second week of Work Experience in a local primary school. I was in with Second Class for the day which I really enjoyed :). I helped the children with their very sticky and messy art lesson. I really enjoyed my time with Second Class and I am really looking forward to my third week of Work Experience :D.