Haven't written a post in over a week now.....Oops! I have been busy though, between geography projects, Junk Kouture, and being in Waterford over the weekend.
For our geography project we were each given an island from around Ireland. We have to research the attractions, accommodation, access, activities, amenities and population. I got Inis Meáin, one of the Aran Islands.
At the weekend I was in Waterford. My cousin Harry turned 1 so we went to his house for a little party. My auntie made a really nice chocolate teddy bear cake, with a smaller one in the shape of a number 1. We gave Harry his cake in his highchair, and he smeared it all over his face and hair. Not a pretty sight! That night we went to Grease.My cousins school De La Salle College were doing Grease as their musical this year. It was really good, and I enjoyed it so much. After that we went to their house and had crisps and sweets. The next day it was my uncle's memorial mass. We went to mass with my nanny and grandad, all my cousins and aunties and uncles. After that we went to O' Donnachas restaurant for dinner. I had plaice and chips, it was so nice! After that it was back up the motorway as I had a rehearsal for 'Little Shop of Horrors' with Clane Musical Society. I was only a little bit late so it wasn't too bad.
Yesterday we had a meeting with a woman from the Kildare Enterprise Board about Mini-Company. She asked us about our idea and what our plans were. Our group is called 'Cake Couture' and our idea is a baking kit with recipes, cupcake cases and decorations.
Tuesday, 22 October 2013
Saturday, 12 October 2013
Road safety, work experience and the Fun Walk!
On Tuesday the 8th of October we had a talk on Road Safety. It was a bit scary hearing all the statistics about how many people are killed, but even more so about the amount who are injured after crashes. We were shown documentaries made about people whose lives were drastically affected by crashes, it was sad to hear families talking about loved ones who were killed. We also did a theory test! I got 33 out of 40, unfortunately I needed 2 more right to pass :(
Work experience was on again on Wednesday, it was really interesting and I felt I learned a lot.
The annual Fun Walk for anti-bullying week was on Friday. Each year group gets a colour, and each base class comes up with a dance and song about friendship or anti-bullying. TYs were yellow, first years were pink, 2nd years purple, 3rd years green, 5th years blue and 6th years black and white. Our class used the theme of exclusion through the ugly duckling, who looked and acted different to the rest of us. Eventually mother duck (or Ms. O' R, our tutor) gave out to us and we danced together to 'We're All In This Together'. The other TY classes were minions from Despicable Me and taxis. Then some of us manned the road crossings for the actual walk, after the walk we went back to the school. We got a drink and danced to some music put on by the Prefects and went home happy.
Work experience was on again on Wednesday, it was really interesting and I felt I learned a lot.
The annual Fun Walk for anti-bullying week was on Friday. Each year group gets a colour, and each base class comes up with a dance and song about friendship or anti-bullying. TYs were yellow, first years were pink, 2nd years purple, 3rd years green, 5th years blue and 6th years black and white. Our class used the theme of exclusion through the ugly duckling, who looked and acted different to the rest of us. Eventually mother duck (or Ms. O' R, our tutor) gave out to us and we danced together to 'We're All In This Together'. The other TY classes were minions from Despicable Me and taxis. Then some of us manned the road crossings for the actual walk, after the walk we went back to the school. We got a drink and danced to some music put on by the Prefects and went home happy.
Monday, 7 October 2013
Maps, maps and more maps!
Junk Kouture again today, and me and Aoife were really getting into the swing of things. We punched holes in the top of the folded maps, and glued them together to create one MEGA-PLEAT! Then we strung old ear buds in the holes, Ms. H said it looked really good BUT......She had some old beads that weren't being used, and would we like to string them along with the pleats? So we took out the wire, and started to re-string the pleats with the beads. We're hoping to weave maps for the top of the outfit. I think it will look really cool and different, and hopefully everything will go OK, with no major disasters in the future!!!!
We got some inspiration from this dress we found a picture of on the internet, thanks to Ms. H. I can't wait to do more work on the outfit, I'm looking at putting a circular fan onto a hairband as a headpiece. Work experience again this Wednesday, can't wait!
We got some inspiration from this dress we found a picture of on the internet, thanks to Ms. H. I can't wait to do more work on the outfit, I'm looking at putting a circular fan onto a hairband as a headpiece. Work experience again this Wednesday, can't wait!
Thursday, 3 October 2013
Work Experience and Pádraig Pearse
So Wednesday was my first day of work experience. I went to an occupational therapist in the clinic in Celbridge. I was nervous at first, but the OT was really friendly and put me at ease. My day was very interesting and I gained an excellent insight into what an OT actually does.
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Today, Thursday, we went to the Pearse Museum in St. Enda's Park, Rathfarnham in Dublin. I thought it was really interesting and I enjoyed the trip. We learnt a lot about the school Pádraig Pearse set up with his brother and some of the history of the house.
Junk Kouture and Millennium Development Goals
So I finally got somewhere with me and Aoife's idea for our Junk Kouture design. Junk Kouture is a fashion competition where you make an outfit from recycled and electrical items. We want to make a dress out of old maps. I made two circular fans at home, and we are working on a pleated skirt. Hopefully it will all work out OK, Ms. H is a great help in class. The first idea was to make a skirt out of paper mache and make it into a sort of globe, but that wasn't working out very well. This is much easier, and will hopefully look really good as well.
In religion we have been working on powerpoint presentations about the Millennium Development Goals. These are a set of 8 goals made by the United Nations in 2000 I was in a group with Karen and Aoife. Our presentation was about the 6th Millennium Development Goal, To Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases.
Sunday, 29 September 2013
Last workshops :(
So on Wednesday we had our last day of workshops :( as work experience is starting next Wednesday.
First workshop was with Brenda and Kate from BK Inniu where we walked the red carpet in our high heels again! They talked about skincare and make up as well, and we got to do our make up which was fun. They also helped us find whether our skin tone was warm, cool or neutral.
A work experience workshop was next from Mr. C and Ms. H. They told us what to do if your supervisor was out, or if you break something in an office. They said to be honest at all times, as someone would find out anyway in the end what had happened. We also spoke about what to wear for work experience, which varies from place to place. I found it very useful.
Last was Denise from Positive Parties who did a workshop on rapport. We talked about how not to introduce yourself to someone and the right way to introduce yourself as well to build up good rapport. We did fun and silly games as well to keep up the positive atmosphere in the room.
I'm going to miss having workshops, but I'm really looking forward to work experience. My first slot is with an occupational therapist, I can't wait!
Róisín :)
First workshop was with Brenda and Kate from BK Inniu where we walked the red carpet in our high heels again! They talked about skincare and make up as well, and we got to do our make up which was fun. They also helped us find whether our skin tone was warm, cool or neutral.
A work experience workshop was next from Mr. C and Ms. H. They told us what to do if your supervisor was out, or if you break something in an office. They said to be honest at all times, as someone would find out anyway in the end what had happened. We also spoke about what to wear for work experience, which varies from place to place. I found it very useful.
Last was Denise from Positive Parties who did a workshop on rapport. We talked about how not to introduce yourself to someone and the right way to introduce yourself as well to build up good rapport. We did fun and silly games as well to keep up the positive atmosphere in the room.
I'm going to miss having workshops, but I'm really looking forward to work experience. My first slot is with an occupational therapist, I can't wait!
Róisín :)
Monday, 23 September 2013
Carlingford!!!
On Wednesday 11th September, we got our Junior Certificate results. It was nerve-wracking waiting in the hall to get them. I was really happy with my results, seeing as I didn't study very much.
On the 16th, Monday, we left at 7 a.m. to go to Carlingford in Louth. Nobody was happy to be up so early. When we got to the adventure centre, we were sorted into 2 big groups. Then we figured out who was going in which room, and after that we got ready for our first activity.
http://www.carlingfordadventure.com/
My group was doing Team Challenges first. We were put in smaller groups of about 10 for this. We had to complete challenges in a certain amount of time to get gems. At the end the team with the most gems wins. I had great craic with this, it was hard to keep working as a team the whole time. I felt I got to know some of the girls better through this.
After this we went back to the centre for lunch, sausage rolls and chips yum! The next activity was Laser Combat. We put on camouflage all-in-ones and walked up the mountain to the forest and the laser zone. I was on the blue team, we had Ms. O' C on our team, the reds had Mr. K. our team won King of the Hill twice.
After dinner we had a night line walk in the forest which was fun. We went back to the centre and some of us went to the chipper or Chinese for some more food! In my room we stayed up talking for ages. Mrs. Leahy had to wake us up in the morning.
Our group went kayaking in the morning after breakfast which was fun, but very cold!! After lunch we did archery, body zorbing and communication breakdown. Body zorbing is where you have a zorb ball over your body but your kegs stick out the end. We all bashed into each other and rolled down the hill. For communication breakdown we were in a dark maze and we had to get out together. The first person had to tell us whether they were turning left, right, going straight or moving up or down a level. I enjoyed it.
The view from the pier onto Slieve Foy, Mourne Mountains.
Then it was back to the bus with all our bags to go home to Celbridge. While I had a great time, I was glad to be back in my on bed again.
The next day we had some more workshops. We did Laughter Yoga with Denise from Positive Parties. That was a bit strange. We also had a class in deportment and etiquette, we had to walk up and down a red arpet in high heels! The third workshop was head massage, that was really relaxing.
On Thursday we went to the Moat Theatre in Naas for a talk from the Kildare County Enterprise Board about Mini Company. It was very helpful, but I enjoyed going to McDonalds afterwards more! We got back to school at lunchtime. Friday was a normal school day.
On the 16th, Monday, we left at 7 a.m. to go to Carlingford in Louth. Nobody was happy to be up so early. When we got to the adventure centre, we were sorted into 2 big groups. Then we figured out who was going in which room, and after that we got ready for our first activity.
http://www.carlingfordadventure.com/
My group was doing Team Challenges first. We were put in smaller groups of about 10 for this. We had to complete challenges in a certain amount of time to get gems. At the end the team with the most gems wins. I had great craic with this, it was hard to keep working as a team the whole time. I felt I got to know some of the girls better through this.
After this we went back to the centre for lunch, sausage rolls and chips yum! The next activity was Laser Combat. We put on camouflage all-in-ones and walked up the mountain to the forest and the laser zone. I was on the blue team, we had Ms. O' C on our team, the reds had Mr. K. our team won King of the Hill twice.
After dinner we had a night line walk in the forest which was fun. We went back to the centre and some of us went to the chipper or Chinese for some more food! In my room we stayed up talking for ages. Mrs. Leahy had to wake us up in the morning.
Our group went kayaking in the morning after breakfast which was fun, but very cold!! After lunch we did archery, body zorbing and communication breakdown. Body zorbing is where you have a zorb ball over your body but your kegs stick out the end. We all bashed into each other and rolled down the hill. For communication breakdown we were in a dark maze and we had to get out together. The first person had to tell us whether they were turning left, right, going straight or moving up or down a level. I enjoyed it.
Then it was back to the bus with all our bags to go home to Celbridge. While I had a great time, I was glad to be back in my on bed again.
The next day we had some more workshops. We did Laughter Yoga with Denise from Positive Parties. That was a bit strange. We also had a class in deportment and etiquette, we had to walk up and down a red arpet in high heels! The third workshop was head massage, that was really relaxing.
On Thursday we went to the Moat Theatre in Naas for a talk from the Kildare County Enterprise Board about Mini Company. It was very helpful, but I enjoyed going to McDonalds afterwards more! We got back to school at lunchtime. Friday was a normal school day.
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