Geography Projects, and an Embarrassing Video....

As you can tell from reading my blog, throughout Transition Year we're assigned many projects in which we have to complete before a certain date. Deadlines are so important this year, and you have to have all your projects done on time, as hard as it can be at times..! In Geography class, we did a project called "Virtual Trip Around the World project" which I vlogged about a few months ago. We did these projects separately, and then our teacher, Ms.G put us in pairs to do a presentation on one country in particular. I was with Amanda and our country was Kenya. Below is our project, I used this website to display the powepoint on my blog....

Also, I came across a video from the first year talent show, where I was dancing...dressed up as a nerd...How embarrassing hahahaha!. I pasted the video below to give you all a laugh. (I'm wearing a pink top with a white shirt over it).

Minicompany Madness!!

Although its been a lot of work, it's safe to say that Minicompany has been my favorite project in TY this year :) My group "William's Words" decided to make a dictionary which translates 16th Century English into modern day English to make studying that little bit easier. It took a bountiful amount of work, but the end result was rewarding.
We only got our booklets printed on Saturday, just in time for the competition on Monday. Two judges from the Student Enterprise Board came to our School and judged all the mini companies. William's Words won the innovation award and we were shortlisted. We'll find out next Friday whether we got through to the Kildare competition. I pray that we do, it'd be absolutely amazing!
I've good news, today in Work Experience a journalist from Leinster Leader was there. I told him about my Minicompany, and he was very intrigued and he wants me to write an article tonight about our product and it'll be on the next paper. I'm so grateful for this as its a great way to promote our product to a bigger audience. Below are a few pictures from the competition on Monday...

<-Theres our Mini Co team..consisting of Ruth,    Caitlin, Juliette, Ciara, Aisling and I

Our Shakespearean Stand

Ruth and I with the booklets we produced

Innovation award...woooohooo!!!

Everyone put in so much work for Mini Company so well done to everybody :) 

BT Young Scientist....

I've been so excited for this day for weeks! The Young Scientist is a competition which is held in the RDS, Dublin annually. It's a great way for students who have an interest in science to get involved with others who share the same interests. It's a great learning experience too.
The science teachers brought Second Year students and Transition Year students to the exhibition yesterday.  I enjoyed it thoroughly. I was really gutted that I didn't get in this year, but there's always next year! The projects were well researched and really interesting.
There was lots of stalls, such as a Bank of Ireland stall which gave out free stuff. Who doesn't love free stuff?! I came home delighted with a bag full of science magazines, pencils and much more. The queues for food were huge and the food was quite expensive, so I'd advise anyone who goes to bring a packed lunch with them.
Shows were held in the arena every half hour or so and I got the opportunity to watch the Robot Show. Although I have to admit, the robot was quite scary. Below there's some pictures that I took of my day out and a short clip of the Robot Show. I had a great time :)

What a week!

This week has been one of the best weeks in Transition Year for me so far!

On Tuesday in Art we began our "Casette Tape" project. We're picking a picture of a celebrity and making a casette tape masterpiece out of it. Here are a few examples of what has been done before....



The celebrity which I chose to do a portrait of is Johnny Cash. I chose him because my Dad loves Johnny Cash and I'll give him the finishing piece! It'll be hard work, but worth it when it's finished. I haven't done art since first year so this will be a challange for me!

In Home Ec, we baked scones. I never knew baking was so fun! It didn't take long for the scones to be all eaten by the family when I got home. In Home Ec, we're baking every Tuesday. Next Tuesday, we're baking Apple Crumble. I'm looking forward to that :) On our Friday double in Home Ec, we're designing a teddy bear which will be interesting.

Wednesday was our first week of our second Work Experience placement. I'm doing my Work Experience in Halo Cafe. I felt that doing Work Experience here would be useful as you develop a lot of useful skills when working in a cafe. When I got home I was exhausted from all the hardwork. The people there are so lovely.

On Thursday we went to the BT Young Scientist. I had an absolute ball. There was a huge variety of different projects and so many free stuff! Check out my other blog post to hear more about the day :)

On Friday (today) we spent four classes completing our mini company work. "Williams Words" is my Mini - Company idea and we're designing a Shakespearean dictionary. It took so much time and effort to complete but we're finally finished. We've sent it off to print this evening and hopefully they'll be ready to sell soon. If you have any questions, feel free to contact any of the team or message us on our Facebook page...
http://www.facebook.com/WilliamsWordsMiniCo

Work Experience Video

During my time in NUI Chemistry Labs I made a video to show other girls what my experience was like. Overall, it was brilliant and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who has an interest in Science. You learn a lot. Enjoy the video, and if you're interested in going for work experience there, the link is below. http://www.chemistry.nuim.ie/