Sunday 17 February 2013

Backpacking for Pieta House

Pieta house is an organisation which was set up to help those who inflict harm on themselves or have attempted suicide. Its a non profit organisation and relies on donations. So, on Friday the 15th and Saturday the 16th of February some TY's volunteered to do bagpacking in Tesco to help raise some funds.
Bagpacking is actually quite fun, you get to meet a lot of nice people through it, and its for a great cause. I bagpacked yesterday in Tesco from 1pm to 3pm. 
Overall, we raised around 1,500 euro for the charity. Well done to all the girls who got involved (-:



I'm looking forward to going back to school tomorrow as we have a DRUM WORKSHOP first thing in the morning!!! I'm so excited yaaaaaay :D

Wednesday 6 February 2013

In the NEWSPAPER!

Two weeks ago in Work Experience, I was speaking to a Journalist in Leinster Leader about my Mini Company and how we were shortlisted for the Kildare finals. He seemed really intrigued about our idea and felt that putting an article in the newspaper would be an excellent method of advertising our product.
Well, the article has been printed and it looks great! So happy YAAAY....We've so much work to do before the Kildare finals, but I'm so excited :)



Briary Gap Video

During our trip to Briary Gap, I took some videos of our day. Hope you enjoy,

Kildare here we come!!!

On Monday the 21st of January, two judges from the student enterprise board came to our school and judged the Transition Year mini company groups. We all set up our stalls and showed off our product to the best of our abilities. Four companies were shortlisted for the Kildare finals; Stuzic, Hair Couture, Cuppa Stuff and William's Words (my group).
Well yesterday, Mrs.P gave our class fantastic news, my group William's Words got through to the Kildare Finals! I am so so so happy, there is a lot of work to do, but I am absolutely delighted. :) 
No fear, it's only Shakespeare!

Gaeilge san Idirbhliain

In Irish classes this year, we are getting up to a lot of work. Although we're going over our grammar and practicing our essay skills, we are doing some productive project work to take a different approach to Irish this year.
In class, everyone was assigned a different title to do a few slides on, and then present it to the class. I got "Mé féin" so here is my presentation..

Friday 1 February 2013

Highlights of TY so far

I've made a short powerpoint showing my highlights of Transition Year so far in pictures.... hope you all enjoy..

Síocháin's trip to Briary Gap

 On Tuesday the 29th of January, class Síocháin alongside Ms.G headed off to their drama competition in Briary Gap, Mullingar. During religion class, we studied the Millenium Development Goals and our inspiration for our dramas sprung from these goals.
 My group did a play based on Homelessness. We raised awareness of the fact that anyone can become homeless. And that its not just an alcoholic who was made all the wrong choices in life. The other group did a play on war and how warfare can affect one mentally. We both put in tremendous efforts during practice, and it certainly paid off whilst we were performing on Tuesday.
After registration on Tuesday morning, we got the bus to Mullingar. The hour long journey flew by with singing and laughter on the bus. We were kindly welcomed by the staff at Briary Gap when we arrived there and we were assigned a dressing room to ourselves.
Once we got changed into our costumes, and did our makeup we were all set to start our last minute rehearsals. We weren't due to go on stage until one o'clock, which meant we had an hour to check out Mullingar town. We viewed the Joe Dolan statue, had time to get a bite to eat and also admired the fact that Mullingar town is the home town of Niall Horan from One Direction.
We were back to the centre in no time, and we had the opportunity to watch other schools perform their dramas. The standard was absolutely brilliant and we certainly had tough acts to follow. Despite nerves kicking in, everyone in both groups performed to the best of their ability and it was truly a success.
We will find out soon enough whether any of the groups got through to the final in Cork. Fingers crossed. Thanks to Ms.G for accompanying us on our trip.
I'm in the middle of making a video about our trip, it'll be ready soon. In the mean time, here are a few pictures from the trip....
Joe Dolan statue

Some last minute practice 


An other school performing their drama