Hey lads!
So for our IT end of year project, wehad to create a movie of whatever we wanted.. I chose ta do mine on my whole TY year.. I have really enjoyed myself, and I have met some class people over the year! Every single trip we went on was mad craic, even including the recent Irish trip.. (ish) !
So movie maker was not exactly being my best friend during the time i was putting this together, so sorry its a tad bit blurry and whatnot.. Anyways, hope ye enjoy it!
My TY Movie :)
Monday, 20 May 2013
Tuesday, 23 April 2013
Swim a mile with a smile :)
Hey there!
Im sorry i haven't written a blog in a while, TY has started ta get even busier than before! With new projects and even more new deadlines, its hard ta squeeze writing a blog into free time! Today im going ta tell ya a little bit about our trip to the Aquatic Centre for Swim a Mile.
On Friday the 19th April, every TY and LCVP student who wanted to participate in swim a mile with a smile made their way to the Aquatic Centre. Overall, we swam a total of 26 miles altogether :) I swam a mile with Emma and Clíodhna, then went for the second mile with Orlaith, Alanna, Róisín and Eilise!
Swim a mile with a smile is organised every year by the Daly family. It is in aid of their son Ian Daly who died of cancer. The raised money goes to Barretstown and Crumlin Children's hospital every year. These are brilliant causes! Each of these charities helped Ian immensely in his last days, and so we are helping to give back to them what they did for Ian. If any of ye wish to donate, you can do so on this website : How to donate to Swim a Mile.
Thanks lads, talk to ye soon!
Im sorry i haven't written a blog in a while, TY has started ta get even busier than before! With new projects and even more new deadlines, its hard ta squeeze writing a blog into free time! Today im going ta tell ya a little bit about our trip to the Aquatic Centre for Swim a Mile.
On Friday the 19th April, every TY and LCVP student who wanted to participate in swim a mile with a smile made their way to the Aquatic Centre. Overall, we swam a total of 26 miles altogether :) I swam a mile with Emma and Clíodhna, then went for the second mile with Orlaith, Alanna, Róisín and Eilise!
Swim a mile with a smile is organised every year by the Daly family. It is in aid of their son Ian Daly who died of cancer. The raised money goes to Barretstown and Crumlin Children's hospital every year. These are brilliant causes! Each of these charities helped Ian immensely in his last days, and so we are helping to give back to them what they did for Ian. If any of ye wish to donate, you can do so on this website : How to donate to Swim a Mile.
Thanks lads, talk to ye soon!
Tuesday, 19 March 2013
Retreat!
Heya lads!
Last Wednesday we went on our retreat to Tallaght.. We set off early in the morning, completely unaware of the emotional day ahead of us.. It was truly a great day, and enjoyed by the majority of TY.
We arrived at Tallaght and were brought into a big room in the retreat centre. A priest came our to talk to us for a little while and say a quick prayer before we split into groups. We split into groups of twelve going with whoever we were comfortable with.. We answered questions on a sheet, and then came the hard part.. Saying our answers out loud.
Every single one of us twelve girls broke down crying at one point.. When we broke for lunch, everyone had red eyes.. We had tea and biscuits and our lunches, and sat around chatting and whatnot! My group decided to head back to the room earlier to writer about each other. We each sent a sheet around with our names up the top.. Everyone wrote a paragraph about that person, and we were overcome with joy and happiness when we got our sheets back.. We instantly knew who our true friends were!
We concluded with a prayer from the priest and each placed a prayer into the earn to be burned.. We really bonded in our groups and learned alot about each other! I couldn't have asked for a better group of girls, we gelled so much over that particular Wednesday!
Last Wednesday we went on our retreat to Tallaght.. We set off early in the morning, completely unaware of the emotional day ahead of us.. It was truly a great day, and enjoyed by the majority of TY.
We arrived at Tallaght and were brought into a big room in the retreat centre. A priest came our to talk to us for a little while and say a quick prayer before we split into groups. We split into groups of twelve going with whoever we were comfortable with.. We answered questions on a sheet, and then came the hard part.. Saying our answers out loud. 
Every single one of us twelve girls broke down crying at one point.. When we broke for lunch, everyone had red eyes.. We had tea and biscuits and our lunches, and sat around chatting and whatnot! My group decided to head back to the room earlier to writer about each other. We each sent a sheet around with our names up the top.. Everyone wrote a paragraph about that person, and we were overcome with joy and happiness when we got our sheets back.. We instantly knew who our true friends were!We concluded with a prayer from the priest and each placed a prayer into the earn to be burned.. We really bonded in our groups and learned alot about each other! I couldn't have asked for a better group of girls, we gelled so much over that particular Wednesday!
Thursday, 7 March 2013
Wesley!
Hey there!
Friday the 1st March.. We went to Wesley College to take part in the Choir Competition! We all had mad craic and thoroughly enjoyed the night!
We arrived at Wesley with adrenaline rushing through our veins! We practised to our hearts content, then took a break for a wander around the grounds.. We had good craic talking to the other schools around and about.. Once again, the thing that got us the most excited was the food! We sat in the canteen for about an hour chatting and eating until it was almost time to go on stage..
We went back to the room we practised in to give it one last shot before we went on stage.. We had it perfected, now it was time to go..
We filed into the side room one by one, ready to line up on stage.. When we were called, the adrenaline kicked in once more.. We walked out to the stage, to be greeted by applause. It was truly happening! All those weeks of practise had finally paid off..
The piano began, and we sang our hearts out! We finished up in fourth place, three points behind the third place school.. Fairly proud i must say :')
Friday the 1st March.. We went to Wesley College to take part in the Choir Competition! We all had mad craic and thoroughly enjoyed the night!
We arrived at Wesley with adrenaline rushing through our veins! We practised to our hearts content, then took a break for a wander around the grounds.. We had good craic talking to the other schools around and about.. Once again, the thing that got us the most excited was the food! We sat in the canteen for about an hour chatting and eating until it was almost time to go on stage..We went back to the room we practised in to give it one last shot before we went on stage.. We had it perfected, now it was time to go..
We filed into the side room one by one, ready to line up on stage.. When we were called, the adrenaline kicked in once more.. We walked out to the stage, to be greeted by applause. It was truly happening! All those weeks of practise had finally paid off..
The piano began, and we sang our hearts out! We finished up in fourth place, three points behind the third place school.. Fairly proud i must say :')
Trinity!
Heya lads!
So today we went to Trinity College to visit the science department.. Intel gave us a presentation and overall it was bery interesting!
We went in and were directed ta get into groups of four.. In our groups, we went to a table each where a representative from intel told us about their story in intel.. We had a lovely woman named Amy! She told us about the points ya needed and certain aspects of chemistry and physics ya needed ta become an engineer in Intel.
We then moved onto the food.. I'd say this was the part people enjoyed most! Everyone ran for the food and drinks and raced for the seats! It was true chaos!
After this, we went to a cinema-like room.. Two women named Sarah and Jennifer told us about their part in Intel.. This part truly interested me! They talked about the clean room.. It amazed me that it is 10,000 times cleaner than an average operating theatre! They also talked about the special suits they have ta wear into the clean room, as to keep it clean.. They are called bunny suits, shown in the picture..
I truly enjoyed the day out, and found the whole concept extremely interesting!
So today we went to Trinity College to visit the science department.. Intel gave us a presentation and overall it was bery interesting!
We went in and were directed ta get into groups of four.. In our groups, we went to a table each where a representative from intel told us about their story in intel.. We had a lovely woman named Amy! She told us about the points ya needed and certain aspects of chemistry and physics ya needed ta become an engineer in Intel.We then moved onto the food.. I'd say this was the part people enjoyed most! Everyone ran for the food and drinks and raced for the seats! It was true chaos!
After this, we went to a cinema-like room.. Two women named Sarah and Jennifer told us about their part in Intel.. This part truly interested me! They talked about the clean room.. It amazed me that it is 10,000 times cleaner than an average operating theatre! They also talked about the special suits they have ta wear into the clean room, as to keep it clean.. They are called bunny suits, shown in the picture..
I truly enjoyed the day out, and found the whole concept extremely interesting!
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
Sci - Fest!
Hey there!
On friday the 1st March, all TY's entered a science competition called Sci-Fest.. We have been working on our projects since the start of the year, and have been enjoying the experience the whole way through!
We were put into groups at the start of the year for Sci-Fest. At first i wasnt sure whether i wanted to be separated from my friends for this project, but in the end i was glad i was! Myself and Lorna decided to do a project on Gorillas.. Our title was "The similarities in behaviour between Humans and Gorillas". To complete this project, we had to take a trip to the zoo and keep the Gorillas under observation for a period of five hours (from 11-4). We had deadly craic at the zoo!
On the day, we were sure to be prepared.. We brought in all sorts for our table display including; a powerpoint on the laptop, monkey teddies, bananas and whatnot! We even dressed up as monkeys on the day! We had good craic!
Unfortunately we didn't progress to the next level, but sure theres always next year!
On friday the 1st March, all TY's entered a science competition called Sci-Fest.. We have been working on our projects since the start of the year, and have been enjoying the experience the whole way through!
We were put into groups at the start of the year for Sci-Fest. At first i wasnt sure whether i wanted to be separated from my friends for this project, but in the end i was glad i was! Myself and Lorna decided to do a project on Gorillas.. Our title was "The similarities in behaviour between Humans and Gorillas". To complete this project, we had to take a trip to the zoo and keep the Gorillas under observation for a period of five hours (from 11-4). We had deadly craic at the zoo!
On the day, we were sure to be prepared.. We brought in all sorts for our table display including; a powerpoint on the laptop, monkey teddies, bananas and whatnot! We even dressed up as monkeys on the day! We had good craic!Unfortunately we didn't progress to the next level, but sure theres always next year!
Conflict Project!
Hey lads!
So for the past two weeks or so we have been working on a Conflict project in Religion class.. I have ta say, I was not looking forward to it, but once we got started, it became extremely interesting!
We got into groups of three or four to start off.. We then chose our topics and got straight into research! I was in a group with Aisling and Shannon.. We chose to do WWII: The Holocaust. We had no idea what we had gotten ourselves into, the devastation behind the Holocaust.
I learned alot from the Holocaust conflict project! Over 6 million Jews died in Concentration Camps alone, due to an evil dictator - Adolf Hitler. Many of ye have heard of Hitler, as have I.. But trust me, through this project i have learned ALOT more in this project!
Hitler prefered the people of the Aryan Race. He disliked many Jewish people.. As a child, the jewish children always had more than Hitler.. He hated them for this and many other reasons!
It was a project i really enjoyed doing, and have gained alot of knowledge on this topic!
So for the past two weeks or so we have been working on a Conflict project in Religion class.. I have ta say, I was not looking forward to it, but once we got started, it became extremely interesting!
I learned alot from the Holocaust conflict project! Over 6 million Jews died in Concentration Camps alone, due to an evil dictator - Adolf Hitler. Many of ye have heard of Hitler, as have I.. But trust me, through this project i have learned ALOT more in this project!
Hitler prefered the people of the Aryan Race. He disliked many Jewish people.. As a child, the jewish children always had more than Hitler.. He hated them for this and many other reasons!
It was a project i really enjoyed doing, and have gained alot of knowledge on this topic!
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