Hey there!
Well, as ye all know, we have all been working extremely hard for the last three months to complete opur junk kouture outfits.. Well it has all come to an end!
We were all given one class to get ready for yesterdays fashion show. My group (Aisling, Shannon and myself) struggled a tad.. We had ta spray Aislings hair with over half a bottle of hair spray..It was unreal! We managed ta get it to stay up though.. We spent the rest of the forty minutes dressing Aisling and putting on her makeup.. This seemed like it took forever! We had to dran swirls all the way up Aislings arm and on the side of her face..
Alot of things went wrong on the catwalk.. First of all, the music was wrong. We were the only ones who had to walk to someone elses music. This completely threw Aisling off her mark! We managed to get through this though.. The next thing that went wrong was that one of the pleats came undone, and hung down.. This made the dress look unfinished, which the judges were not too pleased about.. It was quite a stressful day! But at least I got to see the rest of the dresses and take photos of each one :)
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Tuesday, 11 December 2012
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Cray8 Colour!
Heeeeeeey :)
We have been working on our mini companies for the past two months! We have all thrown our ideas out into the open, and decided what groups we were going into.. There are a wide array of different kind of companies, such as; phone covers, a learning app, t-shirts and friendship braclets.
We have been working on our mini companies for the past two months! We have all thrown our ideas out into the open, and decided what groups we were going into.. There are a wide array of different kind of companies, such as; phone covers, a learning app, t-shirts and friendship braclets.
I came up with our mini company idea.. We are called Cray8 Colour! Basically, we melt down old unusable crayons and recycle them into new crayons, using silicone moulds. We sell our crayons for 50c each, or three for €1, in all different shapes and colours!
We came up with this idea as my mam works in a Montessori and often recycles her crayons to make new ones. We are very happy with our idea, and hope to make it into the next level in the competition! :)
Junk Kouture!
Hey there!
Well lads, as i mentioned before, as part of TY design, Home Ec and Art, we are doing a project called 'Junk Kouture'! This project involves us collecting recycled materials and creating an outfit suited to a theme. I am in a group with Shannon and Aisling :) We work well together! Our theme is Irish Dancing.
Basically, we collected two tutu's, one mine and one our friends. They are pink and yellow, which we decided our main colour scheme would be based around. For the first few weeks of the project, we began to make our bodice. We moulded chicken wire around our model, Aislings top. We then began to paste newspaper to it, to make paper maché. Once this had dried, and we had made a bodice, we began to paint it! We had mad craic painting the design onto the bodice! Once again, we stuck to our main colour schemes, pink and yellow.
After we had finished the bodice, we started to make the skirt. We sewed the two tutu's together using a zig zag stitch, which was a new skill I had picked up. We then cut out pleats from the bed sheet and Shannon painted a design onto each pleat. I sewed the pleats on. We then decided to sew some sequences onto the bottom of the pleat to give it a bit of a sparkle!
Now we are half way through the shoes. We have stuck diamondy thingys onto the heels, and Aisling has sewn pink and yellow beads onto the shoes. We are going to sew some sequence's onto the sides of the shoes in art, so our shoes are extremely blingy!
The catwalk is on next Tuesday or Thursday, so we are all looking forward to it !
Well lads, as i mentioned before, as part of TY design, Home Ec and Art, we are doing a project called 'Junk Kouture'! This project involves us collecting recycled materials and creating an outfit suited to a theme. I am in a group with Shannon and Aisling :) We work well together! Our theme is Irish Dancing.
After we had finished the bodice, we started to make the skirt. We sewed the two tutu's together using a zig zag stitch, which was a new skill I had picked up. We then cut out pleats from the bed sheet and Shannon painted a design onto each pleat. I sewed the pleats on. We then decided to sew some sequences onto the bottom of the pleat to give it a bit of a sparkle!
Now we are half way through the shoes. We have stuck diamondy thingys onto the heels, and Aisling has sewn pink and yellow beads onto the shoes. We are going to sew some sequence's onto the sides of the shoes in art, so our shoes are extremely blingy!
The catwalk is on next Tuesday or Thursday, so we are all looking forward to it !
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Gaisce!
Hey lads!
Well, we were told about this Gaisce last week.. Basically, Gaisce is a Presidents award.. Ya have ta do 13 weeks community work, 13 weeks personal skills development and 13 weeks physical skills development. After this, you complete another 13 weeks of one of the category's of your choice. At the end of the year you finish off with a 26 mile hike.. And were only completing the Bronze Award!
For the community service, i am becoming a Scout Leader with my friend Aisling. It's on every Tuesday evening, and I am looking forward to it! We begin tonight, hopefully!:) For the personal skills development I am hoping to be taught guitar by Aisling also, however this depends on whether my music teacher will sign the report and test me for development on this skill..
For my physical skills development, i will be doing swimming.. I do swimming/ life saving every Thursday, and hope to improve over the next few weeks!
I am really looking forward to beginning Gaisce, and to learning new skills!
I'll let ye know how we get on!
Talk to ye :)
Well, we were told about this Gaisce last week.. Basically, Gaisce is a Presidents award.. Ya have ta do 13 weeks community work, 13 weeks personal skills development and 13 weeks physical skills development. After this, you complete another 13 weeks of one of the category's of your choice. At the end of the year you finish off with a 26 mile hike.. And were only completing the Bronze Award!
For the community service, i am becoming a Scout Leader with my friend Aisling. It's on every Tuesday evening, and I am looking forward to it! We begin tonight, hopefully!:) For the personal skills development I am hoping to be taught guitar by Aisling also, however this depends on whether my music teacher will sign the report and test me for development on this skill..
For my physical skills development, i will be doing swimming.. I do swimming/ life saving every Thursday, and hope to improve over the next few weeks!
I am really looking forward to beginning Gaisce, and to learning new skills!
I'll let ye know how we get on!
Talk to ye :)
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Halloween horrors!
Hey lads!
Last Friday, the 26th of October was dress up day in St.Wolstans.. There was a huge array of different costumes on display from members of each year.. Transition years were Zombies, and we had a huge amount of craic dressing up and displaying our colourful and zombie-like nature!
There was a parade at lunch time for those who were more promising in dressing up.. They were judged by a few teachers and the winners received some sort of an award for dressing up.. The web comittee spent most of the day designing the website with different pictures of all the students from different years..
Every student thoroughly enjoyed the day, twas a day well spent enjoying the atmosphere of Halloween
!
Last Friday, the 26th of October was dress up day in St.Wolstans.. There was a huge array of different costumes on display from members of each year.. Transition years were Zombies, and we had a huge amount of craic dressing up and displaying our colourful and zombie-like nature!
There was a parade at lunch time for those who were more promising in dressing up.. They were judged by a few teachers and the winners received some sort of an award for dressing up.. The web comittee spent most of the day designing the website with different pictures of all the students from different years..
Every student thoroughly enjoyed the day, twas a day well spent enjoying the atmosphere of Halloween
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Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Seven simply staggering weeks
Hey there lads!
Well, its week seven here in Transition Year.. And I am loving every single bit of it! Its even better than i ever imagined, such a class break from the studies too! Dont get me wrong, we still do work in every class, as i mentioned in my last blog about projects!
Work experience is going great also, the junior infants are the cutest things ever! They make me feel like a giant, which is class considering everyone else is a giant to me! Ah sure, they're tiresome, but i enjoy every little bit of my day with them :)
So, i havent mentioned before, but i play camogie, and have done the past six years or so.. Well, this Thirsday, all transition year students who play camogie are being brought to DCU with Mr. Lawlor. It should be maaaad craic!
This week is the last week of term, so a week off for midterm next week! I can't wait for the lie-ins! :D Spent the last couple of weeks making plans with mates for next week, should be mad craic!
So, this first term summed up in one word? Amazing.
Thanks for reading lads!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr4SVUH1MbM
Well, its week seven here in Transition Year.. And I am loving every single bit of it! Its even better than i ever imagined, such a class break from the studies too! Dont get me wrong, we still do work in every class, as i mentioned in my last blog about projects!
Work experience is going great also, the junior infants are the cutest things ever! They make me feel like a giant, which is class considering everyone else is a giant to me! Ah sure, they're tiresome, but i enjoy every little bit of my day with them :)
So, i havent mentioned before, but i play camogie, and have done the past six years or so.. Well, this Thirsday, all transition year students who play camogie are being brought to DCU with Mr. Lawlor. It should be maaaad craic!
This week is the last week of term, so a week off for midterm next week! I can't wait for the lie-ins! :D Spent the last couple of weeks making plans with mates for next week, should be mad craic!
So, this first term summed up in one word? Amazing.
Thanks for reading lads!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr4SVUH1MbM
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Projects, projects and more projects!
Hey lads!
Those of you who have completed Transition Year before will know about the amount of projects we have to complete. It is unreal! We have at least one assignment in every singal subject. Ah sure, it is transition year after all!
Some of the projects are quite interesting. Like history for instance. I absolutely HATED history in the junior cert cycle. However, now, in TY we are doing the history that is in some ways related to the times now. We are doing the history of the Space Race and the first landing on the moon. This is related to the quite recent news of Neil Armstrongs passing. I find this aspect interesting and cool to learn about..
English. I absolutely love this project! We have been put into gropups of three's to create an essay containing all six words of which we have been given. I am enjoying this assignment, and my group and I are almost finished! English interests me alot, so this may be some of the reasons why i am enjoying this project so much!
Some of the projects are quite boring, like the maths project. Usually maths is one of my stronger points, however, i am not too fond of the course of Transition year! It is quite a scary one :S Ah sure, we'll just have to live with it!
I am enjoying the team work involved with the projects in every class, however the projects we do individually are not too flattering. Projects. Lots of them, and plenty more to go!
Those of you who have completed Transition Year before will know about the amount of projects we have to complete. It is unreal! We have at least one assignment in every singal subject. Ah sure, it is transition year after all!
Some of the projects are quite interesting. Like history for instance. I absolutely HATED history in the junior cert cycle. However, now, in TY we are doing the history that is in some ways related to the times now. We are doing the history of the Space Race and the first landing on the moon. This is related to the quite recent news of Neil Armstrongs passing. I find this aspect interesting and cool to learn about..
English. I absolutely love this project! We have been put into gropups of three's to create an essay containing all six words of which we have been given. I am enjoying this assignment, and my group and I are almost finished! English interests me alot, so this may be some of the reasons why i am enjoying this project so much!
Some of the projects are quite boring, like the maths project. Usually maths is one of my stronger points, however, i am not too fond of the course of Transition year! It is quite a scary one :S Ah sure, we'll just have to live with it!
I am enjoying the team work involved with the projects in every class, however the projects we do individually are not too flattering. Projects. Lots of them, and plenty more to go!
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Fun Walk!
Hey lads!
Writing this blog today with the topic of fun walk on hand! Well, fun walk was on Friday the 5th of October.. It wasnt raining, which was a shock to the system!
We started off with tutor time.. Our class practised the routine for our dance while myself and Aisling went from class to class taking photographs of each and every class with their teachers in their costumes.. I have ta say, there was a huge array of colour displayed in every class!
First years had to wear pink, and we witnessed different costumes including spongebob characters, pigs etc. Second years were purple and showed us their views on bullying through dance. Third years were green, and TY's were yellow. I have to say, our class Cairdeas really should have won, with our excellent dancing skills and co-ordination! (haha TY's? Co-ordination?) Fifth years were blue, with costumes ranging from avatar to the blues brothers.. They were good! And last but not lease, the sixth years, wearing black and white. I have ta say, these were pure class! Every dance was well thougth of and it was evident much preparation and pratise went into them.
We set off on our walk and returned to be greeted with a can of coke! We were all content enough! We spent the rest of the afternoon dancing away to songs such as macarena, gangnam style and many more.
Overall, it was a great day had by everyone, and everyone had the craic! (Including the teachers!)
Writing this blog today with the topic of fun walk on hand! Well, fun walk was on Friday the 5th of October.. It wasnt raining, which was a shock to the system!
We started off with tutor time.. Our class practised the routine for our dance while myself and Aisling went from class to class taking photographs of each and every class with their teachers in their costumes.. I have ta say, there was a huge array of colour displayed in every class!
First years had to wear pink, and we witnessed different costumes including spongebob characters, pigs etc. Second years were purple and showed us their views on bullying through dance. Third years were green, and TY's were yellow. I have to say, our class Cairdeas really should have won, with our excellent dancing skills and co-ordination! (haha TY's? Co-ordination?) Fifth years were blue, with costumes ranging from avatar to the blues brothers.. They were good! And last but not lease, the sixth years, wearing black and white. I have ta say, these were pure class! Every dance was well thougth of and it was evident much preparation and pratise went into them.
We set off on our walk and returned to be greeted with a can of coke! We were all content enough! We spent the rest of the afternoon dancing away to songs such as macarena, gangnam style and many more.
Tuesday, 11 September 2012
Two of the best days of my life.
Hey there!
Im new on this blogging thing, so go easy! For the first blog i have ever wirtten, i thought I'd write about our first trip as a TY year to Carlingford. They were truely two of the best days of my life! It all started off on a brilliant monday morning, we were all bright eyed and bushy tailed.. Oh who am I kidding, it was seven in the morning and we showed no signs of awarness!
That was until we got on the bus.. Where the real banter began! We were like a pack of over-excited hyenas, awaiting the real journey to begin.. We shouted and sang and enjoyed the excitement we all shared on that cool, Monday morning.
As we arrived, we tore across the grass, fighting for best room.. We were greeted by four smiling faces, who we realised were used to this bright eyed bushy tail thing.. And the race began.. We ran for Ms. Leahy, tyring to get rooms with our mates..
We were called for our first activity, Kayaking. Kayaking was mad craic, and enjoyed by everyone. We all added another day to our lasting lives by standing underneath a teeth chattering waterfall, which gave everyone brain freeze.. We then went for a swim before returning to our boats.
The next activity was high ropes... We all experienced the "falling off" feeling when on top of the 35' wooden pole. It was hilarious! It was never ending gigling coming from each and every TY..
That night we all took a walk up cardiac hill.. No kidding, it was hidious! Once we managed to get to the top, the wait was worthwhile.. We were blindfolded and told to follow a rope around the forrest.. Of course nearly all of us ran around like headless chickens after stepping on some furry thing.. It couldnt be described as an animal! God knows what it was! We will never find out either.. Hmm..
The next morning, we did an activity called challenge.. We split into groups and went around completeing chalenges for gems.. It was mad craic! Our team had an instructor called Leslie.. He was a pure legend!
After that we took a stroll up cardiac hill.. ONCE AGAIN! (I mean, as if once wasnt enough!) However this time it was different.. We had a class time shooting each other with laser guns, attacking and defending our team mates, bonding and becoming closer and closer by the second..
All too soon, it was time to go.. We loaded up the bus and waved goodbye to the instructors..
It has been a week since we returned.. I miss Carlingford! All in all, it was a brilliant experience with all my classmates.. We all hope to return there this Mid - Term! :D
Im new on this blogging thing, so go easy! For the first blog i have ever wirtten, i thought I'd write about our first trip as a TY year to Carlingford. They were truely two of the best days of my life! It all started off on a brilliant monday morning, we were all bright eyed and bushy tailed.. Oh who am I kidding, it was seven in the morning and we showed no signs of awarness!
That was until we got on the bus.. Where the real banter began! We were like a pack of over-excited hyenas, awaiting the real journey to begin.. We shouted and sang and enjoyed the excitement we all shared on that cool, Monday morning.
As we arrived, we tore across the grass, fighting for best room.. We were greeted by four smiling faces, who we realised were used to this bright eyed bushy tail thing.. And the race began.. We ran for Ms. Leahy, tyring to get rooms with our mates..
We were called for our first activity, Kayaking. Kayaking was mad craic, and enjoyed by everyone. We all added another day to our lasting lives by standing underneath a teeth chattering waterfall, which gave everyone brain freeze.. We then went for a swim before returning to our boats.
That night we all took a walk up cardiac hill.. No kidding, it was hidious! Once we managed to get to the top, the wait was worthwhile.. We were blindfolded and told to follow a rope around the forrest.. Of course nearly all of us ran around like headless chickens after stepping on some furry thing.. It couldnt be described as an animal! God knows what it was! We will never find out either.. Hmm..
The next morning, we did an activity called challenge.. We split into groups and went around completeing chalenges for gems.. It was mad craic! Our team had an instructor called Leslie.. He was a pure legend!
All too soon, it was time to go.. We loaded up the bus and waved goodbye to the instructors..
It has been a week since we returned.. I miss Carlingford! All in all, it was a brilliant experience with all my classmates.. We all hope to return there this Mid - Term! :D
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