Mini Company, Fun Walk and Fundraising for Peter McVerry Trust

On Monday the 20th of September , all Transition Years headed off to Naas for a mini-company work shop at 9.00am. We headed off in two coaches, one occumpanied by Ms.Leonard and the other by Ms.Evans. We had lots of fun on the bus , lots of singing and dancing. When we arrived in The Moat Theathre in Naas we were welcomed by the lovely staff at The Moat Theathre and students from other schools around the Kildare area. We were given our seats and soon enough we were being told about the ups and downs of running a business, the good and the bad and the things to do and not to do. The woman that was giving us the talk her name was Orla. She was lovely and freindly.
The first half Orla showed us videos of running a business that may help us in the process of setting our business. Orla also showed us videos of previous winners and tips we could take on board. She showed us a video of the 2008 winners which were Dig-i music from St.Wolstans who won the National competition. We then had lunch and we headed off to the local shops to buy whatever we wanted or just to have a look around. When we came back we had the 2nd half of the work shop, where we were put into our groups that we would be working in. When that was sorted out Orla then told us to come up with 50 ideas for a business. At the end we all headed to McDonalds , yuum and headed back home for the rest of the day. It was a good day for all.
On Friday the 24th of September we had our annual fun walk. 1st years were pink , 2nd years were red, 3rd years were green , Tys were yellow, 5th years were blue and 6th years were black and white. This year unfortanetly we wernt allowed dress up due to the price of costumes, so we jus had to wear something that was the relevant colour to our year group. Our class Amina danced to Reach for the stars by S Club 7. Ms O'Callaghan our tutor , dressed up as a star which was really funny. I must say our dance did look well after all the hard work we had done preparing for it. Thanks to the teachers who took us out of class to practice and thanks to Ms O'Callaghan who made it a great day with loads of laughs , expecially when she "fell" near the end of the dance. It was a brilliant day, thank god the sun was out.
On Saturday the 25th of September , 15 Transition Years students including myself , headed off to the local tescos to raise money for the brillaint Peter Mc Verry Trust who take in those who are homeless and those on drugs and help get them clean from drugs. Overall we had a great day and made LOADS of money for this worth while trust. We hope to do more fundraising for them in the future.
Steph S :)