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Soccer Match

On Wednesday the 25th , the St Wolstans soccer team headed off to Scoil Mhuire in Clane to play a friendly match against their soccer team. It was a great match even though we lost 2-1 , but it was our first game of the year and some people on the team havent played soccer before but were amazing. We all bond great as a team  and hopefully we can win a few games soon :)

Tour of the State Laboratories

November 16th, all transition year students were taken to the State Laboratories in Maynooth. We left at around nine o'clock and we were back in the school and all by 12 o'clock. What seems like a short period of time seemed like ages. When we arrived we were brought into a room where we were given a talk about what they do there and the different departments in the building. After the talk had finished we were separated into differnt groups. We were given lab coats and soon enough we headed off for the tour. 
We were shown around all of the different departments with different people that work in there. We were told what happens in each of the different departments. We also got to see some of the people who work there working on different things. We also saw some samples of different tissues from animals. We saw kidney and liver samples and more.
Overall it was very good and interesting :) 
 < the lab we visited , pretty nifty 50 ;) 

Mini Company Workshop 3

November 15th, all transition year students headed off to Naas for a mini company talk. We arrived a bit late but it was okay. This talk was about what people were making and how things were coming along in different groups. We also learned how to write up our business reports and how judges will mark us. We watched a video of people acting in work in a good way and a bad way , its main point was to show us how to communicate right and how important a first impression is. We got to go to mc donalds after ;)
Our new mini company is called Beady Bits, the idea is making and selling of bracelets. We get our beads all the way in Bray then we come home and make them. So far so good. The bracelets are coming along brilliantly. We are making pink bracelets which are for breast cancer. The money we make from these bracelets are going to the breast cancer charity. Hopefully we raise loads of money for this worthwhile charity :)

Geography Project :)

In geography Ms L gave us a project to do, we have to do a virtual world trip to two 3rd world countries. We were put into different groups, each group has to do 6 countries which is two per person. Im in a group with Alison and Karen. We have a spending budget of 12,000 each. We have to do things out of the ordinary like swimming down the River Nile not the basic things like shopping and sun bathing. My project is on Egypt and India.The projects are coming along great and its really interesting to learn things about the countries that we haven't known before.

Bet you didn't know this : 

• Did you know beer was made in Egypt ;) 
• Egyptian workers organized the first known labor strike 
• Egypt was first to create glass
• More films are made in India ('Bollywood') than in the USA ('Hollywood')
• Chess was invented in India 

Music Class :)

In music, Ms Gilsenan set us a very interesting and engaging project. There is different groups such as classic, Spanish, African and we were all put into one. Our task is to come up with a song according to our team or just do covers of songs and use the instruments in the class and perform them and make a music video for that song. Im in the African group with Bebhinn, Alison, Patricia, Niamh Mc, Niamh P, Orlaigh and Kate. Our group are doing really well. We are doing covers of Shakiras-Waka Waka and K'Naans- waving flag. Its coming along great and is great fun to do.

Double Dancing Week 2 :)

Every Wednesday we have double dancing. It was the highlight of my week so far it was so much fun. This is the second class of dancing we have had so far. Today we started off by doing some warm ups by dancing to some songs . After we had warmed up we started to learn a new routine which was much more difficult then lasts weeks one. Its great because we get to listen to the songs we love :D

Rugby Tuesdays .

Every Tuesday for a double class, class Amina and class Emnett part-take in rubgy lessons. A man called Eoin from the Leinster Ireland team comes in and teaches us. We were all split into teams and played a game of rugby and tag-rugby. It was great fun. Everyone put in a great effort. In the end my team won both :D

Another Mini Company Talk :)

Monday the 15th of November , all Transition year students headed off to Naas for a mini company talk. We arrived like 15 minutes late and the other school had started their talk already.
We talked about the product that we are making and the different things that people would be making. we also learned about writing up our business report and what we have to put into it. 
We were also told about how the judges will mark it and that it doesn't need to be very long. After we were given a break we were then shown a video of people actining with new people. It showed us all about how to communicate right and how important a first impression is to a business. After we had finished the talk we headed to Mc Donalds ;) 

Work Experience> Day 2,3,4 & 5 :)

Day 2 of work experience- when i arrived at work i was told what i would be doing. First off all i had to go and talk to one of the residents, Carmel , i brought her to the restaurant and we had a cup of tea and biscuits, we talked for about a half hour. After i went to the office where i sorted out files, i took old files from old folders and put them in new folders. After lunch i went to the reception area and played games with the residents. 

Day 3 of work experience- Again i had to go and talk to Carmel for a half hour. After i had finished that i was given a job to go to the library and take down all the books and put them back on the shelves in different categories. After lunch i helped the activities woman Carol organize karaoke, after we got all the residents in the cinema room , we sang to some classic Irish songs.

Day 4 of work experience- Day 4 started off by talking to Carmel for 10 minutes after that i was sent to different bedrooms to talk to the residents, i met some fantastic people. I talked to each resident for about 20mins. Such small things can make their day. After that i had an arts and crafts class, we made angels and Christmas cards with the residents. After lunch i had to do some filing and things like that.

Day 5 of work experience- Last day of work experience i just helped around like sorting out files , talking to some of the residents and helping Ann in reception. 

Overall work experience was great i really learned alot. It was very sad saying goodbye to the people and the residents. It is a big difference to school. Now i know to work hard in school because it shows how far in life you go. 

Work Experience > Day One :)

Well day one of work experience done and dusted. Must say it was not what i expected. I didn't think it would be that hard and would require such effort . First off all i arrived at reception at 9.30 , i was introduced to different people , i was introduced to a man called Gary who showed me around and told me what i would be doing . I was then introduced to some of the people that work there. For the day i worked with a woman called Laura who does housekeeping, which is cleaning and things like that. I helped her do basic things such as hoover, dust and polish. Overall it was a good day. When i finished i went to the cinema room and walked tv and waited to be collected which was lovely :) 

Work Experience :)

Friday the 5th of October , all Tys had a work experience work shop. Ms Hughes and Mr Corcoran  talked to us about what to expect when entering work and how to react in difficulties such as forgetting keys and fights. They told us how to present ourselves and our manners and things like that. On Monday 8th Of November all Tys will be heading for work bright and early. Hope this will be a good experience and i get the most of out of it . Im going to TLC nursing home in Maynooth .
Heres a link to their site if you would like any information here .

Open-Day :)

Saturday the 7th of October , was the annual open day. Where incoming 1st years have a look around the school and see the classrooms, hall and the toilets. Loads of Ty students volunteered to come in and basically sell the school. Everyone who was in a room had to explain the basic things about what every room they were in such as Art, Mr Harrison explained the basic things they do in art. Myself and 3 other Tys were in the computer room and we just had to explain about projects and the use of the computer room. At the end all who participated went to the library for sweets and drinks :) .

Bt Young Scientist

On Monday all the science teachers got an email about the Bt young scientist , saying who got through and who didn't , only one group in Transition Year got through which was Aoife Byrne , Stepho Hanan and Kate Ennis. Well done girlos. They said myself and Lauren Tierneys project was not original and not enough information in it , well theres always next year ;)

Double Dancing :)

Every Wednesday class Amina have dancing lesson and class Emnett have Palates . The school get in 2 women who teach us both classes. Our dancing teacher is deadly , shes really fun. First we started off with a bit of a warm up dancing to "only in the world" by Rihanna and then we started learning a routine that we have to perform on Ty Night. Some people say dancing isn't a sport well there wrong , the amount of body muscles that are required and the next day most people couldn't walk. Everyone put in a great effort , even Ms O'Callaghan our P.E teacher did. Overall i thought it was great and i cant wait until next week :)