Percussion Workshop..

Thursday the 31st of March, class Amina had a percussion workshop with Dave from Jabba Jabba Djembe from 10.40-3.20. Emnett had it the previous week and they said it was brilliant so i couldn't wait. First of all Dave came in and introduced himself and his dog challie wottie. After we had to go to his deadly Jabba Jabba Djembe van and get all the djembes. We then had to take all the coats of the djembes. We all then picked one. Everyone seemed to go for the big ones but not everyone got one because there wasnt enough big ones, but everyone got a shot of each type of drum. At first we started off with some simple beats. As we got further into the day we were given different beats and rhythms to follow which were harder. He showed us how to applaud someone like they do in Africa. He then gave us different instruments from Africa to add into the song. He showed us a video about Africa and how everything they do is in a beat. Like when they talk it is said in a rhythm. The video also showed us how Djembe's are made. After big lunch we done a bit of samba with our drums. Myself and Lauren got up and danced to the samba :) Even some of the teachers joined in which they seemed to enjoy. It was a really fun day :) i think it was near the best day of ty so far. I learned alot about myself too , i learned that i can play the drums and keep in rhythm which i thought i couldn't do. I think everyone seemed to enjoy themselves :)

 
 

Music Night..

Wednesday the 30th of March, St Wolstans held its annual music night to raise money for its music department. There was 26 acts on the night consisting of first, second,third, Ty's, fifth and sixth years. As part of music night ty's decided that we would sing a song. Previously Amina and Emnett were going to sing a song on their own, but Ms G decided that Emnetts song that they had chosen was a catchy song and would sound better with more people in it.Emnett picked a song called Mama Said by Dionne Bromfield. We put harmonies and guitar accompaniment. It sounded really good. We even had dance moves along with the song. On the night we all went to the demo room and watched toy story 3 until it was our time to perform. When we went on nobody seemed to be nervous. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. After we performed there was a movie in the demo room for Ty's but i didnt know about this and had gone home :(. Ahwell it was a great night :) Thanks to Ms O'R and Ms G for all there help it couldnt of been without them :)

Dionne Bromfield- Mama Said

English Trip To Town....

On Thursday the 24th of March, all ty's headed off to Dublin for the day to see Yb Yeats museum, National art gallery and National Museum of Ireland along with 2 teachers Ms B and Ms G. First off all Amina went to Yb museum while Emnett went to the Nation Museum. In the Yeats musuem we were given an insight into his life which was really interesting. I liked the way the museum was layed out. The start if the museum was the start of his life and as you made your way around you were getting to his older stage of life. We got to see loads of things like a bit of his hair and things that he left behind after he died.
After we went to the National Museum where we were shown around the Bronze and the Stone Age. We were shown things such as oars and necklaces that they wore. We also got to see the artefact which was stolen and put into a bin which was very interesting. Then we were shown the bog bodies which was kind of disgusting. Their bodies were all black and blue and most of it cut off, but it was really cool to see them.
We were then given an hour and a half for lunch, so we all headed to Grafton Street for some food. When we had eaten our food, myself, Ciara and Niamh C headed to Stephens Green for a bit of tanning.
It was so sunny, so it was hard for us to drag ourselves back to the Dail which was our meeting point. When everyone was ready he headed to the National Art Gallery which i could not wait for because i  love art. We were then split into 2 groups and shown around the Gallery. Some of the paintings were strange and others were beautiful.
Overall it was a really interesting and a great day, oh and tiring :)

Lá Glas...

On Wednesday the 16th of March, St Wolstans held its annual Lá Glas( Green day) in memory of St Patrick. Each year group has different themes. First years had to dress up as Irish dancers, 2nd years- St Patrick, 3rd years- soldiers, ty's- aer lingus, 5th years- rugby players and 6th years- i cant remember.
Our plan was that we would have pilots, passengers, air traffic controllers, aer lingus staff, tourists, terrorist's and super-heroes and we would have a role to play. The pilots fly the plane, the air traffic controllers direct the plane , the staff took tickets and so on. Then there was a terrorist which was Leah she came into the courtyard, then there was a noise then everyone looked one way and superman and robin came to save the day . It went really well and it looked amazing. We got 8 easter eggs between the 2 classes which was great. It was the best La Glas so far :)

 

 
 

Holy Faith Drama...

On the 15th of March, all Transition Year students headed off to Glasnevin for the day for a Holy Faith Drama in Memory of Margerat Aleward. We left the school at 10.30 and was only about half an hour in the bus which wasnt that bad. We were greeted off the bus by the happiest woman you will meet, Sister Susan. When we arrived there was another school practicing their play. We arrived early and had plenty of time to practice. Soon enough it was time for lunch and we headed off into the town of Glasnevin. It was really sunny which made it even better. When we had finished we went back to the school were the Dramas were being held and got into a huge circle , were we got a talk from Ms C.
Unfortunately our plays were too long so we had to cut them down but being cheerful ty heads that we are it was no bother. We practised our plays but we got sick of practising so we went over to a field and done some warm-ups with Ian. He showed us some great techniques on how to project your voice which was really helpful. After all that we were allowed go for a walk for a half an hour, we just had a look around. I must say it was really beautiful.
At 6'o clock we were all sent to the hall were we got the beautiful smell of dominoes pizza. We all got loads of pizza and we were stuffed after. We were then given dessert which was a selection of biscuits. Soon enough we were all getting changed and the hall began to fill up. The first performance went on around half 7-8 , the nerves started to set in. Around  half 8-9 St. Wolstans got called on. After all performances had gone on stage , the main characters had to hold a candle while Roisin P sang a beautiful song. After all schools had performed, we were all given a booklet about Margerat Aleward and our school got a beautiful trophy.
It was over by around 10.30, we arrived in Esso Celbridge around 11.00 which wasnt that bad. Overall it was a great day and i really enjoyed it :)