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 :)
 
 
 

Get Up and Go...

Monday the 14th of March. Four mini-company groups went to the Red Cow for a competition called 'get up & go'. While four other groups went to the Osprey for the 2nd round of the competition which they previously got through in Clane. Unfortunately my group didn't get in because 4 teams only are allowed enter per school and there are 5 groups that wanted to enter. So for one day beady bits got split into groups. Myself and Alison got put into Can- Do. We were all given letters a,b and c. Each letter was given a task to do. So 1st group A had to go to another mini-company from another school and interview them on their Company, while group B stayed at the table and waited for the judges to come around and group c went to a conference room and and got put into groups and talked to other people. It was really interesting to go around to different schools and see their companies. The best part of the day was when we got free chicken nuggets and chips..yum yum. After lunch we got the results unfortunatly my group didnt get anything, at least most groups got some trophy. Green hero got through to the final...we wish them the best of luck :)

Work Experience- Day 2

The 2nd day of work experience was much better because i was more relaxed and more excited. Instead of going to reception when we arrived, we went straight to our classrooms. When the bell rang we all settled down. The first thing i had to do was to photocopy loads of pages from a book. This was the first time i got to use a photocopier before, it was really fun and interesting. When i had that done i had to go over to the other 1st class teacher and well her with some things. I cleaned the library and cut out shapes for her. Before i knew it , it was lunchtime. We went to the village and met up with some other tys doing there work experience. When lunch was over i went back to my original class. Seeing as it was pancake Tuesday i got to make pancakes for the children. When they had eaten all their pancakes. I had to laminate loads of sheets. When i was doing that i had some entertainment from the children singing and dancing to Justin Bieber- Baby... :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kffacxfA7G4&feature=player_embedded

Work Experience- Day One

On Monday the 7th of March, all Transition Year students headed out on Work Experience. I went to Scoil Naoimh Brid Primary School along with Karen, Alison and Lauren M. I was very nervous but excited at the same time. As we entered the school gates the nerves set in. We went up to reception were we met the Principal Mary Pierce, she made me feel very welcomed. She then told us what classes we were going to be put in with. I was with 1st class, Alison and Lauren were with senior infants and Karen was with Junior Infants.

At 9.20 when all the students were in class , Ms Pierce brought me to my class, i was welcomed with big smiles and even hugs. The teacher i was put with was very nice. I actually had her when i was in 4th class, so that made it easier to start conversation. First of all i had to cut out shapes using big letters , which was simple enough. When i had that finished i just done really simple things such as take blue-tac off the back of paintings and put the paintings away in the childrens folders.

For lunch we got to go to the staffroom and five minutes and when the teachers came we had to go. We went to the village which was handy because it is 2 minutes from the school. After little lunch i went to P.E with them , i just sat and watched how the class was being taught. I got off at 2 o'clock which was great :D i really enjoyed the first day