Desert Flower.... Because you are a girl.

Waris before she became a model

Waris after she became famous, Doesn't she look well :)

For the past few weeks we were learning about the millenium development goals in Relgion. One of the most importants was Gender equality. We learned alot about this but Ms. L showed us a film called 'Desertflower' It is about a Somali Women called 'Waris Dirie' who was circumcised at 3, sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against circumcision. It was very sad because you don't realise what some Women have to go through just to get some sort of equality while we nearly have equality in Ireland. 

The Schools alive with the Sound of Music!!

As my title explains the school is literally alive with the 'Sound of Music'. with only one week left until the big Opening night I think everyone is Excited but at the same time nervous. The atmosphere in the school towards the musical is AMAZING I'm part of the props team with 3 others girls and may I say it is actually quite hard because you need to do everything quite quick and without drawing attention to yourself. We have to go to rehearsals everyday and Saturdays and Sundays !!! But I can't wait for the final product. Tickets are selling quite fast.

Chat Soon,

Eimear x

Colour Me Beautiful..........

Hi again,
Yesterday all T.Y's who do Home Economics Fashion got a talk/presentation on fashion and what colours suit you:) Two lovely women came in at 12 o'clock until 1.20pm. They started off by handing us all a sheet and we had to fill in what category we thought we were i.e Warm is for people with dark hair and eyebrows while soft is for blonde haired girls with light features. I was a soft !!! After this they went onto show us what colors suited what categories. Light colours suit Soft people but not too light because it might drain us out. Light blues and pinks suit us rather than dark blues and luminous pinks..
I really enjoyed the talk and felt I learned alot and would definitely recommend it.

Eimear

Opera :)

We went to a Opera in the Swan Theatre in Rathmines on Tuesday. I was looking forward to it but when I got there I was told it was 4 Hours long !!! The first 2 hours was fine then some people feel asleep :) There was subtitles because you couldn't understand a word the opera singers sang!!!! It was really hard to follow the story because you had to read the subititles.....

Met Opera House, New York

Eimear

Work Experience............... Day 5

I'm so sad work experience is over. I really enjoyed it and know for sure I want to be a primary school teacher, I just love working with Children and helping them learn :) Today there was a science exhibition on in the big hall for 5th class so I had to help set the hall up before and stick there posters up !! Intel then came in a judged them. I had to practice singing christmas song....Yipee with the junior infants for there christmas carol. I had a great week and am so happy I got the opportunity to see the world of teaching,
eimear x

Work Experience............. Day 4

Today I had to help restock the library and help the junior infants paint patterns. They are all really cute and are always saying how lovely you look!! At lunch I had to mind 4th class while the teacher was having lunch. After Lunch Ms.S, the teacher of 6th class wanted me to give a talk to 6th class on St.Wolstans. At first It was kind of awkward but when they started asking questions I was fine.

I can't believe it is Friday tomorrow !! For once in my life I can say 'I don't want it to be Friday' :(

eimear

Work Experience................................ Day 3

Wow I can't believe day 3 of work experience is over. I don't want the week to end, I am having an amazing time :) Today I got to mind a class while the teacher was doing choir practice, they were really well behaved. Infants practising for there school play. I then had to sort out the library with Meg. I even got to get a picture with the heineken cup :)

I'll blog again tomorrow!!

Eimear

Work Experience.............. Day 2

Day two of Work Experience is over !! I felt so much better going in today because you knew where you where going and had a timetable. This morning I helped tidied up the hall after a mass last night. After I had to clean up the P.E room with Meg and if I may say so myself its GLEAMING. After lunch we went to a 6th class creative writing class but they were doing a test so I did some work for the teacher on the Student council elections. I had to cut out 480 slips of individual pieces of paper!!! Meg was in the Junior class so I was on my own. Ms.F had a meeting in her office so I did my job in the staff room with the Caretaker, Dessie who I had a good aul chat with an the cleaner !!!! It felt great for them to welcome me and include you in conversation. At lunch we went for a walk. After lunch Me and Meg had stampedd history books with the school logo and we delivered them to the classes. After this we went to Ms.C class to help them with the netbooks. And that was my day. I had a great day and was sooo sick and can't wait for tomorrow.

Eimear

Work Experience... Day 1

Thank god day 1 of work experience is over. I really enjoyed it. I was a bag of nerves going in. I met Meg at the corner and we went in together( T.G or else I wouldn't have known where to go...) We met our Supervisor who showed us the new school and then set us to work with the Junior Infants. I was painting Families with my class while Meg was reading Stories!! After Lunch I was in another room reading books to the kids. I had to mind 2nd Class while the teacher was on Yard duty. I didn't know i was meant to tell them to have there lunch so we were a bit late for the yard !! Well at least I turned up to the class unlike someone... hint hint MEG !!!

Can't Wait for tomorrow xx
eimear

Nerves !!! Excited !! I really don't know

Ahhhh Work Experience is tomorrow and I'm soo nervous but also soo excited. I have always wanted to be a primary school teacher since I was little and now I get the opportunity to try it out I really hope I like it. I will blog again tomorrow and tell you if I liked my first day or If I suffered alll those children !!!!!

Eimear

The Hills are alive..... With the Sound of Music

I am a prop co-ordinator in the School Musical ; Sound of Music'. The four of us on the team are amazingly busy trying to find props that you wouldn't think you could 'Borrow' like we need to find a 'Black old fancy Bicycle' and a ' wrought Iron Garden Bench' but we are getting on very well and have some companies letting us borrow furniture. All we need to do now is to go to Rehearsal's afterschool to find out when and where to put the props on the nights of the musical. I am so excited because I wanted to get really involved in T.Y this year !!

Eimear

Are we equal??

In Religion for the past few weeks we have been learning about the Millennium Development goals and had to do aMini Project on our most important one. I did universal primary education because if all children had a basic primary education they are educated on the risks of aids and dirty water.
Yesterday Ms.L took our class to the hall to do a exercise with us. She handed everyone a small piece of paper with a description of a girl on it, each one was different. Mine was a 14 year old girl from India who was a maid for a rich family. Ms.L then asked questions like ' Do you get to go to primary school' 'Do you get an fair pay' Etc. If the question relates to you then you take a big step and if it doesn't you stay still. At the end this huge gap had occurred between us, the people at the end of the hall were first world and the people nearer the start line were third world. I think this activity was a great way to look at the differents between the third world and the first world. I never knew children so young,cespecially girls had to be maids and only got to go to school on Sundays.. If they were lucky. Maybe we should stop moaning about going to school and be happpy that we are getting an oppourtunity to get a amazing education.

Eimear

I'm a teacher for a week....

We had Guidance today and got a fact file which we have to fill in with all the details about our work experience. The first placement is on Monday 14th - Friday 18th November. For my First week I am going to Scoil Mochua, Aghards, Which is my old primary school with Meg :) I can't wait but I'm also so nervous.... I'll be helping out my old teachers !!! I'll Blog more about it each day after been a teacher for a day !!

Scoil Mochua

Eimear

Did you know.............

Did you know that you can't drink the water in Ethiopia or use cutlery that has been washed as all the water in Ethiopia is contaminated. You have to buy bottled water and then boil it to take away all the germs.  

Geography is FINITO

The geography project is due tomorrow. There is two parts to the project. The first is to complete the fact file on three countries, 1 Developed, 1 Developing and 1 Undeveloped. I did Ethiopia, Italy and India. This has to be detailed and contain the information on where you stayed and for how long and when you are flighting out and how much it costs. The second part of the project is to complete a PowerPoint presentation on of the Countries of your chose. This isn't as detailed but more like a summary of our project. I am working with my partner so altogether we will have 2 Developed, 2 Developing and 2 underdeveloped. I printed of the project last night so I'm finished part one of the project. I have already started the PowerPoint so I am ahead at last....... Here is a picture of The Holi festival in India..

Sooo Colourful

Eimear

Young Scientist

We got the results back from the Young Scientist and my group didn't get picked to go to the R.D.S to show our projects...... I  was fine with it as we are entering the sci fest competition so we still have a chance of winning an award !!!! The two groups in my class who's projects got through are winning material!!! they are so excited> I cant wait for it in January

eimear