Merry Christmas !!

Just a quick blog post to Wish Everyone a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New year !! Hope Santa is nice to everyone :)

Eimear x

Merry Christmas !!

Just a quick blog post to Wish Everyone a very Merry Christmas and A Happy New year !! Hope Santa is nice to everyone :)

Eimear x

Christmas PAAARRTYY !!

Class Fódla(Me) held the most amazing christmas party today. We came into school really early and decorated the library with tinsels, Christmas tree, lights and posters.  We then put all the love, homemade cakes and cookies out on the table. Emma brought in a chocolate fountain so she was working that. Me, Emma. R, Orla, Lisa and chaoilfeann were in the Home-Eco room boiling milk and mixing hot chocolate. Santa called all the T.Ys to the hall and the fun began. We all got our Kris Kindle pressies and off we went to finish the Day Bowling. After bowling we went to the arcade and had more fun there. I really enjoyed the day out and now it really feels like Christmas with only 3 DAYS TO GO :):):)

Lego Christmas Party

Eimear x :)

Pitching an Important Issue :O

In Religion We have been learning about the MDG's and  for the past few classes we have focused in on MDG 3 about Gender and We watched the movie'Desertflower' as I explaining in my last post. Ms.L gave us a task which I really enjoyed because it used what limited artistic skills I had. The task was that we had to imagine we were pitching the story to a film maker and do a Storyboard with the six images from Waris' life that we though were the most important. Me and my very artistic partner Emma picked out six images and drew them. They were 1) Map of Somalia were Waris was born, We though it was vital to include this because it tells it own story and it was were Waris was circumcised. 2) This is a picture of Waris wondering through the desert, She has alot on her mind because she doesn't want to get married at such a young age to an man who is alot older then her and she is running away. 3) This picture is in London and is a Fast food Restaurant were Waris was working. She got this job from a sale assistant who she met in Top shop and she felt sorry for her. In the End Waris shares a apartment with her and She is the women who gets Waris noticed by a world famous photographer. 4) This is a picture of Waris when she goes to the Photographer finally and gets her make-up done and new clothes and Waris at this stage knows been circumcised is wrong and she is starting to feel she is worth more then she was been treated. 5) This is when Waris was on the Cover of a famous magazine called 'Elle' and Waris' story is inside. This made her life more public but also showed people that not all women are treated equally.6) We included this picture at the end because it showed what luck Waris had and how she went on to make circumcision illegal worldwide so no girl has to go through what she went through and letting it be o.k.

I really did not know that there was still gender equality in the world. I always thought it was worked out and everyone was treated equally. I felt that Waris had alot of courage to go off an make circumcision Illegal.



Eimear :) x

Christmas Exams in T.Y :) Study Study Study

As my title says We have Christmas Exams in T.Y starting Tomorrow with Spanish,Religion and then English and on Tuesday with Maths and then Irish :) On Wednesday we have a party and then go bowling !! Our exam in Religion is based on the Millenium development goals and I am basing mine on goal 1 to half Poverty and Hunger.
Some 300 million children go to bed hungry every day. More than 90 per cent are suffering long-term malnourishment and micronutrient deficiency.
The best start in life is critical in a child’s first few years, not only to survival but to her or his physical, intellectual and emotional development. So these deprivations greatly harm a child’s ability to achieve their full potential, contributing to a society’s cycle of endless poverty and hunger.

Christmas is Coming!!

Christmas is only 9 Days Away Tomorrow and here are some pictures to get you in the spirit..........

Coco Cola Truck

The life of a T.Y Student................ Jam packed full of fun !!

Yesterday was a Typical T.Y Day for us T.Y's as it was jam packed full of EVERYTHING from a fashion show to a giant game of bench ball( We are all reaaaaallly competitive so it took a while), Carol singing and then to Pilates to Charleston dancing to a more relaxing watching of the Sound Of Music D.V.D. !! Which came out yesterday and so far its Amazing :)

We had our fashion show for everyone who is doing the fashion Home Eco. We were given a task at the start of the year( September) and the task was to create a dress from a fashion era but you had to incorporate a tee and jeans into it. We were all given a colour and off we went. My group decided that I was going to be the model, Bad Idea, and our era was the 1920's Flapper and our colour was black and white. In the end we used one black pillow case and half the tee as the body of the dress and we cut up the jeans and the rest of the Tee into strips of frill's and this was the main part of our dress as it took the longest and you may have guessed. We then had to put together a mood board with how we got our inspiration and what processes we used and one or two picture an sketches. But all our hard work payed out when yesterday we had the fashion show. It was so much fun because we had to get all our make up done and then model the dress to the judges and then to the rest of the T.Ys which was a bit embarrassing !  Today the winners from each class was announced and they all got a tin of sweets. We then all pilled into one classroom and watched the D.V.D of the fashion show and everyone shared there sweets.

To work off all the sweets after big lunch we had Pilates and then Charleston dancing so theres no need to explain how hard Pilates was with 'THE BAND'

Eimear x

Eye Candy!!

Eye Candy is our mini company name and they are eye-shadow stickers which you rub onto your eye and they leave the eyeshadow rint behind. They cost E4.50 and we started selling them on Wednesday and Thursday and they were a huge success. We are getting more and will be selling them after Christmas :)

We are the first T.Y class to start selling so Yippee. Here is a picture of them.

So long, Farewell...................

Our school put on the Musical 'Sound Of Music' last Mon-Thurs Night at 8pm. It was amazing and went really well. I was on the Props team. We all had great fun. The atmosphere in School this week is great and everyone is commenting on how good the musical turned out!! The actors were all amazing and I think it was a great experience and I will remember it when I reflect back on T.Y. I would love to be part of the next big show whether it is another musical or fashion show or even talent show!!!

Eiméar x

Two down...... two to go

Last Monday night, we had our first performance of our school musical "The Sound of Music". Taking in mind we had never had a full dress rehearsal of act one or act two.. it was a success!! :) All cast and crew arrived at 6:30 for a quick run through, 
The second night ran alot smoother and scene changes and dress changes were getting faster. Props people had to make a checklist and tick it off before and after the show. We had to have all the props in order and not all over the place because you had dancers and acters coming through backstage. The dancers were chatting and we kept telling them to be quiet and we later learned every snigger can be heard from the audience as all actors mics arnt turned off when they leave stage!!!


I can't wait for tonights performance and good luck to all involved :)


Eimear x

Winner of Edublogs is.........................Caitriona Eves

I would like to nominate Caitriona Eves for the Best Student blog in the Edublogs competiton, She deserves to win because her blogs are so unique and funny! Here's a link to her blog :)

http://www.tienies.blogspot.com/2011/11/neven-heaven.html

I would also like to nominate for Best Twitter Hashtag #edchatie.
Thank you :)


Eimear x