The year is coming to an End so let the preparations begin!!

T.Y is coming to an end like any other year but T.Y is a special year so we have big celebrations and have a T.Y special night to show our parents and family. We have started to prepare for the big night!! So far we have been given a subject to stand at. I was given Home Eco and I was really happy because I like Home Eco and are doing it for leaving cert. :):) We also are performing on the night, Charleston, Zumba and posssibly Gymnastics !! I am really looking forward to the night because it shows our parents what we have done over the whole year !! xx

Eiméar x

Exams !!!

All this week T.Ys have exams during classes but they are only class length i.e: 40 minutes. I had my Irish Oral last week and it went pretty well but I got stuck on my date of birth !! Today I have Spanish, Tomorrow I have Religion and on Friday we have a double class Maths Exam :) We also have our sports day to look forward to on Friday afternoon and on Monday night we have a T.Y graduation :( I know its over already but at least I got alot out of it...................... We are really busy planning each subject stand. I am on the Home Economics stand so I am showing the fashion module and also the foreign cooking as well!

Eiméar x

Scifest............ and the winner is

Yesterday all of the T.Ys and a few first years went to the Scifest competition in the Institute of Technology in Tallaght.. Scifest is very like the BT Young Scientist but it is easier to get into!! We all left school really early at 8:15 am and arrived at the venue around 9am. We started to set up our stands and put up our poster and report book. The judges started to go around and ask us alot of questions about our project to make sure we knew it all. After lunch the judges went around to each stand to ask the final questions and all the students went to varies lectures. I went to 'Fighting Crime with Science' and ' Exploding Jelly Babies' I really enjoyed both the talks. After the judges had finished and the lectures were over we had to take down our displays and we found out the winners at the closing ceremony.  St.Wolstans won alot of the awards which was amazing. Well done everyone who took part. I really enjoyed the trip and the experience.

Eiméar x

Party

On Friday last, Banba threw a Party....... It was in the second year mall in front of the Staff Room Door!!!! There was lots of food, Cake and Drinks. There was lots of loud music and random dancing. The thing was it was in front of the staff room door so we had to be careful who walked out!!! It was a really good start to the long weekend.

Eiméar x

Gaisce Trip... At least we came back in one piece.. Just about :)

On Friday the 27th April at 3pm anyone in T.Y taking part in the Gaisce award set off on their 25km hike. We all had classes until 2:40 pm and then put our luggage on the bus and off we went. We arrived at Kippure Lodge, Co. Wicklow at around 4pm and straight away got put into our houses, We put our luggage(Mainly food) into the houses and left for the hike at 4:30pm.  I had loads of clothes on and a hiking backpack because it was meant to rain. We were walking through this field and I thought this is not so hard but that was only the field that joined us to the mountains !!

We started the 13 km hike up mountain and it was really hard and I couldn't imagine doing it for four hours. It was really cold at first but it suddenly got really warm. Every few minutes my ankles keep twisting. Eventually everyone started talking and encouraging each other so it was fun and we all struggled together!!

We arrived home around 9ish and started preparing our own dinner which was really exciting because everyone's parents cooked their dinners usually. We had pizza, pasta, cheese and tomato sauce. For dessert we had to have sweets of course. We had bags of sweets and didn't even eat half of them but hey we had a party on the bus home...
We didn't get to bed until 2 am and we had to be up by 7:30 am for another four hours of hiking. Elizabeth, A girl in my house decided it would be fun to wake everyone up at 5 am to watch a Movie!!! So lets just say everyone was knackered by 7.30am.

We set off on our hike at 9am and arrived back by 2 pm when we had lunch and then set off to the high ropes courses. To be honest I really didn't want to do them because I just wanted to go home !! I really enjoyed the high ropes though and we arrived home at 6pm. I really enjoyed this trip and think it was the high-light of T.Y.

Eimear x

Pictures from Swim a Mile 2012

 2 Miles !!!

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A Group Pic !!









Everyone had a great time :)

Eiméar x

Retreat to Glendalough

My class, Fódla and four girls from Banba went on a outdoor retreat to Glendalough in Co.Wicklow. We left at 9.05am all wrapped up. The bus journey wasn't that long and we just talked about what we expected the retreat to be like. When we got to Glendalough it was windy but also sunny. We were  introduced to a Father and Sister who led us around the retreat. Not long after we started walking it started lashing and we had to walk in it too !! We seen many things on the retreat like St.Kevins monatry and his cross. I learned alot on the retreat like live life to the full, Take timeut to reflect reguarly and don't always go for the material things in life.

after the Retreat Ms.L asked us all to pick something the father said to us an make a picture out of it. Mine was to live life to the full so you have no regrets!!!

Eimear x

Swim A Mile

Last Friday 20th April all the T.Ys went to the N.A.C to take part in Annual Swim a Mile with A Swim. Everyone was really excited and so was I. We left School at 9:30 am and arrived in the N.A.C at 10 am. Everyone got dressed and then arrived at the poolside. My mam and dad were both there to sort everyone into their lanes. I started the swim off by diving in first and I started swimming my mile....
Everyone was so enthusiastic and couldn't wait to start. When I finished my mile in 18:30 minutes I was so happy because it was a P.B. No one else was finished so I started another mile. When everyone else was finished they all got Tee shirts and Bags. Anyone who swam the mile on their own got a Swim a Mile cap:)
We all got dresses really fast because we were going to Blanchardstown for Food.

We counted the amount of miles we swam and it totalled to around 42 miles, beating the previous record by 17 miles!!

I think everyone enjoyed themselves and I was so happy that everyone got involved because it meant alot to me for my Year to take part in this event.

Eiméar x

Hope you had a great Easter :)

Well we are back to normality after a lovely 2 Week break from school. To be honest I did not do a whole lot cause I just wanted to relax. On Easter Sunday We had a lovely Big roast and we meet up with all the family. I am still eating chocolate eggs and I think i am sick of chocolate.
 I want out with my friends to the local Cinema and Shopping  Centre, I went to dinner a few times, I went shopping, I chillaxed!! and I did some school project( They had to be done !!) I was hoping the weather would have been really nice so you can do more things outdoors and go on long random walks. How was your Easter??

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Eimear x

The Best Moment of T.Y ?!!?

Well that's a hard one because the whole year was Brilliant and I'm sure the next few weeks are going to be great fun. But the one thing I think I really enjoyed because it challenged me mentally and physically as well as everyone else was the Brave Force Army Assault Course. On the way to Puddenhill where the Assault course is everyone was really nervous but excited and we all were saying we were just going to go for it !!
It was very hard but everyone completed it. Everyone was encouraging others and it just showed what T.Y is all about helping others before yourself. you were always cheering others on.

Even when we were on the bus home we were all talking about it and saying how well everyone performed !!

Eimear x

Tutorial on how to put a image into your blog

Here is how to insert an image into your blog and then how to add attribution:

1. First you click on New Blog post.
2. You then put a title on your blog post and type the information you want.
3. If you are using a image from the web you find that image and copy the URL ( Web address) and paste it into the insert image bar. 
4. The image will appear on your blog. you click where you want it and what size you need it. 
5. If you use a image by someone else you need to acknowledge that by copying the website you found it or the person who took the photo and paste it onto your page so everyone who visits your blog knows who took it originally. 

Eimear

Using Images in your blog !

Why we should use images: Everyone should think before they publish their blogs. They should always considering putting an image in, whether it is something they personally took or a picture from the Internet they gives you a general idea what they are talking about. When a person who visits your blog sees pictures they are actually more likely to read your blog because they already have an idea what the post is about. Pictures improve your blog by making it clearier to people what you are talking about and it also adds colour to your blog.

How do you add images to your blog: If you are using blogger you go to the top of the page you are typing on and beside the word 'link' you see a picture and hoover over it and it should say 'Insert Image'. You click on it and up comes a page with 4 options from which you may want to get your photo from.
Your computer: Click Browse and all your pictures come up and click on them to upload, hold down CTRL if you want to upload multiples
From a URL: Find the image you want from the Internet and click Copy on the address bar and paste into the box and up comes the image. **Don't forget to include a source from which you found the picture**
From your blog: Click on the link and it will show you any pictures you have already on your blog. 
From your phone: You need to have Google+ to upload pictures from your Phone.

Where do you get your images from and how to add the attribution:  You either have taking a picture that you want to show people who visit your blog or you find a picture from the web which you like. If you take a picture and upload it to your blog that is fine because you are the person who took the picture but if you upload a picture some else took you need to include a source back to were you found the picture because some people actually get paid to take pictures for newspapers and you may be breaching copyright laws because you need to pay money to use the picture or get the photographers permission.

Tutorial coming up next !!
Eimear x

Easter Holidays :)

Well On Friday everyone got their Easter Holidays for a whole 2 weeks :) My dad was in The school on friday and Gave all the T.Ys and 15 L.C.V.P students a talk on the up coming Swim a mile which we will be taking part in in about 3 weeks ! Hope everyone has a great Break from school x

Eimear x

Easter Holidays :)

Well On Friday everyone got their Easter Holidays for a whole 2 weeks :) My dad was in The school on friday and Gave all the T.Ys and 15 L.C.V.P students a talk on the up coming Swim a mile which we will be taking part in in about 3 weeks ! Hope everyone has a great Break from school x

Eimear x

Earth Hour

Just to let you know that Earth Hour 2012 is taking place Saturday 31st March at 8:30pm. 

It is a unique opportunity for you to do something positive and worthwhile for your environment. 

Earth Hour is organised by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). With almost 5 million supporters and a global network in over 100 countries, it’s one of the world's largest and most respected independent conservation.

The purpose of Earth Hour is to raise awareness of environmental sustainability. A way you could help out is to turn off any unneeded lights or T.Vs and try stick with that and just to be conscious about the damage you may be doing to the environment. 

http://www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/?id=26

Eimear x

Ag caint i mo theanga mháthair

Tá mé ag marú dhá éan le ceann amháin cloch mar gheall ar agóid Mr.L dúinn a scríobh a blog post i dteanga eile seachas an Béarla. Tá mé ag glacadh páirt freisin i Dúshlán blogging Mac Léinn a iarrann dúinn a scríobh a blog post in ár dteanga dhúchais.

Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil mórán a rá ach mo blog post seo caite faoi mo rás snámh cuimhneamh? Bhuel cáilithe mé ach bhí am pearsanta is fearr :)

Tá mo dhaid ag teacht i mo scoil ar an Aoine chun labhairt leis na blianta hIdirbhliana agus na mic léinn GCAT mar gheall ar an 'Snámh a Mile' a blogged mé faoi níos luaithe. Tá mé ag dul chun labhairt leis na daltaí faoi Barretstown mar sin tá súil againn go mbeidh siad blag :) faoi sé Is é an snámh iarbhír do na mic léinn ar an 20 Aibreán.

 

Slán go foill

Eimear x

Music Night........... Jitterbug !

Tomorrow night all Music Students are taking part in a music night where we all perform a song for a audience. All Transition Years are putting a big performance on. Banba and Eiru are performing Shake it out and Fódla( My class) are performing 'Wake Me Up Before You Go Go'  I can't wait because we have put alot of effort into it and have a dance routine organised. We have rehearsals tomorrow before the actual performance :)

Eimear x

Swimming :)

Well if you know me well enough you probably already know I LOVE swimming. I swim 5 times a week with a Swim Team based in Palmerstown called "The Vikings" I know funny name I don't know who came up with it.

Every September when we go back to Full time training we are have to have set a goal out i.e To qualify for a specific Swim Gala.  My goal this year was to get a specific time for a set of Galas in June and July that will then qualify me to swim an All-Ireland Galas .
 Tomorrow there is a gala that will show me how much more I need to knock off my time to qualify. So far I need to knock of 3 seconds so I don't have far to go.

If you are reading this blog you probably think ' 3 Seconds' That's nothing but every .1 second counts so if i got a 1.01.95 in 100 f/c but needed a 1.01.85 I wouldn't be able to qualify !!

Eimear x

How to write a perfect comment :)

Well first of all read a blog that interests you and that you can relate to.
Don't write  one or two line comments because comments are meant to help the blogger improve his/her posts but also they are meant to be able to reply so a comment like " Love the Blog,Look at mine" isnt accpetable because you cant reply to it. A comment that includes a comment on something you liked from the content, so if the person blogged about their trip to the Zoo you might comment saying what your favourite animal is and then finsh the comment off by asking a few questions.
its a good idea to open a comment with a Greeting and then fill in your connection to the post and then finish with your Questions.

If your are commenting on a blogger who you don't know then you could introduce yourself and what your area is like.
It is very easy just to write a comment without thinking about it but a quality comment doesnt have to be a page long it just has to contact quality information so get to the point you are trying to and ask questions you want to without blabbling on.

Hope you have learned how to comment from my blog post :) Good luck commenting

Eimear

La Glás agus Lá Fhéile Pádraig

Dia Dhuit agus conas a tá tú? Gléasadh suas Bhí lá ar Dé hAoine agus cóirithe mé suas mar imreoir CLG Baile Átha Cliath mar is breá liom go háirithe CLG Baile Átha Cliath.

Everyone who wanted to dress up had to bring €2 in before Wednesday and everyone got a raffle ticket which was then put into a raffle to win a Prize :O. Nearly everyone in T.Y dressed up as well T.Ys are meant to try !! I put my blue and navy face paint on and had green bobbins in !!

We practised our Irish play on Friday too which is called" Padadricin is ainm dom". During our last class the prefects came into to announce the winners and guess what......... I WON... Suprise suprise it was an aster egg but im off chocolate for lent so its under the cupboard for Easter.

Next was St.Patricks Day for which I went to Liffey Valley and then to my Grannies to have St.Patricks Day Dinner !! I had a really good day x

Eimear x

Brave Force.............. Only if you are Brave !!

Yesterday all the Transition Year went on a Adventure to say the least!!
We all set out to Brave Force, Puddenhill Co. Meath which is a big, purpose built 7.5Km Army Assault course.
The Assault course is meant to challenge you both mentally and physically and believe me when I say it pushes you way out of your comfort zone. Everyone had been looking at the Brave Force Website. http://www.braveforce.ie/ and we were all really excited but slightly nervous, most people weren't looking forward to the water obstacles. We left school at 10.40am after a Internet Safety Talk From a Pat Mckeena which I will blog about later as it really made everyone thing :0.

When we arrived at Puddenhill we all had our Racing clothes on and went into a big room to get our acing numbers. When we were all ready to go we found out two other schools were in the race too but they only brought like 10 students each who were all trained and from the Cross-Country team which was slighty unfair because we all knew they were going to win before we even started.
At the Starting Line we all had to warm up and then the horn blew and everyone set off running up a huge hill which was uneven and mucky.
I took to a steady jog and loads of people were legging it around until five minutes later they were out of breath. I am really Competitive but didn't think I had any chance of coming in the top ten with all the cross country runners in our school and the people who do athletes.

The first obstacle was under ground and you had to lie on yourtummy and crawl to get to the end. Someother the other obstacles were when you had to ump over these wooden bars that came up to my Neck !! There was alot of running between obstacles and mucky obstacles where you have to litrally throw yourself into the mud and then run to another obstacle which was really hard as the water and mud was weighting you down:)

The last 1 Km was the hardest because I was so tired and my leg had turned to jelly. Me, Sarah M, Aoife O'N and Ellen Mc were all running together and we came to the last obstacle which was a huge cargo net which we had to climb :O Orla and Emma.B had come first and Second and I thoguth the otheres were in the showers but there were no others we had come 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th :) I don't know about the others but I was so happy but was so tied and Cold. There was alot of photgraphers around the course so I can just imagine some of the pictures they took !!

At the Awards ceremory St.Wolstans T.Ys didnt win anything except a plague to say we had the most enteries and the best turn out :D I was so happy I did this Challenge as I felt I challenged myself !!

A very Tired an Bruised Eimear x

Swim a Mile with A Smile:)

Well I just thought I would Blog about the Swim a Mile With a Smile as well I love swimming, my parents organised the whole event and its for two very worthy causes. The Swim a mile is obviously a Swim but is in Aid of Child Cancer care and Barretstown, which is a camp where you go to deal with the lost of a sibling to Cancer. My brother, Ian died at the age of 11 to a rare Brain Tumour. It was really hard especially because I was only a child and we were so close but Barretstown helps you cope with the loss .  Here is a link to the offical Event Page. http://swimamile.webnode.com/

 

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The Smile a mile occurs over two days at the end of April in the National Aquatic Centre and to complete the Swim you try swim 64 lenghts............. With a Smile of course :) So far the event has raised over €384,000 :O

All the Transition Years will be getting a Talk about this event by My Dad in two Weeks and Will be taking part after the Easter holidays. Everyone can't wait for it but didn't realise it was 64 lenghts of a pool and 1600metres !! I can't wait !!

Eimear x

Sometimes in April... Film Workshop

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Yesterday all the Transition Years went to the Library at 12:40pm to have our Lunch and then at 1:20pm we all sat down and got ourselves comfortable to watch a 2 and a half hour film called "Sometime in April". This film is about the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, it shows us the build up to the outbreak of violence and how the people in Rwanda struggled to survive the Genocide and the aftermath where everyone who survived are trying to find Reconciliation and cope with the lost of many of their loved ones. The story is based around two Brothers called Augustin Muganza who is a captain in the Rwandan Army and is married to a Tutsi Women and He has three kids who witness nearly 800,000 people been killed in 100 Days. One of Augustins kids Anne-Marie is killed during the film. Augustins Brother, Honoré Butera is working for a radio Station in Rwanda.

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I was really shocked to see how much people got killed and how some people are so mental that they try wipe a whole Religion out.
We had a Worksheet to fill out during the film so we could keep our attention. 
Fódla also were watching "Hotel Rwanda" in Religion Class and this is based around Genocide in Rwanda. It is terrible to see what goes on, on the other side of the World.

Eimear x

Percussion WorkShop

Today, Tuesday 6th March  my class Fódla had the percussion workshop held in the library. It was all based around African Drumming. Dave was the mans name who was teaching us. He was really nice and taught us three songs. We all sat around in a circle and Dave showed us how to hold the drums properly. Here are some popular drums and some information about them.

1. Djembe - Goblet shaped hand drum with goat skin (Sometimes cow or antelope) Good bass, sharp slaps.
2. Dunun - Barrel shaped with cow skin each end. Played with a stick to give deep bass.
3. Bougarabou - Similar to djembe but taller and with cow or antelope skin. Good bass, rich tone.
4. Goumbe - Similar to a conga, distended barrel shape with cow or antelope skin. Good bass, mellow tone.
5. Kpanlogo - Distended barrel shape with antelope skin held by pegs. Rich but soft tone.
6. Ewe drums - Similar to kpanlogo but come in a range of sizes and played with sticks or stick and hand.

We learned how to make the different sounds using our hands on the drum. song people used the Dunun which is a bigger drum and makes a deepier sound plus you have to use a stick to make the proper sound.

Eimear x

Work Experience... Day 5

Today was my last day in  work experience in the Montessori. Today I was working on drawing specific pictures of animals. I worked on numerical games with the children. The children had a little party for me and brought in sweets!! The manager said she would love me to come back in the summer so thats good i suppose !!

Eimear x

Work Experience... Day 4

today was my second last day. Today we put the cotton wool onto our lamb to make the fur and to make it loo more life-like. I then had to help two boys with their sounds and letters. We then had lunch and after lunch it was time to go on a 'Adventure', We went on a camping trip !!
Tomorrow is my last day and I really don't want it to be because I am really enjoying this work experience especially and I have got on so well with the workers and the children especially

Eimear x

Work Experience.... Day 3

Today is my third day at my Work Experience in the Childrens Circle Montessori. Today was painting day so we painted lots of pictures. Mr.H came to visit us and make sure I  was getting on o.k. I then read the children a story, Lady and the Tramp actually!! I really had a lovely day. One of the childrens mam had a baby girl.

Eimear x

Work Experience.. Day 2

Today was my second day in Work Experience in the Childrens Circle Montessori in Celbridge. I wasn't as nervous this morning because I knew the layout of the day generally. I met the children at the corner of the entrance and walked in with them. I had to take all their coats and bags and put them on the cupboard. We then went off and played abit with the jig-saws and lego etc. I then had to help two children with their numbers and letters. We then did some sounds. I had to get lunch ready and give it to the children. When we finished lunch the children practiced their songs and poem for the summer show in May. They were all really good. Tomorrow we are painting so Ill have to wear old clothes !!

Eimear x

Lollipop day

Last Friday, The 24th February all the T.Ys went into Town to help support Lollipop Day in aid of oesophageal cancer. We all got a tee shirt to wear and a cap which both said Lollipop day 2012. We were in groups of 4's and all got a place to stand. Ours was Fitzwilliam street first but it wasnt that buzy so we were put on Gratton Street !! :) We had buckets and if some donated we gave them a Lolly/Badge and a sticker. Everyone was very generous and we raised alot of money. For lunch we went to Eddie Rockets which was lovely. I had a great day out and It was for a very worthwhile cause. I still have 'Support

Eimear x

Work Experience... Day 1

This week, 27th February - 2nd March We have work experience. My work experience is in a Montessori because I love working with Children. I work from 8:30am - 12:30pm. I was really nervous but slightly excited because there was only going to be 10 kids. I left home at 8:20am and met the supervisor at the door. When I walked in all the children took a shine to me and thought it ws great to have someone else to play with. I started by making jig-saws and making necklaces. I had to help feed some children at lunch time.
I really enjoyed my first day and think I will be more relaxed and less nervous. I am really looking forward to tomorrow.

Eimear x

Geography Disease Brochure

In Geography we got a Around the world Trip Project which I have explained about in my earlier posts . After Christmas We got a add-on project to complete it which was a disease brochure which is where you choose a disease from one of the countries you did in the world trip and write about the disease. I Ethiopia and the Disease I did was Hepatitis A which is a virus and if you get it, it affects your liver. To help prevent you getting it it is recommended you get the vaccination and boil or cook all foods to85 degrees for 1 minute to inactivate the virus.
We have to hand the brochure in today and I really enjoyed doing this project .


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This is Jaundice which is a sympton of Hepatits A Virus

Eimear x

Mid-Term............. Finally

Finally its Mid-term time to relax. We have a week break, a week back to school and then work experience :O The time is gonna fly by!! Hope everyone enjoyed their mid-term and relaxing x

Eiméar x

Don't Drink and drive, or else

Last Friday Two Gardai from Naas came into talk to all the T.Ys on Road Safety. The talk lasted 2 hours and it was just on the effects of Alcohol on your system while you are driving and if you are tired when driving. There was alot of real-life videos which shocked us all because not all of us knew the full effects of driving when you feel a bit tired or if you had a bit of alcohol in your system.
Did you know that if you drive 10km/h you could save someones life :) The gardai told us that if we wore our seat belts not only would we be saving our own lives we would also be saving everyone else in the cars life too because you have a 50% chance of killing some else by not wearing a seat belt because if you flight forward you will stop by hitting them :(

Eimear x

St. Brigid's Day

All of the T.Ys set of to Kildare village to follow in the footsteps of St. Brigi, I was all set but in swimming I injured my knee so wasn't able to walk properly:(

 Since it was St.Brigid's Day on the 1st February last week we decided that this year we were going to Celebrate and spread the world about St.Brigid as some of our year didn't know alot about Her. Ms.L suggested that we could make up a blog all about St. Brigid and her life and also about the Curragh and Kildare. We started the project a week or so before St.Brigid's Day. We were all put into groups of three or four based on what topic we wanted to research. I went into a group of three girls with Aoife and Aisling. Our topic was a 'Spotlight on Kildare' My main topic was on the Curragh and I also wrote a bit about other places of interests in Kildare including:

Moones Cross: It is one of the best preserved monuments of its kind in Ireland. The cross stands at 17.5 metres high.

Leixlip Castle: The central part of the castle dates from 1172, just after the Norman Invasion in 1171 and is one of the oldest continuously-occupied buildings in Ireland.
Donnellys Hollow: Donnelly was born in the docks of Dublin, Ireland in March, 1788; He fought at a time when boxing was of the bare-knuckles variety. His second victory on December 13, 1815, was his most celebrated and a source of Irish pride because his opponent, George Cooper, was from England, which still ruled Ireland at the time. Dan Donnelly died shortly after and his arm is the only part of his body that remains.

About St.Brigid

St. Brigid was born in AD 450 in Faughart, near Dundalk in Co. Louth. Her father, Dubhthach, was a pagan chieftain of Leinster and her mother, Broicsech, was a Christian. It was thought that Brigid’s mother was born in Portugal but was kidnapped by Irish pirates and brought to Ireland to work as a slave, just like St. Patrick was.

Brigid has been called "Mary of the Gaels" and a common salutation in the Irish language expresses the hope that "Brigid and Mary be with you". Her influence is not confined to Ireland.

eimear x

                                          

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Latest Challenge.....

In Geography our latest project is to complete a tri-fold brochure on a disease in the Third World. I am doing Ethiopia because I have been to Ethiopia and have experience of what diseases are common there. I chose to do Hepatitis A because it is a very common disease in Ethiopia and Us tourists are at the highest risk of contracting it because our immune systems are not use to the virus and we have no protection. If you contract Hepatitis A your body is most likely to be able to fight it off and you will recover in a few weeks but it can take up to a year to fully recover.
I will post pictures when I complete my project. Wish me luck !!
Eimear x ♥

** Mi programa favorito **

My favourite programme: In Spanish we had to write a page on our favourite programme with pictures which I loved doing because I love making things/putting pictures together.
I have alot of favourite prgrammes; Fair City, Desperate Housewives, Coronation Street and Temple Street. I decided to do Temple Street because everyone else were doing the programmes I was going to do :) I loved watching Temple Street :)

Eimear x

Day of Plays

Today all the T.Y's set of to Mullingar at 9:30am to see all the other T.Ys (Eriú and Banba) doing their plays. The bus journey wasn't that long it was about anhour but I was talking to Fiona and listening to some music :)  When we arrived at Mullingar our class was the only class that didn't look like they were going to EXPLODE with nerves and clinging onto their scripts while reciting lines to each other in the final few minutes !!

Each class had two groups. They were all really good. My favourite was "Concrete Angels" which was about a seven year old girl who was getting beaten by her mother behind her fathers back and everyone was worrying she was getting bullied. In the end the father and teacher were chatting and realise the mother is the one causing all "Holly's" bruises. All the actors had great projection in their voices and contained their voices when needed. They had alot of necessary and dramatic pauses which added to the tension of the performance.
The other three plays where
1) Mid-Term Break By Seamus Heaney: I thought this play was really well acted out and the way the actresses carried there emotions was excellent. I could sense the sadness and loss throughout the whole performance.
2) Tich Miller: This was a play based on a poem which deals with bullying and exclusion. I felt this poem dealt with strong issues which are very realist today. It didn't have as much of a sad ending in comparison to the orders but showed people who are getting bullied how to stand up to the bullies.
3) The last play was all about girls and relationships and how you can be popular but you can't have everything you want and possibly end up the worst in the end. This play was also very realist and lifelike.

KH were also there and performed two play which were alot longer and more detailed then our school but I found it very hard to concentrate and understand.

I enjoyed all the plays but would of course favour my school in reaching the finals. I don't have any negative comments except that I could hear some plays very well?!?!

Eimear x

Teaching people about St.Brigid all over the world ...........

In  Religion class last week Ms.L came up with a great idea which was that there was a school in Australia named after St.Brigid but they don't know anything about the Saint so Ms.L asked us if we would be interested in promoting St.Brigid and teaching the school in Australia about St.Brigid and other students who don't know much about the saint as well.

We started off by making a list on the board about what things we could to that were realistic. Some of the ideas were : 1) Make a blog, 2) Spotlight on Kildare, 3) steps to make St. Brigid's cross, 4) Story of St. Brigid's and there were a few more. We all got into groups with people that wanted to do the same so I was with Aisling and Aoife, our job was to do a spotlight on Kildare. I am doing my main focus on the Curragh and other places of interest on Moore's Cross, Donnellys Hollow, Leixlip Castle and The National Stud. I am really enjoying doing this project as I didn't know much about St. Brigid before so I am also learning :) When we are all finished the people who set up the blog are going to put all the information on the blog and PUBLISH IT TO THE WORLD WIDE WEB  !!

Talk Later,

Eiméar x

The Vibe in St.Wolstans and Beyond !! :)

Well I just thought I would check up on Mrs.L's blog challenge on her blog and for January we are asked to write a blogpost about your school life in St.Wolstans so this is what I going to try do,
I am in my 4th year in St.Wolstans and so far I am loving it............. even though there has been a few bumps on the path I'm still alive !! When I first went into 1st year I was beyond petrified, it was such a different feel/Vibe then primary school because you were always the biggest there and the school community was alot smaller and you new everyone plus it was alot easier to make friends. After a few weeks I settled in and the teacher were always their is you needed help.

St.Wolstan's is a brilliant school and it has such good facilities and sports to offer to those who can't do them after school for some reason. It also offers creative activities like choir and yo-yo. St.Wolstans has a great atmosphere and general vibe. Whenever you walk into St.Wolstans you never feel threatened or unwelcome because it is a very comfortable and fun environment.
When I did my Junior Cert. last year the teachers are all so focused on you to help you achieve your full potential even though the 6th year were doing there Leaving Cert. which is just a bit more important!!  I feel great to have a school were i can just come in without feeling like I don't want to be.

Onto my school community, There is a student council where there are two representatives from each year where if you have any recommendations to improve/ benefit your fellow students you can confront one of the student council members and they can put it to the principal/Vice- Principal. For example we have alot of space outside so the student council members suggested a swimming pool but it got declined because the fund weren't available. The student council benefits the school community because if you are not that confident you can confront your peer student council member and they will put your point across. My last point is the Peer menotrs which are a group of trusted and caring students who are avaliable for there year to come to if they have a certain problem in school i.e. Bullying or a problem with a teacher. The peer menots will try sort you out without confronting or telling anyone your problem and if you want them to tell a cetain teacher or the chaplain they will but they would never tell anyone if you don't want them to :)

I hope I haven't bored you with my essay on " The Vibe in St.Wolstans and Beyond !!"

Eimear x

Guitar Time

In Music we are starting to learn how to play the guitar. I am really looking forward to it. I started to learn the guitar last year but had to quit because I was too busy with my Junior Certificate and this year I am focusing on my swimming !!!! Last Thursday we started off with learn the chords A and D which are both easy enough. We then had to practise changing from A to D and back. We us the guitars supplied in the school.  source

Eimear

Shake it, Zumba style

Our Thursday activities have changed from Photography, Charleston dancing and Pilates to Massage, Zumba dancing and making a band. When I heard we would be doing massage on each others head I thought it would be a tad awkward !! but it wasnt that bad it was really relaxing. The women had a air stream machine that blew out citrius oil aroma and it smelled lovely. Zumba was amazing we started off with the basic moved and come 3:20 we were dead and really warm. Band building was really fun and relaxing we just had to sing lyrics back to Ms. R when she said them !! These are my Thurday activities for a few more weeks :)
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Eimear

BT Young Scientist !!

All of T.Y's and 2nd Years went to the BT young scientist in the RDS on Friday the 13th !! When we got there we had 3 hours to look around. Firstly we went to the stands where our T.Ys were and all the projects were amazing. Isabelle,Niamh and Elaina did a project on a surfsolver app, Alswyn, Catríona and Sarah H did a project on Smells and Sarah D, Amy and Jeanne did a project on spiders. They were all amazing. After eeing all the prject we had a look around at the stands wegot loads of freebies and entered lots of competitons.... you never know we could be winning lots of things in a few weeks.  Congratulations to the winners from Dublin.

Eimear

Finance Check !!

Im the finance manager for my mini company 'Eye Candy' and sofar it is going really well. When we were giving out the jobs at the start of October the girls all thought I would be most suited to the finance manager !! My main job is to create income and expenditure accounts for the company which isnt too hard and then i have to make sure we are selling the product at the right price.


Eiméar x

Christmas is over and back to school we go :(

Ahhh Christmas is over :( School is back :( but we are in transition year :)Last year I came back from the Christmas holidays all stress and felt like I hadn't really had much of a break as I was studying for the Mocks but this year I was alot more laid back and didn't have to work about much of that stuff. The most I was worrying about was Scifest and My Mini Compnay finances !! Believe it or not been the mini Company finance manager is quite stressful because you are left with all the money and if it doesn't add up IM IN TROUBLE !!


Eiméar x