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