K.J.

Shout out to one of my greatest friends, the wonderful Kim Joyce
http://kimstyblog.blogspot.ie/

Best moments of TY

Transition year was a very busy year filled with so many activities. We are all so lucky to be given the oppurtunity to do all of these.
My favorite moment in ty so far was lollipop day in town. I really enjoyed that day because not only were we collecting for a very worthy cause, also everyone had a great day.
I've had many other great moments in ty including coming second in the north side league after a very intense match which went to extra time and penalties

We also got the opportunity to go to Carlingford. We did a lot of different activities there inc. laser tag canoeing and obstacle courses. It was a chance to get to know people who you might not have gotten the chance to talk to before because we were in different classes.



On Wednesday we went to the national aquatic centre to do swim a mile with a smile (http://swimamile.webnode.com/). we left school at ten past nine arrived at the nac and we got in our groups to swim. The first mile i did was in a group of 6 which is rougly 11 lengths each but since we were finished that mile so early four of us decided to go for another mile which was another 16+ lengths. It was a great day out for such a good cause.

WHO IS GG??

omg guys, according to my sources Anna G, may have been Gossip Girl. Maybe the G in her name stands for more than just Gallagher??????


you know you love me,
xoxo

Driving

On Monday we got the chance to go to the leinster School of driving. Everyone was excited to drive. some people had driven before so they weren't nervous. when we arrived we were given a quick brief, we then had to get into groups and pick a car. I was in a group with Aimme and Eve. we all got about half an hour to drive. After our driving we had a theory test and my group passed first time then it went downhill after that..
                                                         He then showed us road signs and we had to come up with the
                                                         funniest answer. our group won a point from this
                                                       
                                                    It was a great day over all and to finish it off we had to put on drunk
                                                    goggles to show how drink or drugs affect your driving.

cinema time oooo yaaa

On tuesday the 10th of march we went to see the movie 'Selma'. firstly we got our food and ohmygod just a warning dont order a large drink or popcorn... Selma was directed by Ava DuVernay.

1. Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 legally desegregated the South, discrimination was still rampant in certain areas, making it very difficult for blacks to register to vote. In 1965, an Alabama city became the battleground in the fight for suffrage. Despite violent opposition, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.and his followers pressed forward on an epic march from Selma to Montgomery, and their efforts culminated in President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

I really enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to anyone! 

lollie pop day:)))))))

On Friday the 27th of Feb we went into to town to raise money for oesophageal cancer.

We left the school at nine and were in town by ten. We went straight to powerscourt shopping centre to get our hats, t-shirts and most importantly the lollie pops! 

St wolstans were told to sell on grafton street and georges street. Hannah and i decided to go to grafton street. During the first half hour we sold nothing!- we decided to move up towards stephans green were we met pia, jane and meadhbh:)) after selling a good few candles we went for lunch in mcdonalds which was well needed:))



all of us looking our bestest:)))))

After our lunch we went back to stephans green and sold loadss more until it was time to go home:(( it was such a good day for such a good cause!

pancake day:))))))

On Monday ms leonard came into us with great news- We were going to be hosting a 'pancake party' in aid of the national children's hospital in Tallaght. 

 We decided to have it today on friday the 13th oooOOOoo..

Luckily it went very well the only bad luck we had was that we ran out of pancakes fifteen minutes in:(( 

It was a very successful day raising a total of €274 which we are very proud off

We also ran out of nutella:(((

work experience

For this work experience i am working at Castlewarden Pony And Country Club. I am Really enjoying this work experience. I prefer it over my last one which was in an office. My start time is  half nine in the morning until 6:00pm I get an Hour and a half break though which really breaks it up and makes the day fly by. In the morning i muck out the stables and bring the horses in and out of the arena.                                                                                 Then i have to exercise the horses, i either take them out on a hack or i ride them in the arena. After exercising two horses i have my lunch then i exercise another two ride my own horse after. I then mix feed and give it to all the horses and its Six already. Time does really fly by.                                                                                                                                                                                       I will be sad to finish this placement but i am looking forward to starting my next one in St.Bridgets primary school

Drama:)))

On Tuesday all Tys went to the Arts center in Mullingar for a drama competition. We have been preparing our drama for this competition for the past few months. When we were told we were going everyone had one question.. 'is there a mcDonalds there?' yes there was thank godd. 

Our school was the first one on and my group was on second- which i was happy with because we had it done and over with it and had more time to get mcdonalds:)) Personally i think we did the best performance we have done so far. we really put in a lot of work and i think it paid off. 

the Mullinagar art centre

All the performances were really strong from our school. I think a few of us will be heading to the final in cork. 

After my performance we strolled down the village of mullingar and got ourselfs a well rewarded mcDonalds, Its never tasted so good.

We went back to the arts center after our mcdonalds- just in time for the longest play everrrrr... still havent figured out what it was supposed to be about.. And fourtunatly we saw two extremely hilarious plays.. one was funny mainly because one of the actors forgot almost all of his lines.. poor guy,.,.

All in all it was a very enjoyable experience.

Young Scientist

We went to the rds young scientist expedition on Thursday the 8th of January. All Tys and second years went. we left the school at half nine and arrived at the rds at half ten. It was exciting to go because three girls from my science class were in it showing off their project 'the ideal condidtions fro learning'. 

Also i think everyone was excited to get all the free things there- you never come home empty handed from the young scientist. Well i know i certainly didnt:)) 

over all it was a good day but it was even bettre by the end we got to meet hometown a new irish boyband and we even got pictures with them.. Everywhere we go we seem to see someone famous!

Carton house- Tommy Bowe

Road safety- Andrew morely ( actor on home and away)

Young scientist- Hometown

wonder whos next.... 

holly day collection for the ispcc

In December all transition year students went into town to collect money for the ispcc. We had to sell holly pins and badges to fund raise for the ispcc. It was so cold everyone was well wrapped up, but everyone was still freeezingg. We arrived at the ispcc building and collected our bibs and our pins and badges. we were assigned places to go. Hannah and i got spar on merrion square road. after about an hour of selling a homeless lady asked us to move because it was her spot... we didnt want to get in trouble so we walked on down the road where we continued to sell.

The water charges protests were also happening in town so we were stuck right in the center of it. There were people everywhere screaming 'go away we wont pay'. It took us a while to get everyone on the bus and back home. I think everyone had fun joining in the water charges protest.