We have roughly 2 weeks left in school until our Summer Holidays and all the preparation is about to begin for our TY graduation night!
Every student is assigned a subject and they're going to represent that subject on TY night. Aimee and myself are doing technology, along with 4 other girls from the other two classes. The hall is going to look great!
Along with that, the night itself will be very fun as we will be preforming our two dance routines that we have been working on for the last couple of weeks. There is the Zumba dance that is a lot of fun and with the help of our Zumba teacher, Nicola, it is going to be great! Also we will be doing our 1960's routine. every class does a different one and my class, Eriu, are doing a dance routine to the song 'Are you gonna be my girl' by JET. At first things were difficult and it was hard to put together but now everything is coming along very smoothly and with the costumes and great moves it will be a lot of fun. If you haven't heard it before here's a listen.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAxUIjJrFKQ
A few other girls are performing which everybody is really looking forward to. Saoirse is playing piano, she is brilliant. Take a look at her blogs and she will tell you all about it. http://saoirse14.blogspot.com/
Next year is going to be hard to get back into the work and homework routine but for now it is all work for TY night, so we better get to work!
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
Reflection on St. Brigids Journey
On monday night, the 7th February I was very busy getting ready for the next day as we were going on St. Brigids pilgrimage through Kildare town.
The first thing I had to do was get prepared. I got my clothes out and made sure they clean and ready for the following morning. I packed a big lunch for the day as we were told it was going to be a long day. We learned a lot of information in class about St. Brigid in preperation for the pilgrimage. I had already known some of the stories about her but I learned some new things aswell that I didn't know already. Some of these facts are on my previous blog and are very interesting and good to know.
It was because of our teachers that we were fortunate enough to take part in the pilgrimage. If I had chosen to not go, I knew I would probably not get the chance to see the places again so therefore I was definitely going to take part on the journey.
Making the journey was next. This involved a lot of walking and shivering as the weather was not so good. Our first stop was the Tourist Office in Kildare town where we were shown a video about the history in the town. We then went to the Church of Ireland which is directly across from the Tourist Office. The Church is very big and was lovely to see. It was slighty different to the church in my own town as it was a lot more decorated and had many historic ornaments to see. Also the alter was further away from the congrigation than in other churches and I found this slighty unusual. The Church had many St. Brigid crosses around it which decorated it nice and the stain glass windows caught my eye as they told stories of different saints, such as St. Patrick, St. Luke & St Brigid herself. Each student then got to ring the church bell!
Outside the Church was a little hut underground which was apparently Brigids Kitchen and myth has it that it led to other places in Kildare town, underground.
We then walked to St. Brigid's well. The well was very well kept and this was lovely to see. We all took a break here and took some photos.
Overall it was great day & I learned a lot about St. Brigid that I hadn't known before. :)
The first thing I had to do was get prepared. I got my clothes out and made sure they clean and ready for the following morning. I packed a big lunch for the day as we were told it was going to be a long day. We learned a lot of information in class about St. Brigid in preperation for the pilgrimage. I had already known some of the stories about her but I learned some new things aswell that I didn't know already. Some of these facts are on my previous blog and are very interesting and good to know.
It was because of our teachers that we were fortunate enough to take part in the pilgrimage. If I had chosen to not go, I knew I would probably not get the chance to see the places again so therefore I was definitely going to take part on the journey.
Making the journey was next. This involved a lot of walking and shivering as the weather was not so good. Our first stop was the Tourist Office in Kildare town where we were shown a video about the history in the town. We then went to the Church of Ireland which is directly across from the Tourist Office. The Church is very big and was lovely to see. It was slighty different to the church in my own town as it was a lot more decorated and had many historic ornaments to see. Also the alter was further away from the congrigation than in other churches and I found this slighty unusual. The Church had many St. Brigid crosses around it which decorated it nice and the stain glass windows caught my eye as they told stories of different saints, such as St. Patrick, St. Luke & St Brigid herself. Each student then got to ring the church bell!
Outside the Church was a little hut underground which was apparently Brigids Kitchen and myth has it that it led to other places in Kildare town, underground.
We then walked to St. Brigid's well. The well was very well kept and this was lovely to see. We all took a break here and took some photos.
Overall it was great day & I learned a lot about St. Brigid that I hadn't known before. :)
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
29th feb- Worlds biggest blogging project.
Work Experience
This evening, as part of the 'worlds biggest blogging project ', http://www.feb29th.net/ I am blogging about my work experience which I am currently doing this week, the 27th February- 2nd March.
I chose to do my work experience in a primary school as being a teacher or child care is something I am interested in as a career for when I finish school. The school I am in is very friendly and enjoyable and I am delighted that I have chosen to do it there as it being the third day in I am getting on great. It isn't a very big school so therefore I have noticed that everyone seems to know everyone and this is what I like about it. Even the teachers and the principle seem to know all the students names. It gives off a lovely warm friendly impression of the school and makes it very comfortable to be there.
The children are extremely friendly and great to be around as I love children. There are things I have noticed such as the routine the teachers have which you wouldn't have noticed being a pupil in the class. In secondary school it is a lot different as every student has their own time table and this makes primary school seem a lot free-er but being at the school for the week has shown me how the teachers have their own routines which is a very important thing.
I think primary school teaching would be a wonderful job and was something I had always had my mind on since I was younger. This experience has helped me as I was always uncertain what to do as a career but being with the children and seeing the teachers routine and the primary school atmosphere has set my mind on teaching. The children were all wonderful and have the most crazy imaginations. I am use to most of the things they come up with as I have younger sibling's and cousins but teaching them is a complete different job than playing with them & I wouldn't mind doing it after school, at all.
The only unfortunate thing about the week was that I would have liked being in an older class such as 4th 5th or 6th, rather than junior infants as I previously did work experience in a playschool last November but it was still a great experience to be back in a primary school and I am delighted I did it.
This evening, as part of the 'worlds biggest blogging project ', http://www.feb29th.net/ I am blogging about my work experience which I am currently doing this week, the 27th February- 2nd March.
I chose to do my work experience in a primary school as being a teacher or child care is something I am interested in as a career for when I finish school. The school I am in is very friendly and enjoyable and I am delighted that I have chosen to do it there as it being the third day in I am getting on great. It isn't a very big school so therefore I have noticed that everyone seems to know everyone and this is what I like about it. Even the teachers and the principle seem to know all the students names. It gives off a lovely warm friendly impression of the school and makes it very comfortable to be there.
The children are extremely friendly and great to be around as I love children. There are things I have noticed such as the routine the teachers have which you wouldn't have noticed being a pupil in the class. In secondary school it is a lot different as every student has their own time table and this makes primary school seem a lot free-er but being at the school for the week has shown me how the teachers have their own routines which is a very important thing.
I think primary school teaching would be a wonderful job and was something I had always had my mind on since I was younger. This experience has helped me as I was always uncertain what to do as a career but being with the children and seeing the teachers routine and the primary school atmosphere has set my mind on teaching. The children were all wonderful and have the most crazy imaginations. I am use to most of the things they come up with as I have younger sibling's and cousins but teaching them is a complete different job than playing with them & I wouldn't mind doing it after school, at all.
The only unfortunate thing about the week was that I would have liked being in an older class such as 4th 5th or 6th, rather than junior infants as I previously did work experience in a playschool last November but it was still a great experience to be back in a primary school and I am delighted I did it.
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Our English Drama 'Mid Term Break'
On Tuesday the 24th, all transition year students went to Mullingar for a drama competition. We have all been working on our plays very hard the last few weeks and the relief I feel now that it's all over.
My group did our play based on the poem 'Midterm Break' by Seamus Heaney. We chose to do this because originally we had our own script written which was very humorous and different but unfortunately it didn't work out as well as we imagined so therefore we rescued it last minute and pulled together to perform this play.
If I was to compare our rehearsal's in the classroom to the actual performance on stage I would say that the performance on stage would have been ten time better as we had the advantage of lights, props, costumes & an audience because all these things are a lot more affective to a performance.
There were four plays altogether and all four were very well done and performed. We are all waiting now for the results which are due back in two weeks times & hopefully one or even all four groups from our school will get through to the final. The final is in Cork in the 'Briery Gap Cultural Centre Macroom' http://www.brierygap.com/ so getting through would mean a great day out, down to cork but also means a lot more practise but I think all the girls are able for that! Well done girls and best of luck to everyone! :)
My group did our play based on the poem 'Midterm Break' by Seamus Heaney. We chose to do this because originally we had our own script written which was very humorous and different but unfortunately it didn't work out as well as we imagined so therefore we rescued it last minute and pulled together to perform this play.
If I was to compare our rehearsal's in the classroom to the actual performance on stage I would say that the performance on stage would have been ten time better as we had the advantage of lights, props, costumes & an audience because all these things are a lot more affective to a performance.
There were four plays altogether and all four were very well done and performed. We are all waiting now for the results which are due back in two weeks times & hopefully one or even all four groups from our school will get through to the final. The final is in Cork in the 'Briery Gap Cultural Centre Macroom' http://www.brierygap.com/ so getting through would mean a great day out, down to cork but also means a lot more practise but I think all the girls are able for that! Well done girls and best of luck to everyone! :)
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