Cheese Cake!

Dear Readers,
In Home Ec. on Tuesday we made cheese cake! We could choose what flavour we wanted so Elaine and I chose strawberry and malteasers!
There were so many processes to do to make it. But there was nothing to hard to do! We had to let it set, so we couldn't get it till the end of the day. I put mine into two small lunch box's which turned out great.
Ours turned out really well, and tasted great! I was really happy with it.Now I have to make for a communion!
I really liked cooking this year and enjoyed learning new skills. We had a few disasters but all in all it turned out great! My favorite to make would be the cheesecake or spaghetti bolanese. I hope to keep it up!

Thank you,
Roisin.P.

Swim A Mile!

Dear Readers,
Friday before we broke for Easter Holidays we went to the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin so we could swim for charity! It was for the Ian Daly Swim a Mile foundation. Basically our year (and some 5th yrs) have to try swim as many miles as possible, collectively or individually, to raise money for charity! All the money we raised was to go toward Barretstown Children's centre and Our Ladies Children's Hospital and all the work they do for children suffering for serious illnesses.

The inspiration behind the whole event is from Brian and Laura Daly's son Ian, who died of cancer in 2003. They realised that these two places needed funds and support. They had helped their son when he was ill so that's why they set this up. They have been running this event for several years now and our school has participated every year. We are now raising the money for them.

We swam really well! I did better that I anticipated and had a great day. We all did really well, but we won't know how many we swam until we go back after Easter Holidays. I sure we beat last years TY's but it's all for charity so as long as we raise money for Ian Daly Swim a Mile then it will all be worth it!

After we swam they opened up the slides in the play zone and we had a great time on those! Then in was down t Blanchstown for food and a bit of shopping.

Overall I'd say we had a great day and was worth the muscle ache! Well done to all the girls who swam a mile on their own!

Thanks and please support by visiting http://swimamile.webnode.com/,
Roisin.P.

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Music Night!

Dear Readers,
Every year in our school we hold a fundraising music night. The music teachers put the whole thing together organising acts and such! They pick solos from 3rd and 6th year, who are preparing for their practicals anyway and they year music class/year, puts together a piece to preform!

Us TY's had been working on a song called 'Mama Said' by Dionne Bromfield for the night! Myself, Leah and Roisin were on guitar for the piece. It was s much fun preforming and practising the piece, and we all really enjoyed ourselves back stage watching movies, singing and just general fun!



It went down well and sounded great! It's such an energetic and happy song with that great motown feel! And such a great young singer, who I wish her luck in her great future a head.

Music night

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Thanking You,
Roisin.P.

Ballet

Dear Readers,
On Wednesday, before the break, we headed into Dublin to see a Ballet! We were going to support a very talented girl in our year Hayley! There were three different stories/performances and she was in two of them.

The first was a performance by the the younger dancers was The Ugly Duckling. They were so cute and really good!

Then is was a performances called the South Pacific (I think, sorry!). It was a more modern piece and it was really good. In it Hayley had solo part and see did fantastic! We were so proud of her!



Then there was a more classical piece, which I can't remember the name of. It was like an old folk story, which was interesting all the same. The music in it was lovely and the dancing was great to! Hayley did another fantastic job in this piece too.

Hope all turns out well for you Hayley, good luck. Your a wonderful dancer!

Thank you,
Roisin.P.

Mini Company Final!

Dear Readers,
As you know our minicompany GreenHero got to the final of the MiniCompany 'Get Up 'n' Go' Competiton, in the Ospery Hotel in Naas.

We were very excited to go! We improved our stand and even got t-shirts! (the amount of t-shirts we got this year!). Once we got there we set up in no time and were ready to go. The format of the day was the same as the qualifiers so we knew the drill.

This time the cmpetition was much tougher and there were people from all over the country! We meet a lot of them and learned about a lot of great ideas. Plus there were some extra awards up for grabs like a European trip, special Taoisach awards as well as the normal awards.

The day went really well and I though it was much better than the qualifiers! Maybe becuase it was just our group and the wonderful Ms.L! In the end we won 3rd in Quality which was great and got a plate/trophy thing, that will go up in the awards cabinate in school.

Thank you to all the people in and outside of school who helped us get this far! And to all the people kind enough to adviertise and support the cause. Also a huge thank you to the schools for their corperation and great feedback, it made it worth while! And of course thank you to the rest of the Green Team, we did it!!!

Source.

Thanks,
Roisin.P.

Retreat!

Dear Readers,
Sorry it has been so long I don't know what I'm doing with myself these days!

Anyway Tuesday two weeks ago we went on our TY Retreat! Amina on Tuesday and Emnet on Thursday. We headed for Glendalough Co.Wicklow. I had been there once or twice before but I had forgotten how truely beautiful that place is. Glendalough is a place where three valleys meet at two lakes. There you also find one of Ireland's oldest and best preserved Monastic Cities with Ireland's best kept round tower. St.Kevin the hermit was known to have lived there in a remote cave across the upper lake. So it serves great religious meaning, hence why we went there.

I couldn't get over the beauty of the whole place. The way the mountains were against the clear lake, the waterfall, the forests, and just the whole quietness and feeling of the place. It made me feel like I was on another planet, and the nature all around me was my only company. As cheesy as that sounds it's true! I loved it and would love to go back again sometime with my friends, family or on my own sometime this summer.

Lower Lake. Photo by; C.Dwan.

The day we went we had glorious weather! The sun was shining the lakes were glistening, the birds singing! It was perfect. The retreat was great and I really enjoyed it. We had a lovely women as our guide. She first brought us to a path made in the ground, the pathern of which was found on the back of a rock by a farmer some years ago. She told us to imagine our life so far, journey through our memories as we walk the path. It was good, I only thought of the journey we had been on so far through TY, one of the best parts of my life so far. We listened to the sounds around us, took in the smells and enjoyed the peace.

We then were brought to a well, here see talked to us about the importance of a well in medieval life, how it wuld be the main source of water and how it was the main social gathering place. I thought this very interesting and remembered wells I had seen before, like this one I'd seen in a small village in Italy. It was at the centre on the town, as if the town had been built around this one well. She also talked about water and how life depends on it and how people in our lives can be like the water we need to survive like a mum or dad or best friend. I liked this idea.

We then headed for a really nice walk to the edge of the lower lake, here again she talked how water can heal and give energy. We each took a cup of water in our hands and slowly let it drain away through our fingers healing our hands and giving us energy. Then it was time to set off on the long, hilly, walk toward the upper lake and the waterfall.

The waterfall was so loud, strong and powerfull compared to the rest of the place, but it didn't at all seem like it didn't belong. After we took a break and watched out over the lake, and of course took some photos!
We then headed to the other side so we could look across at St.Kevin's cave. You could see the outline of a small chapel and hut. The lady showed us where he would of crossed and told us about what he would have done there. After a while we headed back toward the city where we were shown the different part and told about the Round Tower that is famous to Glendalough. The fact that they could build such a stucture with no machinery is a story alone! They would have used it as a look out, bell tower, food store and a place to keep precious items like pieces of gold and more importantly books (since books were done by hand they were worth a lot and even more precious than gold at times).

Round Tower. Source

So overall I learned a lot about Glendalough and what it was all about. I really appreciated the beauty of such a national teasure, like I didn't before.

If ever in Ireland yous sould definety make your way to Glendalough, theres a great visiter centre walks there too.

Thank you,
Roisin.P.

Druming Workshop!

Dear Readers,
On Thursday, we had an all day djembé workshop! We learned some pretty cool rhythms and when the different base drums were added it all came together really well! As a music lover I was really excited about and really enjoyed the workshop! Out of all the drums and rhythmic instruments I tired my favorite was the djembe.

Dave, our teacher, was really cool too. He showed us so much stuff and kept it interesting and fun. Which can be hard in an all day workshop. I loved how everyone in the class was working together to get the right sound and that everyone put loads into it, which made extra nice.

We also learned the history of the djembe. Like the fact that it comes from west Africa around Mali. It is about 800 years old and along with other rhythmic instruments it play a huge part in tribal life there.

I also learned how the djembe, its players and rhythms used have affected western music and modern music. For instance rhythms used on a modern drum set come from rhythms used on the djembe.

I really enjoyed the workshop, and could never say once that I was bored! Definitely in my Top5 of best things I've done in TY!

The video was made in West Africa by French film crew. It shows the importance of rhythm, music and dance in peoples everyday lives in West Africa, its amazing and it also shows you the process of djembe making.

This video made me think of how rhythm and music is important in my life. I love music and I listen to it everyday. I love a good drum beat on a song. When I bake something I always have a rhythm as I stir or mix, preferring to do things by hand, the messy way. Even as I type this post my fingers have a rhythm pushing the keys! Its all around us, just have to listen. I love going into the city and just sitting down and listening to the hustle and bustle of a busy city, it makes me feel part of one big music piece and it's a piece we all contribute to.

Hope you enjoy the video,
Thanking you,
Roisin.P.

English Trip!

Dear Readers,

On Thursday we went into Dublin city to see some exhibitions for English. We went to see William Butler Yeats Exhibition at the National Library, the Bog Bodies Exhibition in the National Museum and the Jack Butler Yeats Exhibition in the National Gallery. Some of these may seem strange for an "English" trip, but we're starting to learn comparative studies in class. And our teacher Ms.B wanted to show us the importance of the Yeats family on Irish culture and literature.

My favorite part of the trip was the W.B. Yeats Exhibition. I liked it because he was such a character and his poems are so easy, the message is right there in front of you, you don't have to go digging for a meaning. The only hidden meanings or messages are those that he wasn't aware he was sharing, especially those to do with Maud Gonne, his love interest. I loved seeing his note books and drafts. W.B. Yeat's handwriting is pretty bad and his spelling isn't great. There are rumours that he was dyslexic, but what was most interesting was the fact that he would walk around a say the poem to himself, roll the words on his tongue, switch parts in and out until he was ready to put pen to paper. This is what makes his poems, they're through his voice. He did do a lot for Ireland, he set up the Abbey Theatre and was a Senator. He was interested in politics, though for the time, (1916 onward) this wasn't unusual, and he wanted to create a upper class Ireland, a respected Ireland. That was one of his many dreams.

The Bog Bodies and the National Museum was ok. It was really odd how well they were preserved by the bog and the theories of why they were there. Bogs we split into territories for different Kings, who believed that the Gods lay deep within the bog. It is thought that they were sacrificed to the Gods for a good harvest, but they must have been the ultimate sacrifice because there are signs that one of them was nobility because he had a strong diet and because of his haircut. The other theory is that they stumbled on the wrong King's territories, and then well I think you can guess, they were murdered. It was kinda sad though to see them like that and the fact of how they were killed, and the fact peoples beliefs would go that far.

The Jack Yeats Exhibition was lovely, though I thought that we could have learnt more about the other paintings, it was a very limited tour. It was really good to see the huge change in his style from a realist to an expressionist! His work got so much more colourful and unlike his brother his meanings or feelings are hidden. But I don't mind finding them, searching a painting. Jack feel in love with horses from an early age, especially white horses. They pop up in a lot of his paintings. There was this one called 'For the Road', it is beautiful painting. Source.

We also got to quickly view some paintings from the 20th century. One of the things that the tour guide said was that Jack Yeats never took inspiration from other artists, it was all his own creation. I mention this because one of the large paintings in the 20th century part, by John Lavery, was inspired by the Spanish painter Antoni Tàpies painting, especially the positioning of the people and the use of mirror images in the piece. I thought this was interesting and that's why I liked it.

Personally I love paintings like For The Road because its non realist and abstract plus it has lots of colour. I'm attracted to paintings that have this uplifting bursts of colour. Happy colours. May sound simple, but that's what I like.

I really enjoyed the trip because I got to see how the Yeats family and other people, such as Lady Gregory, made an impact of cultural life of Dublin, and the rest of Ireland. The bog bodies was good because they showed me how old Ireland is, in the sense of people living here, and how the bodies add to our understanding of our history.

If your ever in Dublin, all three are very good and enjoyable visits. I learned a lot and I how you do to.

Thank you,
Roisin.P.

Margaret Alyward Drama Evening.

Dear Readers,
On Tuesday we headed off to Glasnevin, Dublin, to the Holy Faith Convent and Secondary School for a Drama Festival. The evening was organised to help celebrate Margaret Alyward's Bicentenary. The theme for all the productions was "what would Margaret Alyward do?". Margaret Alyward was the founder of the Holy Faith Sisters, who set up several secondary schools for girls in Ireland, St.Wolstan's (my school) was one of these. We had already celebrated a mass for her in February in Whitehall. But this Drama Evening was to bring some of the Holy Faith schools together and so what we know and think about Margaret Alyward, and show what she did and would of done for people.

We were there early because we needed to put all our plays together, shorten them down and make them more appropriate for the audience. The plays we were doing are the same as the ones for the Briery Gap Competition but just modified to the theme. Once we had the plays all sorted into one big play I was ask to sing at the end when all the cast members come on stage. I agreed and I sang an old song called "Lark in the Clear Air". It's a nice song and I didn't mess up my words or anything, thank God!

The other plays we saw dealt with issues such as discrimination against refugees, people  from certain areas, disabled people, homeless people, people addicted to drugs and alcohol. It was interesting to watch them and see notice how aware we are to the problems facing people in the world today, but the truth of the matter is that we choose to ignore the facts because they scare us in a way. It's hard to explain but you know what I'm talking about. I'll be honest, I too sometimes ignore the facts but after seeing the plays I've realised I can't choose to ignore them forever! And one country and group of people that need our help now are the Japanese, especially the children orphaned by the disaster. Us TY's want to do something about, and we don't have alot of time left in TY so we need to do something now. We were thinking of different events we could hold and do, but please, if you have any suggestions in how we can raise the money, let me know!

Please help Japan, at least let them know your thinking of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9tJW9MDs2M

Happy St.Patrick's Day,
Roisin.P.

Work Experiance!

Dear Readers,
This week I headed off to the Four Courts in Dublin to follow around a Barrister for the week. I wasn't really nervous about the whole thing as I was with the first Work Experience, I was more excited. The Barrister I was following around was Martin Canny. Unfortunately he didn't have a lot on this week but he still tired to find me some interesting stuff for me to look at. I talked to people who went to the Four Courts for the last Work Experience and some said it was ok but others were saying it was boring. I have to say I disagree. I learned so much just watching the cases and I found them interesting, like trying to figure out who would win or how the Barristers would go about their cross examinations. I saw people cry though, that wasn't to nice. I saw court orders giving out for peoples homes to be reposest, though some deserved it by the sounds of it. But I also saw people get their money back or justice for their injury. It was so weird to see how each Barrister approaches a case and even some of the Judges were characters!

I'll call this judge the Master, as he is the master of the high court. He was the funniest to watch handling cases because he wasn't at all interested and loves to make the devils (apprentice barristers) embarrassed by ripping them apart. Like this poor widow started crying as she was explaining her situation, when the Master started looking out the window and said something that sounded like golf! Madness.

I'll call this judge the PlaintiffPresident, he is in the Circuit Court (best court ever, its like Judge Judy but with Barristers). He has been known to be a bit pro-plaintiff. But to me that's not his problem, his problem is that he says close to nothing as the case proceeds and then when its finished he reads back every note he made and then gives his verdict, sometimes even leaving for five minuets to make his verdict. Too long in my view. But that's just how he roles.

I'll call this judge Mr Justice Softy, also in the Circuit Court. He was the most fair Judge I saw in the place. He gave everyone a chance to explain themselves and if someone didn't understand he would butt in and explain, also if he thought the Barrister was being to harsh on a witness he would stop him and repeat the question to the witness in a nicer, calmer tone. He was completely fair and in my opinion gave the right verdict in the end.

So you see these are three very different people and have completely different approaches to the job. Some I agree with some I don't. Same with the barristers I saw, they were all different in there approach. You can see similarities between some but other than that their all different. That's what made it so interesting, to see the different approaches clash, some people even changed their approaches depending on who they were up against or what judge the case was before. It's a nut house in there and I liked it. It also showed me how being different or having a different approach to things means that life is never boring. We need to be different to make things that bit different. Also its important to learn from this that, if something needs doing and you ask someone to do it just because their approach to the task is different and you might not agree with it doesn't mean it won't get done. Or if someone gives an opinion, value it. Value every one's difference, it can make us clash and it can make us come together, but we all need to learn how to see things from the others point of view, especially in TY when we are working together in groups a lot and with people we don't really know. Another lesson learnt.

Thank you,
Roisin.P.

Drama Final!

Dear Readers,
Last Saturday, the cast of Noughts and Crosses boarded on a mini bus bound for Cork. Why? We were going to the Briery Gap drama final. We were the only drama of four from our school to get this far! Which is an achievement itself...we were all a bit tired and nervous about the day ahead. But sure that's to expected?
So on the three and a half hour journey we stopped once half way for a toilet break and lunch. We practiced our lines and giggled a bit down the back of the bus. By the time we got there we had our Cork accents perfected and everyone was just excited and rearing to get on stage and have fun. We defiantly were glad to have gotten that far and just wanted to enjoy the day that was to be had! We defiantly found the balance between fun and seriousness because we were so prepared we didn't have to worry to much about last minuet preparations. We loved our play and it's story so we just hoped the judges enjoyed it to.
So after stinking up the small dressing room with chips and vinegar and had a laugh with the script and then it was "Show Time"! We headed up to the stage and as the saying goes 'we gave it wellie'! It went perfectly and I enjoyed every minuet of it! And even though I had seen the play a hundred times and new the story, maybe even the whole script, Karen (our lovely leading lady) managed to make me cry at the end.
Half five, and another batch of chips it was time for home. But not before Siobhan had her photos. We chose to say rashers instead of cheese and loaded ourselves back onto the bus. This was when the real fun began and when the photos got a little more interesting. Sure what can you expect with twelve over tired girls and two sleeping teachers?...;L it was mighty crack!
By nine we had eventually made it home safely. I think for Mini Company my balance was way off, for F1 in schools it had improved but by the Drama competition it was just right and it ment that I throughly enjoyed myself. I sometimes wonder if the three weren't three days in a row or even if they weren't on the same week maybe things would be different? Would we have done better or worse? So I suppose my next lesson to learn is to leave what's happened in the past and learn from it instead of being bitter about it.
If you have any advise (other than Ben&Jerrys/chocolate) let me know!?
Thanking you,
Roisin.P.

Writing Workshop

Dear Followers,
On Wednesday we had a writer and illustrator named Oisin McGann come into us and talk to us about creative writing. The aim of the workshop was to show us how the get ideas, develop them and change them to make great stories.

He said that we all get ideas but we never write them down so we forget them. Oisin himself has three or four notebooks on the go so whenever he gets an idea, hears something interesting or sees something he writes it down into one of his notepads. All the great writers and artisans do this including Yeats and De Vinci!

he showed us how easy it is to take a very boring and ordinary object and turn it into something amazing and alien! He took a shoe and developed it into a blood sucker monster in a matter of minuets. It was really cool, but of course none of this comes without practise. You have to practise changing and morphing things or if you want to do illustrations you have to practise drawing things all the time, so you learn to refine your work and produce results quicker.

Oisin McGann's books are mainly fantasy horror books, more aimed at an young male audience but when he read excerpts from to of his books you couldn't help but want to hear more! They were fascinating.

he also made a drawing of one of his characters and signed it and gave it to our class which was nice of him. While drawing it he answered questions and guided us through the process of making an illustration and what materials you would use. That's one thing I love art, a couple of well coordinated lines and you have an amazing picture!

I also read some of his blogs on his website, just to see what his approach to blogging is. It was interesting and made me think about the way I blog, especially coming up to the student blog challenge. I think I should avoid just writing down details of what we did, but of my feelings coming from doing an activity and what my thoughts were on doing something. I think it will improve my blog and make them a more interesting read.

If you have any suggestions in how I should change my blog, do let me know and I'll try my best.

Thanks again,
Roisin.P.

Heres a link to Oisin McGann's website and blog!

G.A.A. Museum Trip

Dear Followers,

On  Monday we all headed to Croke Park to the G.A.A. museum for a History trip. By far it was one of the best trips we had done so far this year! We saw and learned so much!

When we got there we were shown a short video that was recorded when they were preparing for the 2009 football and hurling finals. Two Sundays in September. It was really interesting to see how much is done for one game. It showed the mass in the morning, stewards getting briefed, Gardai getting brief, restaurant preparing, players warming up and getting ready and much more. It was a good video but unfortunately it was the year Tipperary lost to Kilkenny so I didn't enjoy that part of the video.

Next we were brought on for a tour of Croke park itself! We learned who the stands were named after and why and the history of Croke park and the G.A.A. We then got to go into the changing rooms of the players, more importantly last years winning team Tipperary! I was so pleased and felt really privileged to go into those rooms, including the warm-up and physio rooms.

Then we got to see Croke Parks most exclusive room, the Players Lounge! It was so nice, leather sofas lush surroundings, all sourced in Ireland! But the best part of the lounge was the Waterford Crystal chandelier, made to look like hanging footballs and sliotars. The lights in it change colour and all hang gracefully from the high ceilings.

Then we went on a quick tour of the stands, seeing the president's chair and private box's, going to the top and seeing the views of Dublin around.

We concluded with going around the museum finding out interesting facts and testing our reflex's on the games.

It was a great day and for the whole thing I couldn't help myself from smiling and thinking what a wonderful place this is. It has an amazing history and character. It really shows how much we love our games and how valuable they are to our Irish culture. People, even though their county might not be playing, go to see these matches because not only are they  proud of the talent but also to see a cracking good game! One of the best parts of the G.A.A. is the fact that they are amateur games. No player is payed, they do this as a hobby and I think that is what has kept these great games pure and compeitive. Although it was my first time there I would love to go again and see a game. Croke Park to me is a national treasure.

Take a trip to the museum if your in Dublin.

Thanks,
Roisin.P.

Irish Dancing and Who Wants to be a Millionaire!

Dear Followers,
Friday last for our Irish class we went down to the the hall to do ceillí dancing with the other TY class. It was organised by the two Irish teachers! We learned two dances and had a great time! It as nice to get out the class room for a while a do something different. We were learning Irish at the same time though, which is good.

On Wednesday we played Who Wants to be a Millionaire in Irish! We did because so many people were out and and was a way of getting us to speak Irish. The questions were all based on Irish grammar so we were learning that too! We had a great laugh and our Irish teacher made a great Chris Tarrant! No prizes though. We got to €16000 and he said we could continue it next class with the rest of the class! With added music from the internet it was a great class.

I like how TY can give us the opportunity to learn something interesting about the Irish culture and how we can do something different other than class work!

Thank You,
Roisin.P.

Movement Workshop!

Dear followers,

To help improve our dramas in English, we had a movement workshop to make our movement on stage more natural.
Unfortunately I could not take part because I forgot my P.E. gear, but watching it was good to. The warm up exercises were good as they were to make you more aware of your whole body. They then had to make shapes in pairs and choose two interesting ones each. They then spread out individually and starting off slowly and getting faster, moving from each shape to the next. In the end the whole thing looked like an amazing theatrical display! But the great thing about it was that it is so simple!
Hopefully we will be able to apply all that we have learned into our play and make it ten times better!

Thanks,
Roisin.P.

Rugby Blitz

Dear followers,

On Thursday last we went to Tallaght in Dublin to take part in a tag rugby blitz. It was against two other schools and it was organised by Leinster Rugby (who have been training us in P.E.). We played load of short matches and had a great day. The Red team won all their matchs, and the Blue team(my team), lost two and and drew two.

It was a great success and we all got a t-shirt and bag. Leinster Rugby said they'll be holding a bigger blitz coming up to Easter which should be great! They'll keep coming to our school and training us, which I like 'cause rugby' fun.

Thanks again,
Roisin.P.

Briery Gap Drama Competition!

Dear followers,

On Tues we all headed to Mullingar Co. Westmeath to preform our dramas that we have been working on since the beginning of the year! Between the two TY classes there are four plays; Noughts&Crosses, But You Didn't, Time of Your Life and one other from Emnet which I can't remember the name of!(sorry)

I was part of Noughts&Crosses. It is based on a book written by Malorie Blackman. It's set in a world where black people are superior to white people. It tells the story of the love between a white boy Callum and a black girl Sephy. It is a great story and raises issues that teenagers now a days face, such as racism, pregnancy and bereavement.

All the plays went on without a problem and we all got great feedback from the judge! We won't find if we got through to the next stage till the end of next week. On the day there were two other schools, one from Kilkenny and the other from Donegal. It was interesting to see their ideas and approach to the brief.

So overall a good day, and I'll let you know if we got through or not!

Thanks,
Roisin.P.

Christmas Breakfast Morning :D

Dear followers,
On Wednesday our fellow TY class Emnet hosted a lovely festive breakfast for us Amina's. They had briose, biscuits, tea and hot chocolate with those all important marshmallows! We danced and singed and had a good laugh (a lot thanks to our amazing year head ;p).

I would really like to thank my friends in Emnet for a lovely morning....and hopefully Amina will return the favour soon.

Thanks,
Roisin.P.

Fashion Show!

Dear followers,
Friday last we had a fashion show competition to off our home ec. dresses that we've been making! It was great fun and all the other dresses were beautiful. Our dress turned out really well and Lauren modelled it very well! We were really proud of our work and even we though we didn't get a prize we enjoyed making the dress a lot.

Thanks,
Roisin.P.

Dance, Pilates and Rugby!

Dear Followers,
So the week before the snow marked the end of our dance classes on a Wednesday! They were great fun, hard, but we had a great time learning our dance. Sharon (our teacher) worked us hard but it was worth it!

You know that saying, 'one door closes and another opems'? That was definitely the case here because we now are starting Pilate's with Angela! We had our first class on Wednesday and it was different to anything I've done before! I have a little bit of pain today but that's the first steps to abs :D!!!!

Rugby also finished up but I got chosen for the team to go to a blitz in Tallaght! I'm on team two. We were supposed to go on the Thursday of the snow week but it had to be cancelled till after Christmas. So I'm looking forward to that after the holidays!

Thanks again,
Roisin.P.