Projects are a big part of TY and as I have written in my blogs before we have been assigned lots of projects already!We are working on many projects at thhe moment such as Junk Couture where we are making a dress out of recycable materials,Scifest in science where we are carrying out an experiement and also powerpoints in English and Irish!
Recently we have been assigned a history project where we have to write an essay and do a powerpoint/poster in groups of threes on a history topic of our choice!
Mini Company is also going well and my group and I have our idea and are going to start working on it asap!
As you can see we have been assigned lots of projects and have started working on many of them!There all going great so far and I can't wait to see what they are like at the end!:)
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Sunday, 23 September 2012
On the road to being Entrepreneurs!
After a fun filled week of TY jampacked with activities such as Carlingford and our Social Development Day,on Friday we headed to Naas for a Mini Company Workshop.
Orla who is part of the Kildare Enterprise Board gave St.Wolstans aswell as 3 other schools from Kildare a teriffic talk on Mini Company and what its all about and how to start off our project.
After Orla's workshop I was very excited to start our Mini Company and my group and I have an idea to start working on so already we are on the road to becoming Entrepreneurs ;) (lets hope we do well with our idea to win the brillant prize)I am looking forward to begin working on our Mini Company project now!
After leaving Naas Cinema we headed back on to the bus and took a trip to Lidl where 82 TY's bombarded into Lidl to buy food!(im sure the workers in the shop got a shock)
When we arrived back to school we had lunch and then Junk Couture which is going very well and ended the day nicely!
The Mini Company trip really ended a fantastic week nicely!
Orla who is part of the Kildare Enterprise Board gave St.Wolstans aswell as 3 other schools from Kildare a teriffic talk on Mini Company and what its all about and how to start off our project.
After Orla's workshop I was very excited to start our Mini Company and my group and I have an idea to start working on so already we are on the road to becoming Entrepreneurs ;) (lets hope we do well with our idea to win the brillant prize)I am looking forward to begin working on our Mini Company project now!
After leaving Naas Cinema we headed back on to the bus and took a trip to Lidl where 82 TY's bombarded into Lidl to buy food!(im sure the workers in the shop got a shock)
When we arrived back to school we had lunch and then Junk Couture which is going very well and ended the day nicely!
The Mini Company trip really ended a fantastic week nicely!
Thursday, 20 September 2012
Junk Kouture :)
As one of our TY projects we have been assigned a project called 'Junk Couture' which we are working at in Home ec,Art and TY Design.
The aim of this project is to make a dress out of recycable materials.Each group has picked a theme and they make a dress out of the materials associated with the theme.
The theme my group is working on is Drink and I am really enjoying working on the project.We have collected lots of recycable materials that are linked with Drink and are half way through making the dress.
After each group has made their dress we have a fashion show in the school and then each dress is entered into a compettion.The person who wins the best dress in Ireland wins alot of money so we are working very hard to try and win this prize ;)
I am enjoying making this dress so far and cannot wait to see what it looks like when its finished!
The aim of this project is to make a dress out of recycable materials.Each group has picked a theme and they make a dress out of the materials associated with the theme.
The theme my group is working on is Drink and I am really enjoying working on the project.We have collected lots of recycable materials that are linked with Drink and are half way through making the dress.
After each group has made their dress we have a fashion show in the school and then each dress is entered into a compettion.The person who wins the best dress in Ireland wins alot of money so we are working very hard to try and win this prize ;)
I am enjoying making this dress so far and cannot wait to see what it looks like when its finished!
Wednesday, 19 September 2012
The TY adventure contiunes..
Now that were on our 4th week of TY and have got our JC results and got to know our new classes, I have well settled in and am loving the expereince already.The trip to Carlingford was brillant and for sure one to remember!
Today,Wednesday after Carlingford we contuined on our social develpoment workshops.Firstly we had Life without Limits again and we learned more about each of our personalitys,played games and learned how to be positive!
In Positivie Parties,we danced,learned how to use good body language and we learned to always be positive and confident :) We learned even more about the other girls in our class with these two work shops :)
Lastly we had a workshop on work experience and were told what way to act towards our employers in our workplace,why we do work experience,to be respectful with the clothes we wear and they way we act and lots more about work experience as we begin our first placement next Wednesday.I can't wait for it it should be a great experience!
Thanks very much to Austin,Denise and Ms H. for these workshops.
We are still working on projects such as Junk Couture and projects in Irish,English and other subjects and they are all going well!Im having great fun in TY!
Today,Wednesday after Carlingford we contuined on our social develpoment workshops.Firstly we had Life without Limits again and we learned more about each of our personalitys,played games and learned how to be positive!
In Positivie Parties,we danced,learned how to use good body language and we learned to always be positive and confident :) We learned even more about the other girls in our class with these two work shops :)
Lastly we had a workshop on work experience and were told what way to act towards our employers in our workplace,why we do work experience,to be respectful with the clothes we wear and they way we act and lots more about work experience as we begin our first placement next Wednesday.I can't wait for it it should be a great experience!
Thanks very much to Austin,Denise and Ms H. for these workshops.
We are still working on projects such as Junk Couture and projects in Irish,English and other subjects and they are all going well!Im having great fun in TY!
Carlingford-A trip of a lifetime...
Bright and early on Monday morning,all TY's were up and ready to go on their bonding trip to Carlingford Adventure Centre.Sleepy faces arrived at the esso garage in to get the bus to Carlingford where we were all packed and set to go on our adventure to Carlingford for the night.I was so excited and couldnt wait for the trip ahead.
We all arrived in Carlingford,met the kind,enthuasitic leaders,were assigned rooms and then our activities began.
My groups first activity was Kayaking!I really enjoyed kawaking but I won't be a proffesional kayaker in the future to say the least!When we reached the tunnel in the sea we all saw through a tunnel and up to a waterfall where we put our head under the waterfall for 10 seconds!It is believed that we will live a day longer after doing this!Next to warm our freezing bodies up we played some games and then pier jumped which was for sure one of my favourtie parts of Carlingford!
After pier jumping we headed back to the centre where we had lunch and then set off to do zorbing and high ropes!
We firstly did high ropes where you climbed up a ladder and pole and then to a pizza box sized square where four girls had to fit onto!I made my way up no bother and suddenly froze half way up the air where i realized i had to fit onto this pizza box!Thanks to Abbie's bravery and help as she was already standing on the box she encouraged me and I got up there!2 other girls followed and we all had to stand on one corner of the square and make a starfish shape.After a while we built up the courage to part from our hug and make the shape, it was the funniest looking starfish shape ive ever seen!I was so glad I did the high ropes it sure was scary up there in the air but was worth it!
After the high ropes we went zorbing which was also great fun!
That evening after the fun-filled activities we had our dinner and then we set off walking up a hill to the forest where we had the 'night line' this was when we were all blindfolded and had to walk through a forest holding on to each others shoulders walking in a line where we overcame obstacles such as trees and insturctors pouring water down our backs and frightening us!It was hilarious and great fun!
We had free time where we went to the local village and got a take away,went back to the centre and were lying in our beds for half 11!
The next day we woke up bright and early,packed had breakfast and had the team challenges and laser where we had to walk up that hill one more time to the forest!Laserwas great fun being dressed up in army suits and shooting our oppositions!We then went back to the centre one last time and it was time to go home :( Sad faces went onto the bus where we made our way back to Esso garage!
All the activites built up team building and trust as we had to rely on each other!It also was a great way of getting to know people better!:)The leaders were amazing,they were all lovely and enthuastic and thank you to them for helping us in the great activities!
I really enjoyed all of the activites throughout the 2 days,they were all brillant :) Even though the weather was against us at times,the trip was still fantastic and I can honestly say they were two of the best days of my life with all the TY's in Carlingford.
It was such great fun to be with all the year group doing such fun activities.Memories of Carlingford will stay with me forever :)
Thanks so much to Ms. L for organising the trip and for Mr. K,Ms. B and Ms. L for accompanying us on the trip. :)
We all arrived in Carlingford,met the kind,enthuasitic leaders,were assigned rooms and then our activities began.
My groups first activity was Kayaking!I really enjoyed kawaking but I won't be a proffesional kayaker in the future to say the least!When we reached the tunnel in the sea we all saw through a tunnel and up to a waterfall where we put our head under the waterfall for 10 seconds!It is believed that we will live a day longer after doing this!Next to warm our freezing bodies up we played some games and then pier jumped which was for sure one of my favourtie parts of Carlingford!
After pier jumping we headed back to the centre where we had lunch and then set off to do zorbing and high ropes!
We firstly did high ropes where you climbed up a ladder and pole and then to a pizza box sized square where four girls had to fit onto!I made my way up no bother and suddenly froze half way up the air where i realized i had to fit onto this pizza box!Thanks to Abbie's bravery and help as she was already standing on the box she encouraged me and I got up there!2 other girls followed and we all had to stand on one corner of the square and make a starfish shape.After a while we built up the courage to part from our hug and make the shape, it was the funniest looking starfish shape ive ever seen!I was so glad I did the high ropes it sure was scary up there in the air but was worth it!
After the high ropes we went zorbing which was also great fun!
That evening after the fun-filled activities we had our dinner and then we set off walking up a hill to the forest where we had the 'night line' this was when we were all blindfolded and had to walk through a forest holding on to each others shoulders walking in a line where we overcame obstacles such as trees and insturctors pouring water down our backs and frightening us!It was hilarious and great fun!
We had free time where we went to the local village and got a take away,went back to the centre and were lying in our beds for half 11!
The next day we woke up bright and early,packed had breakfast and had the team challenges and laser where we had to walk up that hill one more time to the forest!Laserwas great fun being dressed up in army suits and shooting our oppositions!We then went back to the centre one last time and it was time to go home :( Sad faces went onto the bus where we made our way back to Esso garage!
All the activites built up team building and trust as we had to rely on each other!It also was a great way of getting to know people better!:)The leaders were amazing,they were all lovely and enthuastic and thank you to them for helping us in the great activities!
I really enjoyed all of the activites throughout the 2 days,they were all brillant :) Even though the weather was against us at times,the trip was still fantastic and I can honestly say they were two of the best days of my life with all the TY's in Carlingford.
It was such great fun to be with all the year group doing such fun activities.Memories of Carlingford will stay with me forever :)
Thanks so much to Ms. L for organising the trip and for Mr. K,Ms. B and Ms. L for accompanying us on the trip. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=RiSQ_fpbsTc - our song in Carlingford ;)
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Fantastic first week in TY!
Hey everyone,and welcome to my TY blog :) This is my first week of TY and its going great so far,im loving it :) On the first day I was so excited to start TY and so glad I had the opportunity to do TY,as I had heard so many great things about it and couldnt wait for the year ahead!I was also a bit nervous and many questions were running through my head including,who would be in my class?what teachers i would have? and what the first week of TY would be like!
To start off our TY year,yesterday we had a social development day and it was great fun :D The day started off with Austins 'Life Without Limits'. This was 2 hours of learning about ourselves and others in our class.We also did lots of group work to build our team skills.I really enjoyed that group :)
Secondly we had a group with Denise called 'Positive Parties' this was such fun from dancing to the cha cha slide to learning how to be postive and playing a game with underwear!(dont worry they were new underwear!)Positive parties was my favourite of the day :)
For the last session of the day we had 2 women teaching us all about how to act like ladies and personal hygiene.We had to participate in group work and also walk with a book on our heads!Thanks very much to Ms L and the school for organising the Social Development Day :)
As you can see it was a day filled with lots of fun things to do,we had lots of group work and i already feel my teamwork skills are improving!I had a great time and cant wait to try them again in 2 weeks!
We also have been assigned lots of projects to do including BT Young Scientist and Junk Couture which is great so far and I cant wait to continue working on them!We are also starting to learn guitar in music which I am very excited about!
As you can see I have had a great first week of TY and cannot wait for all the great experiences that lie ahead for the year!Thanks for reading my first blog and I will write again soon :)
To start off our TY year,yesterday we had a social development day and it was great fun :D The day started off with Austins 'Life Without Limits'. This was 2 hours of learning about ourselves and others in our class.We also did lots of group work to build our team skills.I really enjoyed that group :)
Secondly we had a group with Denise called 'Positive Parties' this was such fun from dancing to the cha cha slide to learning how to be postive and playing a game with underwear!(dont worry they were new underwear!)Positive parties was my favourite of the day :)
For the last session of the day we had 2 women teaching us all about how to act like ladies and personal hygiene.We had to participate in group work and also walk with a book on our heads!Thanks very much to Ms L and the school for organising the Social Development Day :)
As you can see it was a day filled with lots of fun things to do,we had lots of group work and i already feel my teamwork skills are improving!I had a great time and cant wait to try them again in 2 weeks!
We also have been assigned lots of projects to do including BT Young Scientist and Junk Couture which is great so far and I cant wait to continue working on them!We are also starting to learn guitar in music which I am very excited about!
As you can see I have had a great first week of TY and cannot wait for all the great experiences that lie ahead for the year!Thanks for reading my first blog and I will write again soon :)
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