Busy Week

This week has been a very busy and enjoyable week.
On Monday we had a percussion workshop for the day. A man called David came in to our school and brought a jembe for each of us to learn on. This workshop was very fun as we got to learn about the background of the jembe and got to make our own music. We learned about what the jembe was made of which is wood, goat skin and animal fur.

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On Tuesday we had our first two classes and then after break we went to the cinema to see Selma. The movie is about a Martin Luther King's campaign in Selma to insure equal voting rights. The famous march was from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965. After this we went home and Eve, Ellen, Eimear, Hannah, Alison and I went to Peter Pan on ice in the Bord Gais because they had won tickets when we went to elf. It was very enjoyable and the tricks they did on the ice, on ropes and with fire were all amazing. It made all of us want to become professional ice skaters. We saw the proformers outside when we were going home but we were too afraid to go up to them.
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Wednesday was work experience which I am doing in colortrend, I really like doing work experience here.
Today we had a break from activites but tomorrow is Lá Glas so we have to dress up as it is seachtain na gaeilge. I dont know what im going to dress up as yet.

-Aoife.

Mini Company Competition

Today we had our mini company competition. We first set up ours stands and then the judges came in to look at our stalls.
My groups mini company is called Book Free Study, it is a USB with study notes and tips for third years so they don't have to carry home a heavy bag.
When we set up our stands the judges then came  around to see our stands and ask us our company names. Then we had to go up to the judges in our groups and tell them about our business and answer any questions they may have. I was very nervous to do this but luckily it was fine.
After lunch we came back down to the hall to find out the results. Two groups made it into the final, They are  and Bam Beauty. Iprotect is a company that sells a product that protects your iPhone chargers and earphones from breaking. Bam Beauty is a company that sells make-up bags.

-Aoife

Mullingar

Yesterday our TY group went to Mullingar arts centre to show our dramas.
We had seven groups from our school who performed dramas at the competition. Our dramas were judged and if we get through, we go to Cork to perform our dramas again. We wrote our the scripts ourselves and we have been practising them since the start of the year.
Our play is about child abuse and even though we were all very nervous it went very well. It was our first time performing the play on stage with all the lights. I was working with the props and making sure we had all the right props and I also was an extra in the play. After the play the judge told us what went wrong in our play so we could know what we needed to work on. We will hear soon if we have made it to Cork.

Mullingar Ats Centre

                                                   





                                                   
 
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-Aoife.

BT Young Scientist

On Thursday our year and second year went to the BT young scientist at the RDS. A group from our year had a project in the competition. Eimear Delaney, Emily Thomas and Aimee Finegans project was called Ideal Conditions for learning, their project got highly commended.
The day was very enjoyable, we walked around and looked at the projects, we also walked around and looked at all the stands while getting free pens and bracelet.
Ryan Tubridy and HomeTown where at the young scientist so we saw them and HomeTown sang but sadly I missed it.
We then went home on the bus where we played heads up until we got back to school.
                                                                                                                                                                         
     
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-Aoife

The Fashion Show

Yesteraday was the last day of the fashion show. After all the preperations everyone made it is over. The show was on both Tuesdasy and Wednesday and I really enjoyed it. It was in the Celbridge Manor Hotel
I had to go down both days to sell my mini-company jars and I also had to take pictures for the end of the year.
As well as the models there was also great acts that include:
The glee club, the choir, a group of TYs performing a song, modern dancers, ballet dancers, irish dancers and the teachers dancing.
Lots of shops gave clothes for the students to model. They also got boys from the local boys school to model and the teachers modeled as well. There was also debs dresses being modeled, wedding dresses and there was also a past pupil named Ruth Doyle who designed her own clothes which were being modeled.
The two nights were a great success and there will hopefully be another fashion show while im still in the school.

Teachers Dance

 

5th Year Models

Irish dancers

 

TY Music Group

   
-Aoife.                     

Vanishing Art

Yesterday all of the TYs went to carton house for the vanishing art exhibition.
It was really fun and we saw lots of pieces that were very interesting. The exhibition had lots of different types of art, from paintings on the wall to a purple dinosaur sculpture. The exhibition was both outside and inside. My favourite piece was a sculpture of a dress, it was called Dress Series by Helen Walshe.
The sculptures were all very different from eachother, there was even a sculpture that was in the water. When we were going around looking at the sculptures the Irish rugby team was in the gym and we aslo saw them and some people got pictures with them.
Overall it was a very fun day and I really enjoyed the trip.

            
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-Aoife.                                                                                              

Fashoin Show

There will be a fashion show in the Celbridge Manor Hotel on the 25th and 26th and I am very excited. They picked models from all the years out of a hat and there will also be dances and music for entertainment. I can't wait for the tickets to go on sale as I really want to see it.
Our mini-companies are also selling there so im excited to finally start selling. My mini-company is Jolly Jars, they are decorations that we are making with jars that will have a candle in them.

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"Fashions fade, style is eternal."

           -Yves Saint Laurent

-Aoife.