Tuesday 10 December 2013

You shall be my Witness

Yesterday , myself and a few other girls took part in our first 'You shall be my witness' leader programme. You shall be my witness is a programme for sixth class students making their confirmation.Myself and Lauren Mc were placed in the local boys school to help the leaders to co -ordinate the boys. Yesterday was our first day which was okay for the start ! Next week we are going to be taking a separate group to talk to and help the boy which i hope will be more interesting!We also all took place in this programme so its good to see it from a different perspective! Ill update you about how i get on next week :) -Laura

Thursday 5 December 2013

Road Safetyy !


Today all Ty's went to Punchestown for a kildare road safety exhibition . We left school at 9:05 ,when we arrived we were free to walk around and see various different stalls on road safety and look at other small events ! We also got to meet Johnny Doyle the Kildare player and got a picture with him ! There were 1,300 students there along with other guests ! At 11:30 everyone went into a seperate area for a big talk /presentation! NYPD were the first to talk followed by the guards , a woman from drink aware , the head of Hse ambulances and the meath road safety man We were showed many graphic videos and clips about the dangers of the road which really opened our eyes a little to the reality of the road.We finished at 12:55 and then went home ! Today we had a half day because of the 2nd year parent teacher meetings woo :)

Wellies are the best!


Yesterday All Ty's got taken to rathbeggan Lakes for a project maths trip . It was really cold and we had to wear tracksuits and layers of clothes and WELLIES woo :) we were seperated into groups of four and each started of with a different challenge my group had to measure angles on a triangle from a diagram of the climbing wall.We then got two more activities to do one on probability and one on area and distance , All in all it was a fun day ! We left Rathbeggan at about 12:15 and then went on to Blanchardstown for lunch myself ,Ailbhe and Jessie got Ginzeng woo :) we then got to have a look in the shops before heading home :D The man also told us we were the best school that ever went to the Lakes woo !!

Tuesday 3 December 2013

Its begining to look alot like Christmas :)

Yesterday in Religion we began to make Advent wreaths.Each of us had to bring in a small container a block of oasis that was soaked in water over night and some greenery and a purple candle! Im not finished yet  but i hope to finish it next class :) Ill post a picture of the finished wreath when im finished :)


In choir for the last few weeks we also started to do Christmas carols which gets everyone so excited for Christmas ! We are singing at the Calmity jane Launch on Friday - Calmity Jane is the show our school is doing this year :)Myself and plunkett and a few other girls are going Acrobatics at the launch aswell ! On sunday the Choir is also singing at the Castletown House Christmas fair which should be fun :)
                                   

Great Achievemnent !

Two weeks ago , Transition years and Fifth years held a  bake sale in aid of the Philipines.It was in the hall at lunch time and everyone baked what they could the night before ! We were raising money for the "Saving Children's Lives" UNICEF appeal and together we raised 1700 euro which was a great achievment for the school and its going to a great cause :D

Heres a picture of Ailbhe enjoying her buns at the bake sale :)