Tag Rugby Blitz ! !

Wednesday was a regular day for us in school with very little happening, except for the half day. On Thursday we had the Tag Rugby Blitz in Tallaght. We played in St. Marks School. We were nervous on arrival as all the other teams had proper jerseys and full kits. They were well prepared. Most of them looked like they had played it before. Half way through we noticed we weren’t that bad at all and we stood a chance. It was an amazing day and it was definitely worth missing the half day for. As a result of partaking in the Blitz we received a free t-shirt and bag from the coaches and it was sponsored by Centra.  On arrival to the school our TY and the 5th year parent teacher meetings were taking place. What a good end to a fantastic day ! ! J

I learned a valuable lesson that day: it’s not about having all the gear and equipment. It is about how you play and what you put into the day J

1st Cooking Class!!!!

On Tuesday we had cooking in home Ec Class.

we cooked Spaghetti Bolognaise. It was really tasty. J The ingredients we needed were:

-50g spaghetti.                                    -1 onion.       

-50g mince meat.                               -Tomato puree.

-1 carrot.                                              -Canned tomatoes.

-2 slice bacon                                     -Salt & pepper.

-1 yellow pepper.                               -Oregano & mixed herbs.

-2 garlic cloves                                    -1 tbsp vegetable oil.

My partner was Niamh we worked really well together and we can’t wait to start cooking for our Indian Cuisine Project. J

Normal dayz, but yet exciting :)

Hey ! : D This week has been a long week but exciting week. These are some of the things we got up to :


Lets face it we got the remainder of our tests back on Monday and our reports arrived at home.

We have been perfecting our drama for the drama competition in Mullingar for Tuesday. Watching the three other plays and giving constructive advice. In mini-company we arranged a meeting in the water treatment area in Leixlip for Monday. We are having a guide of the area and get to see all the processes water has to go through before it is piped directly to our homes. Just like we learned in Geography class in 3^rd year!! J

Young Scientist !!

On Friday all 2^nd and 4^th years went to the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. It was excellent!! J I really enjoyed it. There we went to the Dinosaur and the Fire Show. The Fire Show was really cool. Bebhinn and myself also tried to get into the drums show as she is outstanding at playing the drums, but they only let in 20 people at a time and we were numbers 21 & 22. What a miss!! L The projects were all very good especially the ones about swine flu and make up: it told us all about the foundations that were tested on animals, and the harmful effects it can cause to us. Both these projects made me more aware about things going on around me! J

New Year !!!

HEY ! ! It is the 16th of January 2011 nd we had a deadly week.  

For the past week we have been concentrating on our English play of Noughts and Crosses, as we have a drama competition in the next week. It is turning out very well. We also had a chance to look at Emnett’s performances too and we gave each other constructive advice. Ms B is also back so we have her view on the pieces too!! J we also got our test results back this week and we all did very well. According to the teachers our reports are out in the post! :@

The Upcoming Week !!

HEY! It is the 28^th of November J It is still snowing!! Tomorrow we have a Self Help Africa Workshop in Maynooth. I can’t wait class Emnett  say it was excellent. On Thursday we have a tag rugby match against another school. In PE we have been participating in Tag Rugby and I really enjoyed the experience J On Friday we have our Home Ec fashion show. Clara is our model and by Friday we have to have our Mood Board, a song to go with outfit and our Cruella Deville and Superman outfit completed. Next week is going to be abusy week :)

Podcast Workshop!!!

Hey! It is Saturday the 27th of November ! I guess I can call it Christmas time. Its snowing !!! And it is to continue on till next week as well :) Back to school. On Friday in Religion we made our advent wreaths. They turned out really good. I was so happy with mine. The Advent season began on Friday. In the second half of the afternoon we had apodcast workshop :) It was excellent, way better than what I was expecting. We had a chance to create our own podcasts. My group did a podcast on I'm A Student Get Me Out Of Here!! It was really good as we incorporated animal noises such as crickets and lion roars into it. We also got the chance to change the pitches of the voices which I found amazing, and also to speed up the voices too. I found this workshop very beneficial as I can listen to podcasts on my way to school. I will definitely continue to use podcasts now that I am familiar with how to use them !!!