Lollipop Day :)

On Friday all Ty's went into Town for Lollipop Day in aid of the Osophageal Cancer fund. Everybody was in groups of four. I was with Aoibhinn, Shauna and  Katie from my class. We all got a t-shirt and hat in school before we went. When we arrived we were dropped off on the Queys and we walked up to the Powerscourt. We met the organisation and we were given two buckets of money filled with lollipops, badges, stickers and information cards! :) The four of us were based on Westmoreland Street. 

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  It was absolutely freezing out, we were walking up and down the street trying to keep warm! We spent our day asking people to 'Please Support Lollipop Day In Aid of the Osophageal Cancer Fund'. We found singing 'Lollipop Lollipop' really helped as people were drawn over and then donated. We sold a good bit. Most people just donated, not wanting any item for it. 
   I really enjoyed selling lollipops, as it is for a good cause and I hope that we raised enough money to make a difference to people suffering from this disease. The day would've been better if it wasn't as cold. We were numb from the cold but overall it was a great day  :)

Drumming :)

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This week all TY's took part in the drumming workshop. My class did it on Tuesday morning for three hours. We went to the music room and and met Dave who worked for Jabba Jabba Jembe percussion.

 We all got a drum each and there was also other percussion instruments.  He taught us different songs on the drums. We practiced different words to an African song and some girls recorded us singing and playing the drums. It was a really good experience and I really enjoyed it. It was a great to learn about the African culture and we got to learn what songs the africans play on different occasions.

Hair Couture :)

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This Week our Mini Company group, Hair Couture found out that we made it into the next stage of the competition , which is the County Final :) There is 10 of us in the group : Aoibhinn, Ciara, Kelsey, Orla, Kate, Elizabeth, Shauna, Sarah Eve and myself. We were all delighted we got through and we are all very excited about the Final.

Sci Fest :)

 This week Aoibhinn and I completed our sci fest project. We did our project on 'The growth of grass in different soil samples'. We got samples of soils from six different counties: Cavan, Cork, Donegal, Mayo, Tipperary and Wicklow. We planted thirty grass seeds into each of the soils and watered them every second day. We had to do a report booklet including everything we did, results, conclusions etc. We also have to do a display board with our information on our project so the judges can look at it when they come to judge our projects. They will decide on who gets through to the next stage of the competition. I really enjoyed doing this project with Aoibhinn as we both have a great interest in Biology and Agriculture.

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Art :)

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  This week I started my portrait of my celebrity in Art :) I am doing Zayn from the band One Direction. I haven't done art before so I am not the best drawer so this is a challenge for me. I only have the outline drawn at the moment which I got help with as my first attempt wasn't successful. I have started to draw the eye now , which isn't to great either :) Hopefully It will turn out alright. For the shaded bits we are using casette tapes which we have to cut up and layer it onto the paper so hopefully it'll look better then :)

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