Lá Glas :)

On Friday, it was lá glas in our school. This is a day when we dress up in green to celebrate St. Patrick's Day :) . Each year were given a theme as follows:
1st Years were Army soldiers
2nd Years were Farmers
3rd Year were Irish Sports people
Ty's were Leprechauns and Fairies
5th Years were green characters and
6th Years were everything Irish :)
Everybody made a great effort and it looked really good. We had to pick one representative from our class to represent us in a parade in our school at lunchtime and we picked Abbie as she was dressed the best as a Leprechaun :) Unfortunately she didn't win but she got an Easter egg for doing it :)

Irish Play :)

In Irish we have been doing a play called Deirdre agus Naoise since Christmas. On Friday, we performed our play to fifth years, Ty's and second years. It went really well. I was the prompter and I didn't really have to help anyone with their lines. It was good considering we have only been practising a couple of weeks, and it was in time for Seachtaine na Gaeilge :)



              

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Pope :)

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 Yesterday, shortly after 6 o'clock we found out that the new pope had been elected. He is from Argentina and is 76 years of age. As part of our religion class our teacher has been teaching us about how the pope is elected with all the cardinals and that they have to have a 2/3 majority vote. She decided to let us guess what day the pope will be elected and the prize was an Easter egg. Unfortunately I had guessed that he would be elected on Thursday so I wasn't put into the draw for the prize. 

Retreat :)

Yesterday all Transition Years went to Tallaght for our retreat at the Dominican Retreat Centre. We got into groups of 13 and everyone went into different rooms.  We spoke about our feelings of our Ty and what its like to be a 16 year old in Ireland. We then got a sheet with some questions on it about ourselves and she then asked us some of our answers. I really enjoyed listening to the girls in my group and it was a great way to get to know some of them better. 
After lunch we did an activity where we said something nice about everyone in the group. I enjoyed this as I got to hear what people thought about me. It was one of the better retreats we have been on and I hope to do it again next year as I really enjoyed it :)

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Trinity :)

On Thursday all Ty's went to Trinity Collage to have a talk on Science Technology. When we arrived we got into groups of four where we sat down at a table with a woman that was experienced in this department. I was with Katie, Jenny and Emma. They called the exercise 'Speed Dating' as we only had four minutes to listen to the woman about what she does and any questions we had she answered them. It was very interesting to hear what she does, but I couldn't see myself working in a lab. We then got a free bag with sandwiches, popcorn and a apple inside. You could also take water, orange juice, tea or coffee. We then went into a room where two women that were graduates in science technology gave a talk on their experiences in this area. It was very interesting but I don't see myself doing it, but it was great learning about it :)

County Finals :)

 On Monday, Hair Couture and Williams Words travelled to the Killashee House Hotel in Naas, Co.Kildare , where we took part in the County finals of the student enterprise awards. The hotel was huge and very posh. We arrived into the room and we set up our stall. We had two big posters professionally printed and a back drop with smaller pictures on it. We had our books displayed on the table along with book stands and a video demonstration of doing hairstyles. We also had two pink balloons with our company name on it.
We all dressed in black with t shirts that I got printed which had our name on the front and 'Hair Couture' written on the back in light pink to match out book. We looked very well as we were dressed the same. That morning Sarah one of the members of the group did my hair, she did a bow braid. It looked really nice and everyone thought it looked brilliant. When we had finished setting up we went around the different stalls to see what everybody else's Mini Company was about, and then went outside to practise our presentation.   Each group had to get up on the stage and present a PowerPoint presentation on their Company Idea, we were sixth to present and it went very well. Most of the day consisted of listening to the other presentations. We also got lunch which was really nice which kept us full and happy for the day :) Our parents the arrived at about 4:30 for the award ceremony. 
Unfortunately we didn't get anything for our Idea but Williams Words (another Mini Company from our school) got an award for their display. The idea that won was called 'Click and Switch' which was some kind of pole that sticks to your car when you brake down so it holds your flash light for you. They are now gone through to the National Finals.
 It was a great experience being there, even though we didn't win anything, it was great to get that far :)

Sci-Fest :)

 Last Friday, we had our sci-fest competition. It was held in our school hall where each group set up their stall with the project they have been doing since September. I was with Aoibhinn and we did 'The growth of grass in different soil samples'. We were happy the way it turned out and our teachers thought it was very interesting and well presented. We set up our stall and the judges then arrived. It was nerve wracking while waiting for the judge to get to you but then another judge arrived and came straight over to us, which we were not expecting. He asked us about our project and we explained it to him and showed him the different grass samples we grew. He tricked us out on a question or two but overall it was grand. 
  Two of the judges were unable to attend so two of our male science teachers stepped in. One of our teachers judged it also. He seemed to be interested in it and we knew the answers to the questions he asked, so it went very well for us. 2nd and 3rd years came down to view the projects we had done. Not many students came over to us as they didn't seem interested.
 At the end of the day the results was announced by one of our teachers. She said that ten groups got through out of the thirty three projects. Unfortunately we didn't get through. It was disappointing as we put alot of work into it. Our teachers were surprised that we didn't get through. Overall it was a good day and we all got a free wristband, a fuzzy friend and a pen from Scifest :)