TY Night

After all of the stress of preparation for our TY night, the time had come to show our parents all of the work that we had done throughout the year. From projects, to musical performances and dramas, I definitely think we showed how hard that we have work during the year.
Everybody got into groups of five or six. Each group worked on the stand for a different subject. My group was in charge of the Spanish stand. We decided to put up different things that we had done in Spanish throughout the year, for example film reviews, information about Spanish speaking countries and our favourite actors and actresses. We also had a map of Spain and postcards that showed the culture in Spain. We also had Spanish magazines and also the DVDs that we had watched in Spanish class.
The night went smoothly; Thank god. With all of the preparation that went into it, we were all happy with how it turned out. After the show was finished, Mrs L had some lovely words to say and wished us look as we now continue on into fifth year. We also present gifts to out class tutors who have work so hard to make the year the best it could have been. Then the prefects came and served tea and biscuits. Then all of the TYs headed to McDonalds and had a great time.
Eilíse :Dxx

Musical preparations

For the past few weeks, all TYs have been preparing for our performance on TY night. Every year at TY night, all of the TYs perform a song. The three classes voted between 5 years time and Pompeii. 3/3 classes picked Pompeii so it was clear which one we would be doing. Each class has a special part in the song. Síocháin are singing all of the harmonies. The three classes haven't all gotten together to practice yet, but the individual pieces sound really good!


                     

Making Movies

A few weeks ago, our IT teacher, Mrs L gave each of us the task of creating our own movies. We were told to use windows movie maker and make a video on a topic of our choice. It took me a while to decide what topic I wanted to choose, but I eventually made the decision to make a movie about how to play the ukulele. There are four magical chords that fit into many different songs and I have shown this in my video!
Here is the finished product:


                    

Swim a mile with a smile

Every year all of the TYs and lcvp students take part in the Swim a mile with a smile challenge.The event was set up by Laura and Brian Daly after the death of their son, Ian in 2003. Ian died of a rare form of cancer and all of the funds raised from the event go towards Our Lady's hospital, Crumlin and Barretstown Camps. 
When I applied for TY, one of the things that I was really looking forward to was Swim a mile. I love swimming so I was excited to see how much lengths I could actually swim. We got ourselves into teams of 4 or 5 and all contributed to the mile. I was in a team with Aideen, Róisín B, Orlaith, and Alanna D. I swam a total of 32 lengths, which adds up to half a mile. In total the group swam 2 and a half lengths and the all together we came to 24 lengths. It was a great achievement for everyone and afterwards we earned a well deserved trip to Blanchardstown shopping centre for some food and a bit of shopping.

Lollipop Day Collection!

On the 22nd of febuary, all TY and 5th year students headed off to town for the annual lollipop day collection. We arrived in powerscourt centre and were each given a t-shirt, cap and box for collecting and were asked to split up into groups of 3 or 4. Each group was given a spot to collect at: my group were given westmoreland street corner. We had to sell lollipops and badges for €2 each! Even though it was freezing cold,  it was still an amazing experience and I really enjoyed the day!

jabba jabba jembe

First day back after our midterm break and we are already into a workshop! A guy called Dave came in to do a drumming workshop with us! I had heard of the workshop from past years and I had really been looking forward to it. We went to the library in the morning and met up with dave. He brought us outside and we helped him carry all of the drums in from his van. Throughout the day we used a load of different types of drums. The main one was called the jembe. We also used the kpanlogo, marakas, shekere, and the agogo bells.



Jembe






Here is the link to the jabba jabba jembe website: http://www.jabbajabbajembe.com/

A Collection For Pieta House.....

A few weeks ago, Mrs L told us that there would be a collection held in aid of pieta house. She was looking for volunteers to help out with bagpacking in our local tesco! I thought that it was a very good cause so I was happy to give up a few hours so that I could help out.
Pieta House, the centre for the prevention of self-harm or suicide, opened in Lucan, Co Dublin, in January 2006. It was set up to reduce the number of deaths by suicide, reduce the number of people engaging in self-harm and to bring about social change.
Myself, Aideen, Shannon, Ruth, and Zoe arrived at tesco at 1 o' clock, and were introduced to marie, who told us what tills to go to! Unfortunatly, It wasn't too busy today so a lot of the tills were closed. This meant that we had to share tills, however we had difficulty getting to do a lot! A lot of people hadn't bought a lot so they didnt really need our help, but we did pack a good few bags and collected a lot for the cause.
We finished up at around 3 O' clock and we got to keep out t-shirts. Overall I really enjoyed the experience and would happily do it again