Rugby Blitz...

The rugby blitz was so much fun! We hav been tranining in school for the past like six weeks and we had a realy goood team....Tom and Ross have been tranning us and the other schools that were in the blitz aswel that were against us. We were actualy realy good when we played our first proper match against the other schools! We had five matches in total and we all realy enjoyed it and are wanting to keep doing it!

Croke Park :)

We went to Croke Park on Monday it was greatt :). When we got there we watched a short movie on what goes on behind the scenes befor a match. A lot of preperation is needed befor a big match in Croke Park. We then got a tour around the grounds of croke park and got told what would happen here befor a big match. We then got brought out to the pitch and showen where the team would be presented with the cup if they won. after the tour of the grounds we then were brought to the gaa history museuem where you could play some games. We were able to go around ourselves befor we went then to see anything we might have missed along the way ! It was a gud day ... quite fun :)

Warris Dirie - Summary...

This story is about Warris's eventful life. She tells a story of what she had to go through and what some girls have to go through as a child. At the age of five she was herding animals and cleaning (as many girls would do that live there). She was then forced to marry an old man but refused and ran away to her sister to find work and make some money. She then got a job for a man over in england as a maid and found that extreamyl hard as she had no experience and no english. She then met a photographer that took a few photos of her and became a very suscessful model and told the world her story to make people aware that this happens in africa to young girls and that it has to stop. I feel sorry for any girl that is forced by her parents to marry a man and a very old man at that! I also would hate to have to go through what she did at five years of age, she didnt even no what was happening all she knew is all girls got it done and her time would come to get it done and it did ... I personaly dont understand why any mother or father would force their child to get that done if they could die as a result, their isnt even a proper reason for it, its not for religious reasons, cutural reasons or for heath so why force it upon your little girl? I know it isnt uncommon in Africa but I feel very strongly that it should not be done. I admire Warris for taking a stand to her life and leaving Africa to search for work in londen, to start a career and make money for herself and her family back in Africa. Befor i read this i never knew things like this were happening so her reason in writing her life story is working, it is making people aware of what young children are having to go through and she is trying to stop it. I admire Warris for taking a stand and making somthing of herself and I hope many girls like her will take a stand to. Warris is now in my opoinin a role model for young girls like her that want to make somthing of themselves like get a job and a house and providing for their families. She has shown me that if you realy want somthing you can definitly achive it if you set your mind to it and that is what she did.