Photographer

Yesterday a photographer came to take pictures of all the people that won things this year. It was ment to be only for tys but in the end it was for everyone. I was in a picture for glasnevin drama our mini company "just desserts" and rugby :) it was suppose to take like less than a half an hour but it took an hour hah! It was good though :)

Music nite ..

Last night was music night and all the TY’s sang mama said by Dionne Bromfield. We have been practicing in all our music nights and sometimes during lunch. We were on the stage for about two minute and then it was done. It was great crack and we all enjoyed it. There were so many acts ... around 28 I think. We were third after the interval. Everyone said we were really up-beat and sang it well so that’s good ha! We will be singing it for TY night so let’s hope it goes that well then to :)

Music night

Last night was the music night. All the ty's sang mama said by Dionne Bromfield. We have been practcing in all our music classes and sometimes during lunch. We were the third act afer the break and we nailed it :) haha. It went so fast we were up on the stage for about two minutes and went home straight after. It was a good night and everyone enjoyed it :)

Cycling Talk

On Friday a man from Kildare county council came in and gave us a talk on cycling. He talked about why we should cycle, the benefits and advantages of cycling. He was talking about the Netherlands and how nearly everyone there cycles and its mostly woman where as here it is mostly men and boys that cycle. Cycling is better for our health fitness and it causes less traffic congestion on the roads which in Ireland is a big problem. He was talking bout how it the completely normal to cycle everywhere in the Netherlands and Kildare county council are trying to do the same here

Bog Bodies

On Thursday we went into town to see the art museum and then the national museum. We went into the national museum first. We saw some tools and jewellery from the people in the stone and bronze age a Lurgan boat and bog bodies. These are bodies that were found in the bogs and have been preserved for millions of years in the bogs. They could find out what their last meals were and on one body found they could even take his fingerprint! Their hair was preserved but died the coloured of the bog because they have been there so long. We then went to the art museum and saw paintings by Jack B Yeats and other famous painters. We then went to William B Yeats's poetry museum. My favourite museum was the art museum I thought it was the most interesting.

Margaret Aylward

On the 15th of March we went to glasnavin to preform our play "Time Of Your Life". We got there at around 11 and we saw the other plays being practiced we left our bags into one of the halls behind the hall and practiced our three plays a couple of times. We then got pizza and went down to the shop to get some sweets. We started to get ready for the play at around six and preformed it at around half eight. We got presented with books and a trophey and left straight after the preformances. We got back home at half ten.

jabba jabba gembe

On tuesday we had a drums workshop in the music room. It was from 9:45 until 2:40 with a man called David. Most of us at the start had a drum called a gembe drum. To introduce us to the diffrent ways of playing the drums David would play somthing and we would play it back to him. We did a beat called the woodpecker and pat the baker. He said diffrent sounds for the diffrent beats. There was loads of diffrent instruments that we could play and i cant think of all the names at the moment but they were all good. It was a good day and i would like to do it again.

Kildare Enterprise Compition

So The Just Desserts got to the kildare enterprise :) Im so proud :) haha. It was in the hotel next to time ... we went in and set up our back board and put out the cakes we made for it. It was so bad because it was during lent and im off chocolate and sweets and thats all we had at our stand (I broke my lent that day :/). We got dinner befor the judging began. Then three judges came around to all the sixteen stands one at a time and asked us questions about our product. That went well :) Then we just had to wait for the results. We won judges prize, thats for best presentation :) The product that won was great! It was stick on soles for your shoes to make them look like louboutins.

Work experience - Dunboyne National School

The week i had in Dunboyne was good I was in second class the first two days and senior infants for the second two days (diffrent classes) then the third second class on friday. In the school they have a seprate school for the seinour and junior students with a diffrent principle for the two schools The both schools are the same size as a normal school so all together it is twice the size of a normal school. The senior school has 3 junior infant classes 3senior infant classes 5 first and 2 second class's. The junior school goes from third to sixth class but i wasnt in this school. For the week I helped with art music writing and reading and observed. It was a good week but i dont think i would like to become a teacher after the week i have had!

Work experience - Crumlin Hospital :)

This was by farrr my favourite work experience that i have done! It was sooo good :) There is a special program there for ty students from all diffrent schools. One or two people from all the departments came in to talk to us (there were 45 in my class) in the lecture hall. Sounds boring but it realy wasnt at all! We didnt get to go to many diffrent places in the hosiptal for privicy reasons for the patiences. But we did get to go to the Pathology labs for a tour at the end our first day. I saw a tumer in a kidney and a lung. I also saw how they would test blood for diffrent allergies like if they allergic to dogs or cats or if they had hay fever ... things like that. That lab i found realy intresting. On the first day we had regisration then an introduction to the hospital like when the diffrent parts were built and what is due to happen in the future. Then we had a talk on Pharmacy occupational therapy a break for then minutens a fire safty lecture (totaly un-nessery) then a break for an hour then two nurses came in and talked then a ten minute break then the labs tour then home. The second day we got a talk from they emergency department this was intresting and a job i would like to do. I would like to do it because it changes everyday because you dont specialise in any area like you get to see it all and its the most exciting job with diffrent cases everyday and your always buzy (the pay and the hours are good to!). We then got a social work talk which was intresting to but I wouldnt like it as much as opposed to a nurse in the emergincy dept or just a normal childrens nurse because I have a very soft heart and I would be crying all the time haha but it was very intresting. We then had a dietetics talk which was ok not great but thats because I have no intrest in studing to becoming a dietiton after school. Then during our ten minute break the clowen doctoers came in, there were great and they have a very important job beause they joke and have a laugh with the children making them forget about there illness and just have fun with them! Sounds lik a great job doesnt it?! haha. Then a Bio Medical engineers, CMRF and Endorinology this is to do with growth and hormones that was intresting and sounded like a good job. I realy liked oncology this is the doctors and nurses that help cancer patients granted it would be very very hard to take emotionaly but I would realy like to become it! On Wednesday we had a talk on the psychiatry department which was intresting and many people liked it in my class! Next was Audiology and then Basic life support so if anyone just drops and stops breathing call me! haha. Infection control was quite boring! I know if any of my friends read this they will be like I would of thought you realy liked that because im like a clean freak :/ but yeh that was very boring. The NCHD's was intresting and so was they NCMG this is like an on call doctor but it gives you the chance to work abroad like the man that gaves me the talk on NCMG and NCHD's worked in africa treating familys there for a year they worked in alot of other places but they only had the pitures from africa with them. On Thursday we had cardiology, Physiotherpy, surgary nurses, Burns and plastics and then speech and language. The last two were the best from that day. The burns was extreamly intresting she showed us pictures and told us what to do if you get a majour burn or scald. The speech and language was intresting and i thought it wouldnt be very buzy but it is very buzy mostly with cancer pationts becasue sometimes the treatments they go through impares there speech for a wile. Friday we had Dermatology, Occupational health, Rdiology, St. Louises and Haemophillia then we got our certificits and class photo (I will post it up when I get the picture) all in all it was an unreal week and even if your not intrested in doing anything in a hospital you should still do it, its sooo good and was a great experience!