el noche de musica !

Hello !! So last night we had our music night in st wolstans! It was such a good night, especially since Ty classes Banba and Eiriu performed their rendition of Floro's Shake it out, and Fodla performed Wake me up. Over all a fantastic night, one of the best parts being the TY's all squished into the demo room watching the School of Rock. The choir also performed I feel Pretty from the fab musical West Side Story. A fab night for all involved and also I would like to say a huge thank you to Ms O'Reilly and Ms Gilsenan for all their work that they did, the whole night wouln't have been possible without all their efforts with each year! :) x

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revelation of the month- I like children.

Hello everyone ! It's been a while since I've blogged, but that is in fact the nature of TY. Between Lollipop day (which we will get to), work experience and the percussion workshop my absence from my computer has taken its toll on blogging- all is well though class Banba are all currently blogging away in IT class.
 Firstly, TY's are still recovering from the excitement of lollipop day nearly 2 weeks on. For those of you who haven't a notion of what lollipop day is, its an annual event where lollipops are sold aroud the country in aid of oesophageal cancer. It's a tradition in Saint Wolstan's for the TY's to set off to Dublin city in groups of two or three ( which we get to choose) and be put at a random location around the city and sell lollipops badges and also stickers. The Woolies girls took the city by storm and you couldn't turn a corner without running into at least 8 of us on a street. Lollipop day was definitely one of the highlights of my TY year. 
 Next came work experience. Let me make myself clear when I say that I am not (or so I thought) a particular fan of those who are under 12 and over 5. However, I thought it would be a good idea to go to a primary school, Saint Brigid's, for a week to determine whether teaching is really out of the question for me. I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into a room of 28 bubbly senior infants between the ages of 5 and 6 and not the screaming anti Christs I had expected. Over the week I developed a great relationship with the class. Each individual had completely different personalities and each had a witty sense of humour. On my second day I was greeted by Orla, a gorgeous little girl with a black bob, who handed me a card ( and yes , there was even an envelope decorated with lovehearts and  the highly valued flower stickers) which read " You will make a grate teecher and I like your glassis"- it was at this point that I realised teaching is a very practical career path and a possible one for me. An overall amazing experience.
 As if the past 2 weeks weren't exciting enough when we arrived into school on Monday after work experience we were welcomed back with a day of free classes because of a percussion workshop. We worked on the African djembé drum ( spelled jembay) for the day which was also a wonderful experience! Ty definitely presents opportunities that I otherwise never would have been offered!

Banter with Brigid

Hello there :) Yesterday as part of our TY religion course, us TY's were shipped off to kildare village to go and see her wells and monastry as well as chapel . It was a VERY tiring day, but it was a nice experience. It's safe to say everybody was only too delighted to be back on the bus.
 We also had the chance to stop in Kildare Village for a wander around a trip to starbucks. The day was a sucess overall !

Fairytales. No wonder we're so corrupt.

After a history class with the wonderfully inspiring ms C  I can't get the topic of Fairytales ( particularly the brothers Grimm versions) out of my head. It never really struck me how corrupt the stpries actually are. Take Hansel and Gretel for example. The topics that the story mainly deal with were the topical problems of the 12th century. Famine , Child Abandonement, and cannibalism. These were the stories that were included in the childhood of most children around the world, though there are of course variations of each story. It has really made me ask the question whether or not these are the stories that we should be telling future generations, and then it hit me , These are the stories that I grew up with , my mother grew up with and my grandmother grw up with, and it didnt do us any harm :P

Madness in Mullingar :D

On the 24th January TY's were back to their usual antics, gallavanting around the country,  this time at the home of Mr Horan for the Briary Gap drama competition. We were accompanied by Ms Cosgrove Ms Boes and Ms Guilfoyle and dramas from class Banba and Eiriu took to the stage to display the talent of the TY's 2011/2012. Personally I think that each girl deserves nothing less than an oscar though there can only be one group to go throgh including groups from Kings Hospital and Sacred Heart secondary school in Mayo. My favourite drama was definitely concrete angel by class Eiriu focusing on the issue of child abuse. Well done to all the girls involved :)
 Our next trip is to be to Kildare town as part of our religion course where we shall visit the cathedral of Saint Brigid and her well, no doubt  it will be as much fun as always :)

Young Scientist - an experience to remember

On the 11th of January Aisling Tynan, Hannah Mc Millen,Caitríona Eves, Sarah Hart, Elaina Kelly, Isabelle Fagan, Niamh Egan, Amy Christopher, Sarah Donnelly, Alswyn Hennesy Doyle and I were off to the BT young Scientist and technology exhibitioon. It was an AMAZING experience, very possily my favourite experience in my 4 years at St Wolstans so far along with the musical. We made so many new friends from every corner of the country. Each evening we went to a different activity including 3 discos, Karaoke and a table quiz which were great fun though the competition itself was the most exciting and enjoyable. We also wanted to thank all the science teachers for their support and help over the past few months. The rest of the TY year and second years also came to join us on the Friday which was also a great experience!
We are all without a doubt applying again next year for the hope of having the opportunity of such a great experience again ! On a less exciting note, TY and fifth year parent teacher meeting are today ....DUN DUN DUNNNNNN .......