Fashion show in St. Wolstans!
This week we had a school fashion show. Everyone one got involved. On Tuesday we all helped out by painting and designing the catwalk in the Celbridge Manor hotel. The models, who were students all went to shops sponsoring the show to get clothes. There was also all types of acts preparing for the show. Such as modern dancers and Irish dancers also a few singing acts such as the glee club. The teachers were also going to be preforming a dance and doing some modeling.Our business teacher Ms. Plunket said that a few mini company groups could sell their products at the show so myself and my group got ready for that.

Myself and the girls at our mini company stall before the show!

On the night of the show myself and my mini company group were very busy rushing to get everything ready we had to finish making our bags, so everyone came to my house and we spent an hour getting everything ready. When we arrived we were sent into a room with the other mini company groups and began to set up our stand. We put up fairy lights and a sign. We displayed our product on the table. We were selling makeup bags with a wrap around brush holder on the out side and we called the company Bam Beauty. We had put a lot of work into them so we were hoping that they would sell.Our two friends were taking pictures of the show so they got us a ticket. We watched the first half of the show. The lights and music were amazing. The teachers modeling was hilarious and the girls looked so nice in their clothes. A few of my friends were in the show and it was great fun cheering them on.We got to watch the modern dancers and the choir who were both great.Towards the end of the first half the teachers came onto the cat walk dressed in wedding dresses and suits and ties. Ms O Callaghan wore a pink wedding dress to finish the show. At the interval we rushed out to the stand to sell our bags. We sold a few and many people sounded interested in our bags.
Overall I really enjoyed the fashion show and would love it if we had one again. The clothes were amazing and everyone really enjoyed it.
Talk to you soon,
Aisling x 

                                              " These boots are made for walking"

            "You can not judge a person until you have climbed into their skin and walked around in it "                                                       -Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird 

Last Friday we were all told to wear interesting looking shoes to raise money and awareness for mental health. People wore runners, boots, wellies even slippers! The campaign is called 'walk in my shoes'. It teaches us not to judge people as we have no idea what they are going through or how they feel. Our tutor Mr Kennedy explained how we need to be more sympathetic towards others especially those who are suffering from something such as mental health. As we learn from the quote above taken from the book 'To kill a Mockingbird' if we spend even a few minutes in someones elses situation we may not be as fast to judge.

I started my day in music where Ms Gilsenan played the song 'these boots are made for walking' and everyone danced to it. At the end of the day prizes were given to the people who wore the most interesting pair of shoes.

I learnt a lot about mental health after today.

Talk to you soon,

Aisling x

                 Wake me up before you go!

This week was the week of our very exciting fun walk! We spent weeks preparing our dance. As our class name is Aurora, we based our dance on the movie Maleficent where Maleficent is an evil queen who wants to put Aurora to sleep. Mr Kennedy dressed up as Maleficent. He wore a black clock and a mask. We all danced around him wearing yellow which was the colour given to Tys. We danced to the song 'wake me up before you go' which we had spent ages choreographing. We all had great fun and cheered as the other classes danced. We then set off on our walk around Celbridge. We were very happy when the sun came out towards the end of the walk. I had a great day! To make it even better on Monday we found out that we had won!
Talk to you soon, 
Aisling x 

Work Experience

This Wednesday we had our first week of work experience in Ty!

I was very nervous that morning as I had no idea what to expect. This was my first time in a working environment so everything was going to be new to me. 

I was going to be working in Peamount hospital as I think that I would like to do nursing in the future and would love to see what its like to work in a hospital. 

We left home early that morning. When I arrived I was greeted by the supervisor of activities who was very friendly and understood that I was nervous. She told me that her name was Mary and went over what I would be doing during my time in Peamount.She told me that I would be working with people with disabilities and asked me a few questions about what I would like to do when im older.

My first job was to collect a man in a wheel chair and take him to mass. After this I met another two Ty students who were both lovely and together we went to a drama class with people with special needs. This was great fun the people taking the class were very nice and evryone had a laugh as we did a bit of acting. After this we went to have lunch in the hospital cafeteria. After lunch one of the other girls who was there for work experience and I were told to go to a women and do hand care with her. We spent the next half an hour chatting to this lady while doing her nails and massaging her hands. She told us that she was in an accident and was told that she wouldn't be able to walk again. But just recently after a lot of physio she was able to walk. I loved hearing about peoples lives as they are all so interesting. We then attended a music group where we sang old songs with patients in the ward. Some of them even got up to dance. We all had a great laugh and the two girls doing work experience and |I even sang some newer songs which the patients loved.

My first day of work experience was a success and I cant wait to come back next week.I definitly think that I could see myself working in a place like peamount when im older. Talk to you soon,

Aisling x

Our adventures in Carlingford

Last week was our class trip to Carlingford! We woke up early on Monday morning to get the bus, everyone was very sleepy but full of excitement. After a very sleepy hour and a half long drive we had arrived! Carlingford was beautiful it nestled between mountains and was right beside a little bay where we would be doing water sports later. The town itself was very cute and and everyone agreed that it seemed like something out of another world as it was all so perfect. 

Our first activity was kayaking. Everyone went down to the bay where we were told to put on wet suits! We weren't very happy about this as the wet suits were already wet, so grumpily we pulled them on and went down to get our paddles and get in the freezing cold water. I usually enjoy water sports but not so much this early in the morning. Myself, Sophie and Aoibhin got in a boat together and began to paddle. We weren't very successful however at keeping our boat straight and had a great laugh as we tried to keep up with everyone. Finally we finished up for lunch, we were all soaked but much more awake.

Our next activity was laser tag which we all loved! We spent about two hours chasing each other around the forest trying to shoot each other with the laser tag guns. By dinner time we were all exhausted. But there was not much time to rest as after dinner we went on a hike up the mountain. We killed time by singing songs with the adventure instructors. Finally we reached the top! It was pitch dark and we were slightly worried when we were handed blind folds and told to guide each other around the forest. In the end it was fun and we all couldn't stop laughing as we stumbled around the forest. Afterwards we set up our own disco back at the adventure center. Another school staying there joined in and we spent the next hour dancing and singing. Finally we fell into bed after an exhausting day. 

The next morning we were put early for our next activity, canoeing! This was definitely my favorite activity! We canoed to a trampoline in the middle of the bay and jumped off it! On the way back an instructor decided to throw us into the water which was both hilarious and freezing! Our last activity was team building games. Our team was very determine to win which we didn't but it was still fun. 

I really loved our few days in Carlingford and definitely want to return soon! Hope youv enjoyed reading about our adventures in Carlingford, until next time, 

Aisling x

Results!

I woke up with butterflies in my stomach early on Wednesday morning. It was about half six and for a moment i had completely forgotten why i felt so nervous and was very confused as to why i had woken so early. Then i realized that today was the day we had been waiting months for; we were about to receive our junior cert results! I shuddered at the thought of the junior cert and felt slightly excited to see what i have worked so hard for. My  mam was definitely more nervous then i was as i had spent the entire summer telling her that i had most definitely failed at least one subject for the reason that i didn't want to get her hopes up. I toke a few deep breaths before leaving the house that morning i was definitely ready to leave the junior cert behind- finally. When i reached the school every one was looking extremely anxious and a bit orange as we were all going out that night. We gathered in  our old class groups in the hall. Ms Barry told us that we should be very proud of ourselves and i felt slightly nervous hoping that i would feel proud of myself in a few minutes. My old tutor Ms Hughes gave us all our results. Ms Hughes was also my irish teacher last year and a shuddered as i thought of my Irish exam which i was convinced i had done terribly in. Mrs Hughes handed me my results in an envelope and shook my hand. I walked out of the school wondering when i should open them. A few of my friends waked up to me and we decided to open them together. I took another deep breath and opened the envelope. I was over all very happy with my results. I think all of us were. My mom was delighted that i hadn't failed and i felt very relieved to leave a very stressful year behind me and hopefully enjoy a stress free year in Ty. I was also looking forward to celebrating tonight!

Our first week in Ty

The beginning of our fairy tale  

My first week in transition year was quite an eventful experience. From learning our class names to attending workshops it certainly was not dull. We were put in our classes last Thursday and everyone seemed happy with the classes they were in. When our Ty coordinator Ms Leonard told us our class names we were even more thrilled. She told us that we were named after the princesses Ariel,Belle and Aurora. She explained that she chose  these names because we were to experience Ty as if it were a fairy tale and as we know all fairy tales lead to a happy ending which we will all hopefully have at the end of the year. Myself and my friends were put in class Aurora the princess from sleeping beauty. I was very excited to begin this fairy tale, it certainly felt like one when we weren't given any homework especially after third year.


We started our first full week on Monday. The next few days were spent getting used to our new class, new teachers,new subjects and having to do lots of projects. I especially enjoyed art which I hadn't done since first year and had forgotten how much I liked the subject.

On Wednesday we attended our first Ty workshops. We learned first aid, etiquette and how to live positive lives. The first workshop was first aid training. A man came in to teach us how to deal with emergency situations. He thought us CPR which he demonstrated used a manican some of us tried it afterwards. We also learnt how to put bandages and slings on correctly when someone has an injury and we learnt the Heimlich maneuver which is to be used when some one is choking. I found the class very interesting and think that all of the tips we were given will come in handy in the future.

After break we went back to the class room where we were greeted by two lady's who taught us about the importance of having a good body image and how to wear the correct under wear. We watched a very interesting documentary about how women have terrible self image and how every one is beautiful and shouldn't deprive themselves of food. I found this interesting because i believe that it applies to young girls my age as we often feel judged by each other when really we are our worst critics. We spent the last few minutes of the class learning to walk properly in heals which we were told to bring in. They told us that we should all walk tall and have good posture no matter how sore our feet are. They said they hoped that we would use these tips when we go out on results night next week.

Finally we went to the library where we had a 'positive party'. We spent the next hour singing, dancing and even trying laughing yoga which was hilarious!

Overall my first week in Ty was fun and definitely something completely different from third year.

Aisling x