Sci Fest

On Tuesday 12th May, some TY's took part in the science competition - Sci Fest, in ITT. 

I did my project with Aislinn, ( http://aislinnpurcellty.blogspot.ie/ ) on "An Investigation Into the Effects of Different Food Flavours on Reaction Times" (what a mouthful). 

We were testing to see if the different foods/drinks we consume each day, can have an effect on our brain, and how it reacts to different situations. We discovered that chocolate can make your brain more relaxed and slow, and that Coca Cola makes your brain more alert due to the caffeine, so we would suggest that bringing chocolate into an exam may not be the best idea!

We did not win any prizes, but congrats to Eve, Emily and Zarah who won an award for their project!

The cafe had nice cupcakes, so that made my day.

a not-so-exciting photo of a half of our poster..

With http://carolinebehan.blogspot.ie/

i.protect Strikes Again!

On Friday May 8^th, my mini company group - i.protect, were invited to attend the Bank of Ireland Business and Community Expo in the Celbridge Manor Hotel. It was a great day out and it was a great opportunity to talk with other businesses, and advertise our Mini Company product. 

There were several guest speakers on the day, including former Dragon on “The Dragons Den” Norah Casey.

Our mini company was in competition with the brilliant “Bam-Beauty”, also from St. Wolstan’s. The competition was judged by Norah Casey, and though there was not much in it, i.protect won!! We won an iPad Mini and a trophy, which was very exciting!

It was an enjoyable day, and the i.protect team were delighted to take part in the event!

i.protect and Bam Beauty, with school princpal Mrs.Barry

i.protect selfie with Norah Casey!

Swim A Mile, With A Smile :-)

On Wednesday 6th, St.Wolstan's TYs and 5th year LCVP students took part in the annual Swim A Mile, in the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown. This is a well known fundraiser in Ireland, which raises money for Barretstown, a summer camp where seriously ill children can go for a week to have fun and take part in several different activities. 

The task was to swim a total of 64 lengths of a 25 metre pool, to complete one whole mile. It could be done in groups, or individually.

I decided that I was going to try and swim the mile by myself. It was hard work but it felt so satisfying when I had completed the full mile! We went to Blanchardstown shopping centre after for food :) 

Everyone did so well, and it was really nice to take part in such an important charity event!

More Dancing..

For the past few weeks, we have been preparing for our TY graduation night! We have been learning new hip hop dances to preform on the night to "Break Free" by Ariana Grande, and "Who Run the World" by Beyonce:) 

We are all looking forward to preforming these dances in a few weeks, along with everything else we have prepared! Hopefully it will be a great night!

Carlingford 2014!

Our TY group just got back from Carlingford Adventure Centre, co. Louth. It was an amazing two days spent with my year group!

On Monday 15^th we had a very early start. We were told to meet at 07:00am for the bus to Carlingford, so each of us arrived at the local Esso station one by one, half asleep and loaded with bags. Despite our tiredness, the bus there was great fun!

The journey took around two hours. When we arrived, we were told where to go and what activities we were going to be doing. The town of Carlingford was so pretty! We all thought it was similar to something you would see in Harry Potter!

 I was sharing a room with Anna (http://annahepple.blogspot.ie/), Dearbhla (http://dearbhlaty.blogspot.ie/), Aisling D (http://aislingdoran46.blogspot.ie/), Aisling K (http://mytylife.blogspot.ie/) and Sophie (http://mydevinetyexperience.blogspot.ie/ ) . Our room seemed to be one of the newer rooms, and it was actually really nice! We were delighted as there were plenty of sockets to charge our phones!

I enjoyed the food we were given at the adventure centre! On the first day we were given sausages, beans, chips and potatoes for lunch and spaghetti bolognese for dinner. We only stayed for lunch on day two, and of course the majority of us brought piles of junk food with us also!

The activities we did were kayaking, canoeing, laser tag and team building games. All of the activities were really fun, but my favorite was definitely the laser tag. For the laser tag, we were given camouflage overalls or “cam-onsies” as one of the instructors called them! We were also given a laser gun and a headset. We were then split into the red team and the blue team, I was on the blue team. We played a series of red vs blue games, which the blue team won (woo blue team!). We had to walk ages to get to all of our activities which was a small but tiring, but at least we burned off all of the calories from the junk we brought with us!

I would definitely return to Carlingford. I had such a good time and it was a really good way to get to know the girls in our year that we may not have really bonded with before! 

Laser tag! (with Anna G http://annastyblog2014.blogspot.ie/)

Where our water sports took place!

The town of Carlingford!

Junior Cert results!

Yesterday (Wednesday September 10^th ) I received my Junior Cert results. I was so nervous! I woke up at 7:00am even though I didn’t have to be in school until 11:50am.The morning felt extremely long, waiting for ten to twelve to arrive, but eventually it was time. When I arrived at school, I could see everyone waiting nervously (the majority of us were orange with false tan as preparation for the night ahead!). At 12:00am, we all piled into the hall. We were told to stand in the base classes we were in while doing the Junior Cert. We formed five lines, and stood in alphabetical order. Our former tutors then handed out our results one by one. It was funny to see that some people opened their results immediately, and others waited until they were out of the school. I was too afraid to open my results in front of everyone, so as soon as I got my envelope, I ran to my car.
I had no clue what my results would be like, but all I knew was that I really wanted an “A” in higher level art, and a “B” in higher level maths. When I opened my envelope, I found out that not only did I get an “A” in art and a “B” in maths, but I got 11 honours in total! I was over the moon!
To celebrate, I went out to lunch with my mam and dad, and then later that night I went to “The Wright Venue” in Swords with my friends. It was exciting to find out how everyone else did and to catch up with everyone!
Despite how tired us TY students are today, i think yesterday was a brilliant and successful day!!

A New Beginning.

My First Week as a Transition Year Student:

After waiting patiently all summer, I am now officially in TY! I was so excited to start Transition Year all summer, wondering who would be in my class and what teachers I was going to have.

I started Transition Year this day last week, and have been getting used to the new system.

I was extremely excited to find out that the three TY classes would be named after three Disney princesses: Ariel, Aurora and Belle. When I found out that I was in class Belle, it made me even happier, as there were some girls who I knew well, and others who I was looking forward to become friends with.

Yesterday (Wednesday 3^rd September), TY students had a day of workshops. From “laughter yoga” in our positive party, to learning CPR in first aid, to learning how to walk correctly in heels in our etiquette class, it really was an eventful day!

I’m already loving TY, and I am looking forward to see what comes next!