Fashion Show

On Tuesday and Wednesday the 25th and 26th of November, our school held a fashion show in the Celbridge Manor. We had models from every year, modelling clothes from shops in Liffey Valley and Naas. There were dancers, models and groups of musicians singing and playing instruments.

On Wednesday, Aisling Kavanagh and I were the photographer's. We were crouched at the end of the ramp, taking pictures of everyone. 

We had the TY music groups singing carols. We also had the teacher's dancing after the interval.
That was really funny !

The models looked stunning and very professional in all the outfits they modelled.

The TY music groups and the glee club were really good at their singing.

We had such a good time the two days of the fashion show and all the preparation for it. 

Walk in My Shoes

On Friday 10th of October, it was World Mental Health Day. To celebrate this important day, we had a dress-up day entitled 'Walk in My Shoes'. With that, we had the opportunity to wear "funky" or "mis-matched" shoes.                                                                                                    This event, that is celebrated all over Ireland, helps raise awareness of mental health in our communities. The money our school raised was then donated to St Patrick's Helpline, which offers people advice and someone to talk to if they do have any issues.

All the students in the school were fully supportive about the event and brought in the €2 which was donated. They saw it as a way of educating themselves about an important issue in the world today

                                                   

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I think it's a fantastic thing that we, as a school, are raising awareness for such an important cause, that affects so many people worldwide. It gives people who, do suffer from mental health issues, the confidence to get help and encourages them to talk to someone if they are having problems.

"Happiness is not something that can be ready made,it must come from your own actions"

                                                                                                                                                                            Dalai Lama 

Digital Dossier

Your digital dossier is a file of information gathered about you since before your birth.  
Everytime you send a message, update something or even like something, it is added to your digital dossier. 
Most people don't even know what it is. It starts before you are even born. Sonograms of you in the womb that is uploaded or sent by your parents begins your digital dossier. Everything that you search on Google, watch on Youtube, send on your phone or do on Facebook, is added to your growing file that is your digital dossier.

People don't realise they even have one and think that because it is deleted from their computer's history that is gone forever. That is not true!
 There will be a record of it forever and in years to come, a possible employer would just have to google your name and they would find out all your information and history through your photos, messages and posts.

In my opinion, it is important to have an idea of what your digital dossier is, so you can be more wary and cautious of what you do online.

The link below will give you more information. 

Youtube-Digital Dossier

Fun Walk

Last week, the whole school was celebrating Anti-Bullying Week. To finish the week off, we have the Fun Walk at the end of the week every year.

My class(Class Ariel) danced to a compilation of Under The Sea, the theme song from Jaws, Dangerous Love and On Top Of The World. Our tutor, Mr Lawless, was dressed as a shark and we were all the fish.

All the other dances were really good and the teachers were so funny!

My class had to stand at every corner and make sure everyone crossed the road safely. In total, the walk took about 40 minutes. 

Unfortunately, our class didn't win, but we still had a lot of fun doing it!

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Carlingford Trip.

                           

Waking up early on Monday morning, we were all really excited for the trip. We had a 2-hour long bus journey to the Carlingford Adventure Center.                   I was sharing a room with my 5 other friends and it was really nice.

Our first activity in Group B was kayaking. It was really tiring because there is only two people in the boat but it was a lot of fun. Each activity took about 2-3 hours long.                   

After that, we had chips, sausages and beans for lunch.

My favorite activity was the laser tag, which we had after lunch.                         We were given camouflage overalls to wear and the instructors gave us guns and headsets. We had to walk up the mountain, which was tiring, and played laser tag in the forest.We split up into two teams and played games like Capture the Flag

Our last activity was a night hike up the mountains. We left around 7 o'clock and walked back up the where the laser tag was held. We were given blindfolds and were guided around the forest by the person in front and a small rope beside us. It was good fun.

At night, there was a disco held upstairs for both schools there. We all had great fun dancing around and screaming along to the songs, it went on till after 11 at night. We went back to our rooms at around 12 and talked for a while. I was so tired after all our activities that day.

The next morning, I think almost everybody was sick with a cold from the water sports the morning before! We had cereal or toast for breakfast with tea.
My group went on the Canadian canoes for the morning. These were three canoes held side by side by a wooden plank running through them. We canoed out to this platoon in the middle of the water and were jumping off it into the water. It was so much colder than I expected it to be! Then we took turns in taking the powerboat over to a trampoline in the middle of the water. 
Going back to the changing rooms, we all had really long and badly needed hot showers

After a lunch of chips and sausages, we went to a challenge course about 40 minutes away from the centre. We split up into teams and had to complete a lot of team-building challenges in order to win little tokens at the end. All of the challenges required team-work in order to win. 

After coming back from the course, we finished packing all of our stuff and sat outside in the courtyard, talking and waiting for the bus to arrive. We were all sad to be leaving but couldn't wait to go home and catch up on sleep. The bus home took about 2 hours or more and I slept the whole way home.

I really enjoyed myself on this trip :)