Fun Walk and Ed!

On Thursday we had our annual Fun Walk for friendship week. Each year had to dress in a colour and each class had to do a dance. Our colour as TYs was yellow. It was so hard to find something yellow to wear.. Who even wears yellow?

Fun Walk.. Sadhbh, Lauren

As we are class Ariel we did our dance with The Little Mermaid as our theme. We all dressed as flounders with Mr. L dressed in a homemade shark costume and we wheeled Sarah Mc out in a wheel barrow as Ariel. Although it was stressful trying to organise the dance the morning of the Fun Walk, it turned out great! We should have won, just saying... TYs led the walk and we were stationed around Celbridge. It was a good day.:)

On Friday, a few of us left school early and went to see Ed Sheeran play at the 3Arena. We waited for three and a half hours in the lashing rain with crappy umbrellas and got soaked, but we got to the very front of the standing section at the barrier. It was absolutely amazing! We were so close and it was a brilliant concert. It was so worth getting drenched! :))

Ed <3

Today was my third day of Work Experience in Avoca and it's going really well. I now know my way around the cafe really well and am enjoying it!

-Eve xx

Carlingforddd

"You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don't take."

On Monday the TYs went to Carlingford Adventure Centre for the night. We were all extremely excited. The bus was leaving at 7 so most of us had to get up at 6 or earlier (wooh) but everyone arrived to get the bus with loads of energy, most girls with a bag filled with food!

The journey was around two hours long. When we arrived we were divided into our rooms. There were 9 of us in our room ... but only eight beds. We had to make a bed on the floor with extra duvets for Emer (Thanks Emer :))  Straight away we started our first activity. We went down to the beach to do kayaking. We changed into our swimsuits and wet suits and put on life jackets and helmets. We looked just fab!

After kayaking and eating lunch we went out for the second activity which was laser tag in the forest. To get to the laser tag we had to basically hike the huge hill. I swear I nearly died it was so hard! Laser tag was so much fun. The instructor Martin told us loads of 'inspirational' quotes to get us pumped for the laser tag (like the one at the top of the post). We were split up into two groups and played different games like capture the flag and sniper school. I felt like I was in Call of Duty or something!    

That night we went out for an activity called Night line after dinner. We went back up the huge hill again, luckily taking an easier route this time. We put on blindfolds as it was getting dark out and formed a conga line with our hands on each other's shoulders. We had to hold onto a rope and walk through the dark in the forest. We could see nothing but all we could hear is each other screaming "Tree!"

That night we had cake in our room for Lauren's birthday. We had a disco in a room upstairs and all of us danced around in our pyjamas. It was like a cheesy movie! For the rest of the night we ate and ate but didn't really even make a dent in the huge pile of food everyone brought. 

The next morning you could hear loads of groans as we were woken up by a wakeup call at half 7. We were wrecked! Our first activity was Canadian Canoeing which is three canoes tied together. We went out into the middle of the water and jumped it. We also went on a water trampoline and jumped into the water from it. The water was freezing!

The instructors brought us through a tunnel on the the land on the other side of the water. There was a fountain of fresh water that supposedly gave you an extra day of life. We were each shoved under and held there for 10 seconds and the water was colder than the sea! Canoeing was definitely my favourite thing that we did on the whole trip.

The last activity of the trip was a challenge course. We were put into teams and had to solve different puzzles and were rewarded gems. Our team came last... but we were still the best :)) We packed our bags to go home but we wished we could've stayed longer. Everyone was extremely tired on the bus home. It was an amazing trip!

Our Room :)

-Eve x

Week One and Workshops

Summers over and the school year has started. I have been in Transition Year for one week. At first, I found it strange to be wearing a different skirt and being called a 'senior'. I was really excited for TY to start though. On our first day we were divided into our new classes. I was nervous about what class I would be in but I was really happy as I am with all of my friends! Our classes are name after Disney Princesses. I am in class Ariel, named after Ariel in The Little Mermaid.

So far, I am really enjoying TY! It is more relaxed than third and we don't have to do as much work. Yesterday we had three workshops. The first was an etiquette workshop. We learnt about body image, dressing for job interviews and hand and nail care. We also brought in our own heels and the women showed us how to walk in heels properly. I'd never thought that I would wear heels in school! The second workshop was Positive Parties. This was about self esteem, confidence and how to have a positive mind set. We danced, laughed and had fun. The third workshop was for First Aid. We learnt basic first aid skill such as the Heimlich manoeuvre and CPR. This was my favourite workshop of the day as I found it really interesting.

I am excited for the following week because school sports and choir will be starting soon. We are also getting our Junior Cert results on Wednesday which I am nervous about, but looking forward to!

-Eve x