Catch Up..

Yesterday was our first day back to school after the Christmas holidays and to be honest I wasn't that excited. I had such a good Christmas and I'm so sad it's over :( Because I was so busy before Christmas, I didn't have much time to blog. 

On the Wednesday before holidays we went to see the European premiere of  Elf the Musical in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Town. The audience was made of of all students. The musical was really good. During the interval two women came over to a few of us and asked if we would like to give a review of the show on RTÉ 2fm, and we said we would.

After the show Ellen, Hannah, Eimear and I went down to the foyer and talked to Colm Hayes about what we thought of Elf. They gave the four of us free tickets to go see Peter Pan on ice in March. I listened to the podcast later of our interview and I sounded stupid but at least we got the tickets! The rest of the week we just had exams and we got off on Thursday a day earlier than everyone else :))

Tomorrow is our first day of our second Work Experience placement and on Thursday we're going to the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition so it'll be a busy week! 

-Eve xx

Badges 2 uroo

Today we went into town to collect money for Holly Days. We sold holly badges for €2 in aid of the ISPCC. We put ourselves into pairs and were stationed all around Grafton Street and St. Stephen's Green. We were given boxes to collect money in and to hold the badges, yellow bibs and Santa hats. Ellen and I were stationed outside the Gaiety Theatre. As it wasn't a very busy street we didn't sell many badges. I was tempted to sing Christmas songs to see if it would help but decided against that idea. People would've been annoyed... Although we didn't collect much money, some pairs collected up to €80 euro which was great.

Me and Ellen outside St. Stephen's Green Christmas Market

As there was a protest today against the Water Charges, we only sold badges for an hour and a half. By the time we left the ISPCC hall, the protest was in full swing. There were thousands of people marching from Leinster house and through town. There were groups from every county with signs to say so. As there were so many people it was difficult to get to our two buses and to get 86 TY's out of town. We ended up walking through, and sometimes with the protest to Trinity and then to the Quays to try find the bus. Loads of the protesters wanted us to join them and half of our year joined them in chanting "No way, We won't pay!". Eventually after a while we got to the buses and made our way home. It was an eventful day to say the least!

We got a half day after town so a few of us went to do some Christmas shopping. It was a good day! Tomorrow we are going to Punchestown to a road safety talk and on Friday we have a Christmas dress up day.

-Eve xx

Christmas is coming

TY's weren't in school many days this week. On Monday morning we had a workshop about a video competition we are entering in IT. For the competition we have to create a 3 minute video in teams about income inequality and how 'Decent Work' can address it. In the workshop we were told about income inequality and what we should include and show in our video.

Youth Connect video competition

On Tuesday there was a strike for teachers so we had the day off. I went into town so it was a good day :) Wednesday was our last day of work experience after 10 weeks in the same place. It was a great experience working in Avoca and interacting with customers. I was sad to be going but am excited for my next work experience. I was given some carrot cake (my favourite) to say thanks but annoyingly my dog ate it so I didn't get to enjoy it.

On Friday we went on a Maths trip to Rathbeggan Lakes in Co. Meath. It was FREEZING. I don't think I've ever been as cold to be honest. At least we could buy tea there to keep our hands warm. We did maths puzzles using different equipment we were given. Groups walked around the lake with trundle wheels or measure heights of trees etc. After we went to Blanchardstown for lunch and we got Ginzeng :))

Us being cold at the lake :)

     

There's only one full week left of school and on Wednesday we're collecting money in town for the ISPCC. Then there's just a week of Christmas exams and then Christmas holidays. I'm so excited!

-Eve xx

Fashion Show!

After weeks of practising, the Fashion Show in Celbridge Manor was on this Tuesday and Wednesday. It was so fun! I did modelling, Irish dancing and music in it. On Friday, we all practised our ‘model walk’.

Our Modelling group. Dearbhla, me, Aimee and Ella

My group modelled for Born in Naas. On Monday we all went out to the shop to pick the clothes we would wear in the Fashion Show. The shop was so nice! There were loads of Christmassy clothes. We each got a casual outfit and a dressy outfit to wear in the show. Besides some stressful quick changes, the modelling went well and I enjoyed it!

I performed in a TY music group with Sadhbh, Hannah, Clara, Dearbhla, Eimear and Aoife. We did a Bastille medley with songs like Pompeii, Laura Palmer and Of the Night. I played my box drum and the other girls sang and played guitar. I also sang in a Christmas Carols choir with girls from 2nd year to 5th year. We got to wear Christmas jumpers from Dunne Stores which were cute. :)

Christmas carols

TY Music Group

For the Irish Dancing we danced to a song called ‘Cry of the Celts’. There were light dancers and Heavy dancers (Just means different shoes for non-dancers). Ms. H made us sparkly waistbands for our costumes. The dance went well both nights. It was extremely tiring though because it was very long! We nearly broke the stage apparently because we jumped so much, but I guess that’s a good thing? The dancing was probably one of my favourite parts of the night.

Irish Dancing practice

Our Mini Companies were allowed to set up stalls and sell. We were taking orders for Canvases both nights and we did quite well! For more information about our Mini Company look at my blog post http://evemcmahonty.blogspot.ie/2014/11/photobeau.html

Our Mini Company stall at the fashion show

In between my times on stage I did get to see the rest of the show. I really enjoyed the Ballerinas who danced to an Ed Sheeran song, and the Bridal section. The teachers appeared loads throughout the show and they were great. I loved seeing the Debs section because the dresses were gorgeous, although I only got to see it through a tiny opening in the door as I was waiting to go on stage! You can see other photos and information on the school website if you would like to see more: http://www.stwolstans.ie/

Now that the fashion show is over, I have so much free time as there aren't any after school rehearsals anymore. As much as it was fun, I can't wait to go home tonight and just watch a lot of TV and catch up on I'm a Celebrity…

-Eve xx

A picture is worth a thousand words...

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- Eve xx