Jabba Jabba Jembe

Today we had a Jabba Jabba Jembe drumming workshop. Jembe drums are from west Africa. We all had a Jembe drum to play and for the whole day we learned the basics of playing the drum. We also got to learn about how it's made, about the culture of the places in Africa that the drum comes from and the different styles of drumming. I really enjoyed the workshop!

-Eve xx

Paris

On Thursday morning at 4am I went to Paris. I went with my sister and cousin on my Mom's school first year trip. We went for just one night and two days. Even though I got up at 3am, I was so excited! On Thursday we went to Disneyland which was so good. It was really sunny and quite warm. We went on all the rides and got to see the fireworks at the end of the day which were amazing!

On Friday we went sightseeing in Paris. We went to see the Eiffel tower and took a bus tour around the city and saw the Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysees and Notre Dame Cathedral. We went on a cruise down the Seine. We also went to the Louvre and saw the Mona Lisa. Paris is such a beautiful city and it was an amazing trip!

Mona Lisa

Because I was out for two days of school, I missed the in school SciFest competition. Our project, titled An Investigation into the Factors that Affect Relative Pitch, received a highly recommended award and got through to the regional final. Tomorrow we have a Drumming Workshop in School and on Tuesday we are going to the cinema to see Selma so it's going to be a good week!

-Eve xx

All Ireland TY Drama Competition!

On Saturday class Ariel went to Macroom in Cork for the Briery Gap All Ireland TY Drama Competition final. We got on the bus at 7;30am which was just fab. It was a four hour journey so we got there and we were all a bit tired. The other drama in our class was on first so we watched them perform and we went on after lunch. It went really well! We all really enjoyed and and it was the best it had ever been. We watched one more play and then got back on the bus home. It was a lot of time on the bus but with a mini speaker blaring music and a stop in McDonald's on the way home it was fun! 

We found out on Monday that we ended up getting an adjudicators award which was great because we all worked so hard on it. I'm sad it's over!

-Eve xx

Lollipop Day

Today we went into town to sell for Lollipop Day in aid of the Oesophageal Cancer Fund. We arrived in at around 10 and had until 2 to sell as many lollipops as possible! We were given hats and t-shirts to wear and balloons and boxes/buckets to carry. 

A few of us decided to bring guitars and 'busk' for the charity on Grafton Street. We started off not too amazing... but after a while it got better and was really fun! There were loads of other schools collecting for the charity all over town all wearing pink for the charity. We were everywhere! It was a really fun day altogether.

Last night we went to see Hudson Taylor in the Olympia. They were so amazing!

                                     

-Eve xx

Un Mot en Francais

Bonjour!  A l'école, j'étude francais. Je ne suis pas trés bonne en francais mais j'adore la langue. 

Je visite la france tout le année pour mes grandes vacances. Nous restons dans un terrain de camping á Julien des Landes prés de Nantes. Cet été, j'irai à collége française. Je suis tout excité!

Mon Terrain de Camping

Semaine prochaine, je visiterai Paris. J'irai avec ma mere, ma soeur et ma cousin. Ce sera magnifique!

Á Bientot, 

-Eve xx

Cake Decorating

Because I am in TY, I decided I would try to do new things outside of school. So myself and Alison have started a cake decorating class! So far we have learned to cover a cake and base with sugar paste, crimp the edges and sides and also how to make swags and bows. We've been learning loads of tips and tricks to do with decorating tools, working with sugar paste and just baking in general! I hope that by the end of it I can make really cool cakes.

My masterpiece:))

- Eve xx

Pancake Party

Yesterday we had a pancake party in aid of the National Children's Hospital, Tallaght. In Home Ec this morning we made 180 pancakes and even got to have one to eat ourselves. The pancakes were onsale at lunch for 50c.  

We went to see Saint Raymond in the Academy last night and it was amazing!

- Eve xx