Girl Rising - Movie!

As part of our Religion class we watched a movie called Girl Rising. We then had to make a movie of our own to raise awareness about educating women.
Here is my movie......

Mo Thaithí Oibre

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Chaith mé coicís ag obair i aontas creidmheas i Cill Droichid. Sheol mé foirm iarratais chuig an mbainsteoir. Mark an t-ainm a bhí i   bainisteoir orm.  Thosaigh mé ag obail ar a deich a chlóg agus súil mé go dtí an obair. Chaith me léine bán agus sciorta dubh. Ar cead seachtain bhí mé líonadh sa comhadchaibinéad, tar eis bhí mé ag obair deasc an fháilteora. thaitin sé go mór liom. 
Fuair mé lón ar a haon a chlóg. Bhí mé ag obair le cupla mbeanaí, bhí siad an-cairduil agus cinealtas. Bhí mé ag obair le airgead agus rinne mé íoc agus tarraingt siar. Thaitin sé liom.
D'fhoghlaim a lán scileanna oibre eagsula mar shampla scileanna roimhaire, scileanna eagraithe agus scileanna ceannaireacht. Bhí orm pearsantacht lách agus séimh a bheith agam. Caithfidh tú a bheith ag reiteach le dhaoine agus ag comhoibhriú le dhaoine. Caithfidh tú a bheith rudaí a dhéanamh as do stuaim féin. Caithfidh tú a suim agus díograis don phost sa aontas creidmheas.
Chríóchnaigh ar a ceathar a chlóg. Bhí se thaithí oibre go híontach.

My first day as a Dietitian!!!

This Wednesday TY's stared our second term of Work Experience. I am doing my work experience in Cherry Orchard hospital in Ballyfermot. On Wednesday I spent my day with a Dietitian called Clionadh. Work experience started at 8:30 and finished at 1:30. The first thing i did was that i sat in on a staff meeting where they were discussing patients. Afterwards myself and Clionadh visited a 95 year old woman and were discussing her diet. I really enjoyed my first day and i cat wait for next week.

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"Real friendship admits recognition of the ugly as well as the beautiful"

The novel I chose to read was 'How many miles to Babylon' by Jennifer Johnston. I decided to read this book because it had been recommended to me and it is also the Leaving Certificate course.

This novel is written in the genre of social realism which means the it does not exceed the limits of reality. This novel is told through the eyes of the narrator, Alec as he recalls the events that have happened leading to his present circumstances.
The novel is set in 1914 and it centres on the lives of two boys. Alexander Moore and Jerry Crowe. Alec is the son of two Anglo-Irish parents who grew up lonely and friendless on his parents' estate on the outskirts of Dublin. His parents have a difficult relationship and their only meeting point is centred around 'The Child'.  Alec meets a local boy named Jerry and they both share their love of horses. Jerry is part of the Catholic underclass, two very different cultures.  Alec's mother, who believes strongly in the class system of early twentieth century Ireland, discovers the friendship and forbids him to spend any more time with Jerry. Alicia, Alec's mother plans a trip to Europe for her and her son n the hope that when they return Jerry and Alec's relationship would be over, far from it.
Their friendship continued, much to Alicia's dismay and at this point in the novel war breaks out in France. Alicia's final attempt to keep Alec and Jerry apart she decides to send Alec off to war, this would mean that Alec would socialise with people of his own status and would become an officer and although Jerry also has plans to go to war to earn money for his family she believes that social status will separate them.
Alec and Jerry find themselves back together again and are both under the rule of the cruel and evil Major Glendinning. Although the Major doesn't take a liking to either Alec or Jerry their friendship remains strong up until the end when Jerry receives a letter which forces him to leave the trenches in search for his father. When he returns the consequences are brutal under the guidance of Major Glendinning, Jerry is sentenced to death, making Alec take command of the firing squad that will carry out Jerry's execution.
Alec cannot go through with command and on the night of Jerry's execution Alec visits Jerry in his cell and shoots him with his own pistol. At the end of the novel, Alexander himself is waiting for his own execution.
The character that I admire in this novel is Alec. Although the difference in class between himself and Jerry is oblivious he remains faithful to his only friend and doesn't let class or in his case family come in his way.
I really enjoyed this book. I was enthralled by how Alec and Jerry remained friends after everything. It was also very interesting to see the differences in social class in 20th Century Ireland. I also found this book an easy read and I could also understand the language used in the novel and it became almost impossible to put down. I would highly recommend this book to everyone as I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Ciara :)

"At last my heart's an open door".

On Friday the official launch of our school musical Calamity Jane was held in the Celbridge Manor Hotel.
The school choir started off the night singing Christmas carols which were really good. After the choir was finished singing the cast was introduced and they had three scenes prepared in Act one scene one. "The Deadwood Stage", "Secret love" and "A Woman's Touch" were the songs that were performed. I really enjoyed Secret Love because there were ballet dancers in the background. I had to take photos of the launch for the school website. I really enjoyed it and a lot of tickets were sold for the musical in February.

                

More Trips!

This week has been really busy! I knew that we would be going on trips but I really didn't expect to be going on this many trips.
Firstly we went on a maths trip to Rathbeggan Lakes in Dunshaughlin. We were put into groups of four and we had to complete as many maths challenges as we could using our surroundings and the equipment provided. Some of the maths problems were solvable others, not so much! To top it all off we went to Blanchardstown for lunch and to go around the shops to try on Christmas jumpers!

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TY's then went to Punchestown to a Road safety show. We were given a talk about drink driving and the rules of the road. I also got to do a driving test which I really enjoyed, and wasn't that bad at surprisingly!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAKES, CAKES AND MORE CAKES!!!!

Last week TY and Fifth Year students held a cake sale to raise money to help people in the Philippines who were hit by the typhoon disaster.

 

The night before I was up late baking cupcakes for the bake-sale!!! There was a great turnout on the day and we raised over €1700 which we donated to UNICEF for the people Philippenes.

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