Mullingar and More!

The week began on Monday, with a double class Art with Ms.O'S that morning. We drew horses , to try and show us that we can actually draw. I found this very challenging!  In Irish with Ms.B we looked at a poem called "Mo Ghra -Sa" it was a really interesting poem! It is a bit of a mock of love poems, it talks about how he isn't beautiful looking but it's okay! We had double Science too and we looked at our Sci-Fest Project. We had History too and we looked at the American Civil War.

Tuesday was when the real fun began! We had worked for weeks on our Drama in Religion and the day had finally come for us to perform our play! We arrived in school at the usual time with all our props in tow! We got on the bus and about 40 minutes later we had arrived at Mullingar Arts Centre for the Briery Gap Drama Competition! There was a mix of nervous and excited energy in the air. When we got there we were shown to our room and we all got changed into our costumes and checked out the stage! Next up, we headed to McDonalds as a class and it was really nice as it was good to have some time as a class but not in school the whole time! We also saw the Joe Dolan statue! When we got back, we watched another schools drama, it was about Murder! Then we all got together and practiced, practiced, practiced! In our class there was 2 separate dramas, the one on the effects of war and homelessness in society! First up, was the War drama The girls did so well and we were all so proud of them! Then our group was up, I had to introduce the play and because a girl was absent I filled in for her! It was a small bit scary but we all enjoyed it immensely! After our drama, the judge gave us a bit of feedback and then we all got changed back into our uniforms. Then some of the girls went to the park but some of us decided to say  behind, we watched the other schools dramas and talked to all the people from different schools and some drama society's too! At about 2 we loaded up the bus and headed home, but on the way to the bus we all get drenched a the sky opened above us! All in all it was a pretty epic day and we all really enjoyed it!!


Wednesday we had work experience!

On Thursday, we started to watch The Pursuit of Happyness, to highlight poverty in life. We also had a Mini Co, meeting and have decided it's time to close up shop and just be happy with the stuff we have done so far! We also had English with Ms.W and she brought us down to the library to have a reading session!


Friday, We watched Contaigon in Geography and we were all freaked out by the amount of germs everywhere! We had double Design too and we worked on our our Teddy Bears! It was great!

Over and Out,
Corrie!

The BT Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition 2013!

On Wednesday the 9th of January 2013 until Saturday the 12th, Myself, Aisling and Lauren competed in the BT Young Scientist and Technologist Exhibition. Our project was on The Effects of School Bags on the Shoulders, Neck and Spine.

The lead up to the Exhibition was a bit hectic! On the Monday we had a bit of a mishap, we had misplaced the results of one of our experiments! Luckily, we were able to re-do our experiment so our mini-crisis was averted! Then on Tuesday we put the finishing touches to our display!

Wednesday was when the real fun began! It was our first day in the RDS! When we arrived there we had our first task, which was to set up our display! The lovely Red Coats helped us stick up our A0 poster, we also had a bag filled with books, a tablet and the best part of our display was a skeleton, we named Ed, who had a Kermit the Frog school bag on! Next up, we had the Opening Ceremony! It was really cool because there was a performance by The Heather's and Colm O'Neill(the CEO of BT) gave a speech too!We also had our first judging which was a bit scary but we got through it! Later on that day we just scoped the place out and meet lots of new people. For the Entertainment later on there was a disco in the Concert Hall.

Thursday was an epic day! All the TYs and Second Years from Wolstan's came to the RDS and it was great  getting to see everyone! We also had our second judging which was nerve wracking but it was all okay! We had several interviews with different newspapers and radio stations and talked to different politicians! For a while we walked around the whole Exhibition and we got lots of free goodies! We got yo-yo's from EPA, we got notebooks, wrist bands, rulers, folders and stickers from Foras na Gaeilge and so many other things! There was also a cool stand set up by the Irish Medicines Board and it was about the dangers of buying tablets over the internet! It was really interesting! We also looked at loads of projects too! Later on that night  as part of our Entertainment we had a massive table quiz! Our team came fourth!

On Friday we had an exciting day! We had an interview with RTE and we were on the news! It was quite embarrassing to see it back! But it was so fun to do! We also got our photo taken with Michael Martin whci was fun! And Of Course, the Awards Ceremony was on Friday too! The girls from Kinsale won overall and I have to say they deserved it! Their project was incredible and if I'm completely honest I don't really understand it! After the Ceremony we found out we got a little Display award (I think Ed did it for us) Later on that night for our Students Entertainment Club we had karaoke and a disco! It was really fun !

Saturday was the last day of the BTYSE, we went to go see Titan the Robot in the Robot show! He was so cool! He even squirted water out of his eyes! Our Science teacher Ms. W even popped into to say hello and see how we were doing, which was really nice of her! I have to say we were all sad to see the Young Scientist end and we all had to say goodbye! It was really saddening! When we were leaving we all got BT stickers! We also had a big farewell disco in the BT Arena! It was amazing!

The Young Scientist really was the most incredible experience of my life! I had such a good time and have made so many new friends from all across the country! Its something I will never forget, even in a million years! 

Thank you to all the people that helped us with our project, especially Ms.W for all her encouragement and help!

Over and Out,

Corrie! :D

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First Week Back After Christmas

                                                                  Well blog, It's 2013! Happy New Year! ! It began on the 7th, when we got back to school after our Christmas Holidays! On Monday, I had quite a busy day! It started off with Art with Ms.O S and she told us what our next project is! We are doing portraits of people we like and  then using the inside of a cassette tape to outline it! Its going to look really good when its done(hopefully!) I picked Ed Sheeran to do! 
                                                                    Tuesday, I had double Tech. with Mr. W and we started outlining our key ring holder and it was a lot of fun! We had English too with Ms.O R and we worked on our alternative fairytale ending! Its really fun to do! 


Over and Out,
Corrie!

My Last Blog before Christmas:)

So, It's Christmas!! I'm so excited I can hardly contain myself!  But, I am know going to fill you in on the happing in St.Wolstan's last week plus this week as I never gave you my weekly update I usually give on a Friday!

                                                           Monday was quite an epic day altogether! It began with a Mini Co. idea with Orla, as we missed one of them(the day we saw Skyfall!) and she told us all about marketing! But after break was when all the fun went down! We had our JunkKoutre fashion show! Well, I have to say it was such a good time! Unfortunately ours was a bit different then how we intended as on Friday our skirt, we just couldn't use, so over the weekend we decided to crochet a skirt as our theme was nature and wool comes from sheep and they are natural! We also had a slight panic as we had no music but some of the girls came to our rescue and let us use there I-Pod! The fashion show itself was so cool, we got to see the designs of all the groups which was good too! It was all in all a really fun fashion show! Later on that day we had double Science on Ms.B got us to draw posters on different areas of botany we studied! Our group did plant reproduction!

                                                           
                                                            Tuesday was also a fun day too! We had double Tech. with Mr.W which always promises to be fun! I finally finished the main part of my clock, I had this weird filing to do and I have been putting it off for a couple of weeks and I also melted my piece too! Later on that day we had Home Ec. and we made cupcakes with blue icing!  They were absolutely yummy!!!

                                                                   On Wednesday we had workshops all day! They were by Trocaire, Concern and Self-Help Africa they were really interesting and the Self-Help Africa one was really informative about the exploitation of first world countries to the third world countries such as the rose industry in Kenya and Ethiopia.

                                                            Thursday was a very interesting day! Well, it began with a religion class with Ms.G and then a very interesting History class with Ms.C about how Hansel and Gretel was based on a true story! As part of My Young Scientist Project we had to do one of our experiments! We had to go to the local boys school and measure their height and weight of their school bags! After that we had Careers and English with Ms.W

                                                  On Friday we went to the ballet, it was so brilliant! I had a really good time! They performed The Nutcracker  and A Christmas Tale!

                                              I was absent on Monday!
  
                                           On Tuesday our Christmas Exams began! We had Spanish, English and Religion!
                                           Then we had Wednesday and we had Maths and Irish!!

                                          On Thursday we had a fun day! Class Cairdeas put on a Christmas party and we exchanged our Kriskindle presents! After this we went bowling! It was soooooo much fun!

                                            Now I'm on Christmas Holidays(Whooop)
Over and Out,
Corrie

The song for our piece of the fashion show: