22nd November onwards ....

In geography on monday i was supposed to present my presentation but we didnt have time, so i'll be doing it on Thursday. In music we sang Winter Wonderland with Ms.T and it was really fun because she has a unusual voice but it's really good. I enjoyed doing music with her. In English we have a new script done thanks to O, and it's really good and it is alot more realistic now. In Religion we are doing the Waris Dirie book and it's very interesting because it's something that I've never been aware of before now. Today we also had double PE with David and Tom, i get so competitive and into the game, i find it really fun and can't wait for the tournament. In Science we were doing these experiments to show non metals and i found it difficult because so many different  chemicals were used but it was interesting.

School

On Tuesday we had double Tag Rugby and it's a really fun sport. There's a tournament coming up soon and some of the girls including myself have signed up for doing it. On Wednesday we had double dancing and it's kind of  cringey but it's fun to mess around as well. On Thursday we had double technology and we had to do our 5-page proposal for the F1 Car Competition. Not really sure if we'll get in but we tried anyways. On Friday in Home-Ec our teacher showed us this competition that's alot like Mini Company, Agri Aware wants us to come up with a new food product that will make things easier. We've also started our Mood boards so they should be done soon enough. It's really fun and doing the outfit was really fun. In English we sent off our script for the English Drama competition. In Science we were doing these Chemistry Equations. We had to balance out the equations among the elements I found them to be difficult at the start because it's something new and they looked really scary, except they're really fun to do.

State Laboratories

On Tuesday we all went to the State Laboratories up at Back Weston.  I found the trip to be very interesting and fun. Looking at the different bloods and bacteria was interesting. Although the Dairy Area did smell really bad. Everyone was very nice and pleasant so that was good as well. I was thinking and I could possibly see myself working in some area in the Laboratories. It was worth the trip to the place.

Mini Company

On Monday we all went to the Moat Theater  in Naas for our process in the mini-co. We all watched a 35 minute film on manners and such things. It helped a little! One of the members of our group had to talk and we discussed our product to everyone. Our product has been mad in D.I.T for free by one of the people. We just have to collect it now. On thursday in our double class we rang Kildare Enterprise again and one of the women found us a manufacturer so that is a bit of good news for us. We need to have all our things sorted, and be organised for the woman, Yvonne. So far our Mini Company is going well yet at the same time it's stressful when something doesnt turn out the way we want it too.

Work Experience

I finished my first work experience yesterday and I found it very fun. I went to Slim Slim Studio in the Health & Leisure Center in Clane. My supervisors were very welcoming and kind. Katy was my main supervisor but Peter thought me the massage techniques. While on my work experience I was on the Computer a lot, sending emails to various people, helping with the website design and sending text messages to clients and therapists and such things. I also was thought some Massage techniques for e.g. starting the massage at the lower back and finishing with the neck. Here is their website -> http://www.slimslimstudio.info/. At the moment they have great gift vouchers for Christmas and I helped design the page for it on the website.
All and all, I enjoyed my work experience

4th of November 2010

Next week we are doing our Work Experience and I'm going to a massage place in Clane called SlimSlimStudios. I am looking forward to doing the work experience because it will show me how life is like in the working world. It should be good fun. We are having a Work Experience Workshop tomorrow to help us with our experience. In Careers we are doing CV's. I find it really fun. Except it looks like I achieved nothing yet! I'm sure I will think of some achievements. In Technology we are entering the Formula 1 Competition and we've started our 5 page proposals. It's difficult because I've never done Technology and most of the terms used for the making of the car I've never heard of so it's a bit frustrating. My group and I in science did not get into the Young Scientist but we're still going into the sci fest, next year sometime. That should be fun. We're going to leave our experiments for a little while before getting back into them.

History & Spanish

In History we've been assigned our Christmas Project and this is what we'll be marked on for Christmas rather than a sit down test. We have to choose a place of historical significance that we'd like to research and look at it under certain headings. Another option that we can do is a Family Tree. I'm not sure which place I will choose to do but The Famine is something that is quite interesting and would be fun to learn about.

Another project we are doing is in Spanish, it is just a presentation with about fifteen slides and we're going to be marked on presentation, spanish used, skills etc. We get to choose from a list to do our presentation on, some examples would be Spanish Football, Spanish Food, etc. I think I'm going to do Spanish Painters as last year for Art a Spanish Painter Salvador Dalí was incorporated into my project.

Geography

In Geography we have our fact file completed for our two countries, well some of us do anyway! We've moved onto doing our presentations, that are to be presented throughout December. My country which i chose to present is Kenya. I chose this country because my brother went there with a volunteer organisation for a month and thought the children basic English and while there visited many places. So when he came back it made me really want to visit Kenya. Kenya is an amazing place and is home to many incredible animals. I'm looking forward to doing my presentation because pictures are to take up the majority of the presentation so that will be really fun picking out the pictures to use and stuff.