Thursday 13 December 2012

Development Workshops!

Yesterday was our first Wednesday free after our first work experience. We had three workshops on development education. Speakers from Trocaire, Concern and Self Help Africa came to do workshops with us about their charity.
   It was really interesting to learn what the different charities do in many countries around the world. We learned how Trocaire help about 26 countries around the world. The speaker from Concern talked to us about sources and debating. We did speed debating where we had to have a debate really quickly.
   The speaker from Self Help Africa talked to us about fair trade and about how the lifestyles of people in the First World are at the expense of the people of the Third World. We learned that it take 1000 litres of water to make one cotton t-shirt!
   We learned loads and the workshops definitely made us think and had an effect on us. We really enjoyed the day and I think all of us are going to be more aware when buying products, to see where they have come from.

Monday 10 December 2012

Fashion Show!

Today we had our Junk Kouture fashion show in school. All groups had to be done there outfits by today and the models had to wear and present the outfits on the catwalk in front of the year and the school judges.
We only had fifteen minutes to get the models ready. We had to do their hair and make up and then we all made our way down to the hall where the fashion show was held.
   Everyone had a specific song to go with their dress and theme. Our song was Pablo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead. We chose this song because it was an up beat dance song that was fun.
   Our Junk Kouture experience is finished and we are relieved that the stress is gone but we enjoyed the experience so much!


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Thursday 6 December 2012

Cryptography....

In maths we are doing cryptography. This means we can cipher and decipher messages that are mixed up or in codes. We watched the movie "National Treasure" which is all about deciphering clues and codes.
   It is really interesting learning about all of this and there is a lot more involved than we first thought. There is a lot of different ways to decipher a code and we have to learn about a lot of them. It is fun to do something in maths outside of the curriculum and something new and fun!

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Monday 3 December 2012

Mo Thaithí Oibre

Roghaíonn líon áirithe daltaí in Éirinn tabhairt faoin idirbhliain bhreise sin go leor cúiseanna éagsúla. Creideann roinnt daltaí gur deis í an bhliain seo éalú ó chóras na scrúduithe agus úsáid a bhaint as tallain atá acu a chuirtear faoi chois go minic toisc brú ó scrúduithe stáit.
    Toisc go mbíonn béim mhór ar thionscnaimh san idirbhliain forbraítear scileanna sóisialtaagus idir phearsana agus is cinnte gur scileanna fíorthábhachtacha iad sin.
   Bíonn deis ag daltaí freisin láithí oibre a dhéanamh agus is mór an buntáiste seo do chuid mhaith scolaírí.
   Tá mé ag obair i Músaem Náisiúnta na hEireann. Bíonn orm an leagan amach a dheanamh do na taispeantaisí. Oibrím sa stiúideo deareadh sa músaem. Is aoibhinn liom mo thaithí oibre. Oibrím ar an ríomhaire agus deanaim an leagan amach.
    Oibríonn triúr duine eile in éineacht liom. Is daoine an-deas iad. Tosaíonn mé ag obair ar a deich a chlog. Críochnaíonn mé ar leathuair tar éis a ceathair.
   Is aoibhinn liom mo phost. Is breá liom ag obair i Músaem Náisiúnta na h Eireann mar tá sé an suimúil.
  Ní mhaith liom ag obair i stuideo dearcadh sa todhchaí mar níl bua na h-ealaíne agam.

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