Walking in the Wicklow Mountains

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 On Friday the 27th of April some of TY is taking part in the Presidental Gaisce Award! It is the country's most prestigious and respected Award Programe. Basically, you can get three medals; Bronze, Silver and Bronze. I am taking part in the Bronze Award. I had to start or continue on with three activities. One that was to do with sport, another was a personal skill and finally something to help the community!You have to do 13 weeks in the three activities and an extra 13 in one of your choice. For my sport's activity I continued with my swimming as i am a member of Clondalkin Leisure Centre.For my personal skill I started something completely new which was piano. I am in love with playing piano now and im so glad I started it! For my community involvement skill I supervised the Homework Club in school.

 This Friday is the final part of our Gaisce, the hike. We are going to Kippure Estate in the Wicklow Mountains. It will be great fun and to learn more about the Gaisce Award check out http://www.gaisce.ie/ That's all for now....

The Cruelty in Conflict

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Over the past few weeks in Religion we have been learning about conflict particularly in an African country called Rwanda. The conflict occurred between the Hutus and the Tutsis. An estimated 800,000 Rwandan's we killed during this mass genocide in 1994.

We watched two movies about this conflict:
1. Sometimes in April
2. Hotel Rwanda

Both of these movies were very emotional to watch. Thousands of people were murdered just because they were a Hutu or a Tutsi. I preferred Hotel Rwanda because I thought it was easier to understand and I liked the characters better. My favourite character was Paul. He cared for so many people and always had a moral courage.

The Hutu interhamwah called the Tutsis cockroaches and said they all had to be extinguished.The interhamwah used machetes to kill most Tutsis. The conflict all began when Tutsi rebels bombed down the Hutu Presidents plane. This conflict was horribly cruel because thousands were brutally killed.

I found both movies very sad to watch and I was very angry to know how little help the Rwandans got from the rest of the world. I would like to go visit Rwanda in the future because I would be interested in seeing how the country has improved in more recent years.

Hotel Rwanda




Sometimes in April

Smiling and Swimming

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On Friday the 20th of April all of TY is taking part in a charity event called Swim a Mile with a Smile! I cant wait for it! It is an event to raise funds for Crumlin Children's Hospital and Barretstown camp for seriously ill children.

We are going to the National Aquatic Centre to do the swim. I am hoping to swim half a mile but I don't think I could manage the full mile on my own.

Make sure to check out http://swimamile.webnode.com/ to find out all about the swim!

Jack Black VS Florence and the Machine

So shake him off oh woah...

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Last night was the music night! All of class Banba performed Shake it out by Florence and the Machine. We had been practising this since Christmas so I hope we did a good job. I really enjoyed the music night because everyone was so excited and we also got to watch School of Rock while we were waiting to perform.

We also had a final rehearsal yesterday in the hall which went well but I think that the final performance was much better. The music night took place started at 7.30 and we were in the second half.

Also for the next two weeks it Easter! It will be nice to have a long break.

Make sure to check out http://florenceandthemachine.net/ for everything you want to know about Florence and the Machine.

That's all for now....

For the First Years....

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Yesterday all of my class Banba hosted a sports day for the first years. It included events like, the high jump, the javelin, the sprints, the relay, the 600m run, the discus and many more! Everyone one in our class got the opportunity to plan an event. Myself and Sally were in charge of the Sprints.

We had to organise all of the first years into heats and then lay out of all of the cones. As well as giving our results to the judges. It may not sound like alot of work but it was. Fortunately, it was a beautiful and sunny day. The first years were competing to what class was the sportiest. The classes are Saphire, Pearl, Ruby, Amber and Emerald. Class Pearl won by getting the most points.

Make sure to check out all of the pictures at http://www.stwolstans.ie/

That's all for now....

Not a doss year

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Today I realised that I have alot of upcoming projects due for the next few months. So far we have to do a statistics project in maths. We have to compare surveys from 20 first years and 20 sixth years. We are comparing scary movies between the two groups.

Today, I was given a home ec. project. We have to design our dream room and include colour, texture and pattern. We also have a history project which is the one I am most looking forward to doing. We can pick any historical topic we want and have to do a report on it.

Whoever came up with that TY is a doss year is lying!
That's it for now....