English class adventures

On the 8th of October (the day after I got my braces off yay!)  we went to Dublin on an English trip. We split into two groups and my group went to the WW1 exhibition first.  I love history so I was excited. We went around the museum and looked at primary sources from the war such as letters. I spoke to the speaker and he told me about some information about the factory workers and where they lived. We then went to the national library to see the W.B Yeats exhibition. We were shown all of W.B Yeats early poetry and we learnt about his family life.
After going to both exhibitions we were given an hour to go around Grafton Street.   I went to McDonald's (who doesn't love their food? Big mac= happiness) We met up after I went to Starbucks (gasp!) and we all listened to a band busking on the street. It was really fun because we were all singing, dancing and cheering really loudly.
We also met the president!!! (There is a picture below)

Of course I had to get Starbucks. It's PSL season!

                                This is my mini squad, they're kinda cool.

WE MET THE PRESIDENT (I'm the one who looks like a lunatic in the back)

History Trip!!

             

For our history we didn't travel very far as we live in a historical village. We went to Castletown and were brought on a tour around the house. Most of us could have given the tour ourselves because we had been there all of our lives! We took photos of Mr Connolly's statue and we learnt about the different owners of the house, Walking back down the avenue was beautiful because it was the end of Autumn so the leaves we falling off the trees and it was cold so we were all wrapped up in our coats and scarves. This didn't last very long as it started to rain, typical Irish weather!

This is the avenue^

Here are some movie worthy stairs^

                                                   HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!

Anti-bullying Week

                             
                                           

One week every year my school focuses on promoting friendship and anti-bullying. The week is filled with lots of activities to help people who are being bullied. Each morning a quote about friendship is said during the announcements. There are posters around the school and at the end of the week we have a fun walk. The name sounds very cheesy but the day helps to form unity and friendships around the school. Each year has a color and we have to make a performance to perform in front of judges (usually the principal and teachers) and the whole school. The whole school gathered together in the tennis courts. It sounds intimidating to perform in front of the whole school (about 800 hundred people!!) but it helps to make everyone comfortable in the school environment, especially the first years and new people.

This colors for each year are:

FIRST YEAR:     Pink 

SECOND YEAR:  Purple

THIRD YEAR:  Green

TY(ME!):    Yellow

FIFTH YEAR:   Blue 

SIXTH YEAR:   Black and White