A picture paints a thousand words

Part of our October Challenge is to write a sentence using only pictures...see if you can figure it out!












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So many projects..

This has been such a busy week! The projects are piling up...

Seeing as this week is Maths Week, we've started a maths project in class. Our group is doing Careers in Maths, and we're making a tree to display in one of the corridors. The different careers and branches of maths will be 'hanging' on the branches. The other groups are doing Maths Eye and college courses in Maths.

We are writing scripts in English to enter into the Briory Gap competition in November. Our group (Me, Allana, Michaela, Molly and Serena) are writing a script about a girl who meets her sister in a cafe after ten years of them being apart. While they're talking and catching up with each other, she reveals to her sister that she's gay. The story will follow her journey and experiences over the last ten years of her life, and also her sister's journey as she struggles to come to terms with the fact. Deep, right?

In Geography, our class is doing a project on the EU and each person is taking a country. I'm doing Portugal, which is handy as I went there in the summer.



Our Young Scientist Project is going really well. It's called 'The Ideal Conditions for Learning'. We plan to go out to primary schools in the area and read some stories to their First Class. We would change the conditions in the classroom each time. By doing this we hope to find out the best environment for students to learn in. We're really excited about this and are contacting schools and educational psychologists to get their opinions We have also surveyed teachers and students in St Wolstans asking them what they'd expect the outcome to be.

The project that will probably take up the most time is our Mini Company. Since the last time I blogged about this, our group is a lot clearer about what they want to do. Our company is called Seem (Serena, Emma, Emily and Michaela) and we make jewellery and accessories out of recycled beads, buttons, leather and other materials. We're having a meeting to begin making our products today, and we have some really good ideas to work with.



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Fun Walk, Work Experience and Mini Company Ideas

This week ( and a half) was probably the least hectic we've had since we began TY. Last Thursday we had our annual Fun Walk. TY's colour was yellow, and everyone came in dressed up and ready to go on the day. Our class (Class Belle) had a bit of an advantage, as Belle's dress is yellow, so that was the main theme of our dance. We of course got our tutor Mr Lawlor to dress up as Belle, and Sinead dressed up as the Beast. Sadly, we didn't win, and the prize went to Class Aurora. Still, we had loads of fun participating in the walk around Celbridge and were tired out by the end of the day.

On Wednesday, I went for my third work experience at Celbridge Library. This was my second last day there, as I will be going to KnB Music in Maynooth on the 22nd of October. It was a busy day and a little frustrating, because the list of new books I was going to order in had been lost as the wifi was broken. We ended up making a new list, and removing some of the old books from the shelves instead. In the afternoon, we helped the borrowers find specific books and shelved and packaged school sets. Next week, we'll be calling schools and arranging to go in and read to the kids. I'm really looking forward to it.

For a few weeks now, we've been thinking about our Mini Company idea. The girls in our group (Michaela, Emma, Serena and me) have decided to make jewellery and hair accessories using recycled items : old beads, wire and leather. I've made a few necklaces already and we are designing more. Now, we have to do some market research and start to buy materials like thread and cord in bulk. 

Also, on Wednesday, my Guide Dog puppy Umber finished her year with us and left to complete her training in Cork. There were many tears and we all miss her loads, but it helps knowing she will be improving a blind person's life and enabling them to do things they wouldn't be able to do otherwise.

                                ^ Umber when she was three months old^