Gaisce Hike at Kippure Estate!

So I'm just back from my Gaisce hike in kippure estate, Co.Wicklow. We hiked 25km over 2 days. It can be summed up into 2 words; exhausting and brilliant!!!! 

3 of our Teachers brought us to Wicklow on Friday after school, where we met up with our 3 instructors for the weekend. They were all so nice. We split up into 3 houses (I was in house 2) and lets just say, sleep was not a priority! But at least we had enough supplies....

I'd like to say a HUGE thank you to the three teachers, and the instructors at Kippure for a brilliant weekend and memories I'll never forget! 

Heres a quick video of some of the activities we got to try out after our hike :)

thanks,

bye,

xx

My New Geography Project (Part 2)

Last week I blogged about the Titanic. This week I picked what is in my opinion, the most obvious thing to be associated with the Titanic. Or should I say the most obvious person...

It's the one and only... LEONARDO DI CAPRIO!!!!!!! Who played the male lead in the film Titanic (1997).

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Here are 5 facts I learnt about Leo this week:

 - Born in Los Angles, California  

 - Date of birth: 11th Nov 1974

 - Only Child 

 - Leo is of Italian and German descent 

 - His Mother named him Leonardo after he first kicked while she was looking at a Leonardo DiVinci picture!

 I didn't think 1 picture was enough, so here is your 2nd picture source!

Here's a quick interview with the man himself!

 As Leonardo Di Caprio is from California I also did a bit of research on America.

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Here are 10 facts I learnt about America this week:

 

 - America is divided into 50 states. Alaska has the longest coastline in the United States

 - It has no official language although English is most commonly spoken

 - The only royal palace used by a monarch in the U.S. is located in Honolulu, Hawaii

 - It has the world's tallest mountain, Mauna Kea, Hawaii if measured from the sea floor. 

 - It's motto is: "In God we trust"

 - Population: 295,734,134 (July 2005 est.)

 - Largest State: Alaska

 - Smallest State: Rhode Islands

 - Capital: Washington, DC.

 - Louisiana has 2,482 islands, covering nearly 1.3 million acres.

My sources:

Facts on Leo
Facts on Leo
Facts on Leo 

Facts on America

Facts on America

Facts on America 

Any guesses on what I'll link Leo up with for next weeks post?

My New Geography Project (Part 1)

With the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic last week, I felt there was nothing better to start my new geography project on. 

5 Things I have learnt about the Titanic are: 

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 - It was built in the Harland and Wolff shipyard between 1909-1911 in Belfast, Ireland.

 - It tragicaly sunk on April 15th 1912 after hitting an iceberg. 

 - It carried 2,223 people.  

 - 1,514 people died when the Titanic sank. 

 - It was an Olympic Class ocean liner with the white star line.

10 Things I have learnt about Ireland are:

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 - Capital : Dublin

 - Population: 4,125,000

 - Language: English, Irish

 - Life Expectancy: 77

 - Literacy percent: 99

 - Longest River: River Shannon

 - Sunniest Town: Rosslare, Co. Wexford

 - Driest Place: Dublin city

 - Highest Altitude: Summit of Mt Carrantuohill, co. Kerry

 - Tallest waterfall: Powerscourt Falls, county Wicklow

My Sources:

 Facts on the Titanic

 Facts on Ireland

Okay so this week I decided to pick the Titanic, but who knows what I'll end up picking next week... :)

Thanks, 

bye,

xx

 

Swim a mile with a smile :)

Tomorrow the 20th of April the TY's from St.Wolstan's

Community School are headed for the National Aquatic Centre in Dublin for the annual Ian Daly Swim A Mile With A Smile

We can take part as part of a team or as individuals and the aim is to swim a  mile with a smile (64 lengths of a 25 metre pool!)

I'm going to try the mile on my own but it's fairly likely I'll have to give up due to a serious lack of fitness! :(

The aim of the swim is to raise money for Crumlin Children's Hospital and Barretstown. Both of these are extremely important in the care of any child with cancer and it's hugely important that we support them as much as we can.

Thanks for reading this,

Wish me luck!

bye

:)

xx

Explaining My New Geography Project :)

This term we have been given an interesting geography project. It's kind of hard to explain it so I'm hoping you will be able to see what I'm trying to do as the weeks go on. 

Each week I am going to write a blog about something that links up somehow or another to the week before. 

Because it's a geography project, I'm going to include some geographical facts about the country what ever I'm posting about is from/associated with. 

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I hope your still following me but if your not, It's because I haven't explained it well enough. Sorry.

My first blog is on the Titanic but I've decided to start it on a separate post so It's easier to read. This is just to let you know what I'm trying to do :)

thanks 

bye 

:)

A Trip to Glendalough!

Yesterday Class Eirú went on our retreat to Glendalough!

We were amazed at the beauty there and how peaceful it was. We saw many other people of all religions and countries who were also visiting. I met a Buddhist Nun who was very nice! (please read my blog post on The Dalai Lama if you haven't already) It was a fantastic day despite a bit of rain!

Here are some pictures I took so you can see for yourselves...

Thanks 

Bye 

:)