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

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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 

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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 

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Lá Glás

On Friday, we had our annual La Glás! Meaning we all dressed up and had a Chéile at Lunch!!!
It was so much fun. We had music in the hall, best costume competitions and lots of Dancing. Overall it was a day not to be missed :)

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I know I'm a couple of days late but...

Happy St.Patrick's Day!!!!

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Braveforce...

Today we also took the Braveforce Challange....

It could be described in 5 words:

1) Fun

2) Wet

3) Exciting

4) Freezing

5) Tough

It's safe to say we had a blast! 

Thank you to the teachers for organising the trip, It was brilliant!

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Internet Safety Talk

Today we had an Internet safety talk, which to say the least was frightening. The speaker we had was really good. I will defiantly take his advice seriously!

Here are some of his points that stood out the most for me:

1) Only add your REAL friends - people you talk to everyday, not someone you met once, or even not at all.

2) Put a sticker over your web camera when your not using it, just incase it gets hacked - no the little red light won't show up.

3) Be careful what you download!!!

4) If something happens, report it immediately! 

Even if your embarrassed over it because other wise it could get a lot worse.

5) Use different passwords for different accounts. (makes it harder to be hacked)

6)Just be careful when on the Internet in general, because you don't know who's out there.
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The Army!!!

Last week I went to the army on work experience in the Curragh, and I was so nervous...

That was until I arrived. I couldn't believe how nice everyone in the army was to us. 

There were 40 TY's including me, so we had a big group which, in my opinion was a good thing.

The briefings we got on all of the different corps and areas of the army were very interesting. 

We visited the MP (Military Police),  Medics, Engineers, CSSC (Combat Support Services College) and the Artillery corp just to name a few. 

We met soldiers that had returned from oversees missions in places like Chad and Lebanon. We heard first hand, what it was like to be oversees, which I realise is not something everyone gets to do. We also spoke with soldiers preparing to go oversees. They all seemed very excited to go. 

We met some Cadets which I found really interesting. They told us what becoming and being a Cadet involved. A lot. 

Going into the Army on Work Experience, I was armed only with what I had learnt from watching action movies. I have honestly learnt so much over my week that I never thought I'd get the opportunity to find out about. I also now feel that I am up to date on most of my abbreviations!

I'd like to thank The Irish Defence Forces for having me, Its truly been a week I'll never forget! 

 

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