The last day of my first term in TY! :)

Since we finished our exams yesterday we go to have a treat today.We had a party in the library which was hosted by the other class and went bowling afterwards.
At our party we had sweets and drinks and sang Christmas songs.We also got our Kris Kindle presents from Santa!after we got our pressies we did the chacha slide and did a limbo contest.
After our party we all got on the bus and went bowling.It was really fun and I came 6th in my lane!!(there was only 6 people per lane)After an hour of bowling we went to the shopping centre for something to eat and then got back on the bus and made it home for ten to three.
Ive really enjoyed my first term in Ty and I'm really looking forward to after Christmas to start some new projects.After a long tiring term now we finally get to enjoy our Christmas holidays at last!

Ballet

On Friday we went on a trip to see The Nutcracker Suit and A Christmas Tale ballet show.It wasn't  like anything I expected.I found the first half of the show a bit boring because it was really random.One minute there was people dressed in white the next minute they were genies.It was really weird;but I really enjoyed the part after the interval because there was a story to follow.Even though there was no talking I understood the story by the music that was playing.After the ballet everyone was really tired and we got on the bus and went home.

Junk Kouture Finished at Last :)

In art class today we found out who came first and second in each class for the junk kouture fashion show!And guess what!? My team came second!!I wasn't really expecting to come first and second because the outfits in our class were really good and I was so sure another team was going to come second.I guessed who would come first before we found out and I was right.The girls who made their outfit out of crisp packets came first and since the project is over we had a small party in Art.We watched the movie 'Wild Child' and ate sweets.After Christmas in Art we are going to start a new project which I am looking forward to because art is my favourite subject!

Now that we are done making our Junk Kouture we are all entering the Junk Kouture Competition for all of Ireland!I have already entered my teams outfit and now all we have to do is wait until February 15th to find out if we have gotten through!

Cookery!

Today we had our very fist cookery class.We made Swiss roll and I must say it didn't go as bad as I thought it would.Since some people in the class had done junior cert home ec and others hadn't we had to team up with someone who hadn't.Since I did home ec I had to team up with someone who hadn't.
We had a few mishaps but in the end our Swiss roll wasn't too bad.Firstly we had to collect our equipment;even tough I did home ec for 3 years it had been so long since I cooked in the school kitchens I couldn't remember where anything was.Our first mistake was using the wrong amount of sugar;then we didn't have a mixer so we had to go into the other kitchen to barrow one and finally we used way too much coco powder.When we were rolling the Swiss roll i thought it wasn't going to work;but it did!
I cant wait to start baking harder things because I made Swiss roll in first year so it was a bit easy for me!

The Fashion Show!

Today we had our junk kouture fashion show!Every TY student took part by modelling,describing or making the outfit.After break we all went into our home ec rooms to get our models ready.We did their hair and make-up and they got into their outfits;then we all went down to the hall.All the girls who were modelling stood in a line and walked up the hall one by one.When the models were walking someone in their group described the outfit being modelled;this was my job so I talked about how we made our outfit.It was really interesting to see what the other classes used to make their outfits;some people used magazines while others used crisp packets.

Tomorrow we are going to find out who came first in each class;I'd say it was really hard for the judges just to pick one winner in each class because there was so many really nice designs.Since we aren't doing junk kouture in home ec anymore we are starting cooking;which I'm really looking forward to but I really cant wait until after Christmas because we are going to be making teddy bears!

Heres a photo of a few of the girls in the fashion show!

Deadlines and suprises!!

Since its coming up to the Christmas holidays at lot of deadlines are coming up,and a lot of people are getting stressed because we have so much projects due in the next two weeks!Our geography trip around the world project is due,and we are also doing presentations on individual countries so they are also due in geography.In Spanish we are having Spanish orals and in home ec and art our junk kouture project is due on Friday!!As well as all that we also have our mini company's to worry about;my team 'snapshot frames' are starting to sell this week so we have to get posters up around the school.We also have an English personal writing essay due next week too!I'm writing a short story and I'm almost done so i think it will be done in time.
Since everyone has been working really hard this term our TY coordinator Mrs. L is bring us bowling on the 20th after our Christmas exams!And as well as that we are going to see a a ballet show next Friday and on Monday we are having a fashion show!And since our first work experience placement is over we are in school next Wednesday so we have workshops all day!
The next two weeks before the holidays are going to be very busy in my year;but I'm looking forward to all the exciting things we will be doing -except maybe my Irish Christmas exam!