Halloween!

Today we had our annual dress up day in school!Each year had a special theme and they had to dress up to match their theme.1st years were withces,2nd years were pirates,3rd years were heros and villans,TYs were zombies,5th years were scary clowns and the 6th years theme was Harry Potter.

At lunch we had a fashion show and five girls from each year took part.Two girs from each year won a prize for best dressed.Two girls from my class won in TY!

My class really got into dressing up this year;usually no one really trys but not in TY! We even made this video of us in the school!

Monday and Tuesday!

On Monday in technology we got into groups to start our formula one project.We will be making a car to enter into the competition in the next few classes.I cant wait to get started but I no its going to be lots of work which is a bad thing since we have so many projects at the moment;but I'm going to give it my all anyway even if I'm tired from all the other projects.
In PE we did orienteering!It was really fun even though my team didn't win.After mid-term we are going to be doing a different type of orienteering and hopefully ill win that.
In science we presented our projects!My group did a project on a famous scientist,named Dmitri Mendeleev.He wrote the first periodic table and it was really interesting to read about him.
Today in religion we saw presentations about the millennium development goals and started brainstorming for a drama.Our religion teacher is helping us make up a drama about the millennium development goals so we can enter a drama competition.
Today we also had two class were we worked on our junk koture projects!The projects are really coming together now and we only have five weeks left after mid-term to finish them!Then during the first week in December we will be having our school fashion show.We still have a lot of work to do but I'm sure we will get it finished in time!
Today we also had another debate in english.It was really fun to watch because everyone in the class had questions and got really involved in the motion.Today we also got reminded that our presentation on film studies is due on friday!I've had mine done for a whie now but a few people are only starting!We had to do a powerpoint about the differnt camera angles,camera shots,lighting and music in our favourite film;I did mine on the first Harry Potter because when I started the project I had just finished reading the book!

Spanish

This year in Spanish class we have been watching a Spanish movie called 'El Bola' (which means 'The pellet).Every Thursday since the start of the year we have been watching it in class,and this week we finished the movie.It was a very realistic movie;nothing like what I usually watch.It is about a boy named Pablo (his nickname is Bola) who lives in Madrid with his mother,father and grandmother.Its a sad movie because the Pablos father abuses him.Pablo has no friends but a new boy,called Alfredo,comes to his school and they quickly become friends by bonding in a theme park.Alferdo begins to suspect that pablo is getting hurt at home but I'm not going to give away the ending;but its a really good movie even if you don't understand Spanish theres English subtitles so I would definitely recommend you watch it.

Spanish class in transition year is very different from 3rd year.This year I have a new teacher and even tough everyone says TYs a waste of a year its not;in spanish we have learnt loads of new things.We did mini projects on our favourite films on the computer and printed them out.Now they are in the spanish room on the back wall.ANd we revised some things from last year like how to talk about ourselves and families.

Next week our spanish teacer said that we are going to be learning how to talk about music in spanish.

English Debates

In English this week we had our first class debate.The motion was "School uniforms should be banned.",and the proposing team won.

The class got divided into three groups and in each group there is an opposing and proposing team.My groups debate is on next week on Monday and I am on the opposing team.Our motion is "homework serves no useful function".I am the second speaker for my team.In class on Tuesday my team wrote our speeches so we are ready to debate on Monday.I have never done a debate before but I am looking forward to doing it.

Maths Week

This week is maths week!Since its maths week our maths class decided to do a maths project on a famous mathematician.I did my project on Isaac Newton.I never did a maths project before and I taught it might be hard but it wasn't.I found loads of information on the Internet and got a picture of Isaac Newton on google images.
I don't understand a lot of the things Newton discovered because its very complicated maths;for example he discovered a lot of things about theorems and we only did a few of them last year for out Junior Certificate.I enjoyed doing the maths project and I learnt a lot by doing it.In class a few people presented their projects so now I know a few more famous mathematicians.

Junk Koture

In home economic class all the TYs have been working hard on their Junk Koture projects.For our project we have to make an outfit out of recycled materials;my group decided to use old CDs,wires,music sheets and tapes.
We decided to make a dress and accessories.The base of our dress is made of chicken wire then we covered the top with newspaper and sheets of music;to make it tie in with our chosen theme which is music.This week we were focusing on the skirt of our dress.We found that it's really hard to make CDs stick together and onto cardboard;we ended up using double sided tape,which in my opinion is the coolest thing ever invented!Eventually we got the CDs stuck onto the dress in vertical stripes and we are going to use the insides of old tapes to fill in the gaps between the strips of CDs.
To make the top of our dress match the bottom we broke up CDs and stuck the on in a stripe and cut a Cd in half to make it look like a bow!Our dress is really coming together now.We only have six weeks left before our first fashion show so we have to work really hard to get everything done in time.
Next week we are going to try get the shoes done.We have on shoe painted black but we still have to decide on a design.

Mental Health Week

This week is mental health week so everyday in school during the morning announcements our principle reads out a positive quote to the school.I'm a very optimistic person so I love positive quotes!Here's a few of my favourite positive quotes!

A Mad Monday in Transition Year

Today in school I had a very busy day;I had technology in the morning followed by PE and a double science in the afternoon.
Today in technology we were working on our clocks.My clock is  purple and actually looks like a clock now.Today I drilled a hole in the centre of the clock and filed around the edges.Filing first thing on a Monday morning is not a very good idea;it takes so much effort and I wasreally tired so it was a good thing we had break before going into PE.
In PE we played bench ball-Red vs Blues.The game got very competitive and in the end my team (the reds)won.It was really fun and it ended six five to the reds!
Then in the afternoon I had double science;were we investigated the effects of concentration on reaction rate.We weren't in a lab so we didn't get to do an experiment but we got to watch our teacher do a demonstration and tell her what she had to do.After recording our results of the experiment we drew up a graph.When we were done our graph we got to do a word search!

Anti-Bulling Week

My last week in TY has been very busy.It was anti-bulling week and we also had our opening school mass.To finish anti bulling week we had our annual fun walk.This year since I'm in transition year my colour this year was yellow!On Friday the school was full of different colours;there were people in pink,purple,blue,yellow,green,black and white.
This year since I was yellow my class decided to dress up as bricks of Lego;the other TY students were bumble bees and the yellow pages phone book.My class danced to 'Hey Ya' by Outkast.On Friday afternoon the whole school went out to the tennis courts and did their dance routines.My class were not that bad but it could of went better.We watched all the dances and then headed out for the walk.

(some girls in my class as blocks of yellow lego)

My class being in transition year had a special job;we had to direct students on the walk to make sure everyone crossed the roads safely.
After the walk everyone went back to the tennis courts were we got a can of coke,7up or club orange and listened to music.Everyone had a great day and we got to go home a few minutes early.
Since it was anti-bulling week;in religion class we watched a video about cyber bulling and in english class we read some poems about friendship.
An important part of anti-bulling week is learning things like how to catch bullys;our TY Coordinator Mrs L. showed us all this video on how to stop cyber bulling:

On Thursday we had our school mass to open the school year;during the mass there was lovely music from the choir and orchestra.

Valcanoes in Science

On Monday in science class we made volcanoes.Before we made our volcanoes we had to learn some theory about acids and bases.I learnt that when you mix an acid and a base you create a salt and water.When making our volcanoes we got to wear white lab coats!
To make our volcanoes erupt we used baking soda and vinegar.To make the cone of our volcano we made dough using flour,water and green food colouring and covered a bottle with it.
When our volcano was ready we poured hot water and red food colouring into the bottle;then we added lots of baking soda and the vinegar.I didn't think it would work because anytime I try make a volcano at home it doesn't;but it did.

After we had cleaned up(which took a while because flour was everywhere) we made posters describing the reaction between the acid(the vinegar) and the base(the baking soda).It was a great science class and I can't wait until next week to see what experiment we do!

Our vocano didnt turn out as goos as this one but it was something like it!