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Thursday, 20 October 2011
' Juno and the Paaaaaycock ' (Dublin accent)
Thursday, 20th October 2011.
Week 9, wow the weeks really are flowing in aren't they.. Having said that, I am having the time of my life these past few weeks and I am so grateful for this opportunity.
Yesterday, the 19th of October, all TYs headed into Dublin city for the day. The trip was organised by Ms. G, Ms. B and Ms. C, the three TY English teachers. The first stop was the bog bodies. Oh my god it was incredible. We were looking at real dead bodies perserved from the past! It really was an eye-opening experience, slighty scary to look at but like i said, incredible.
Next up was the W.B. Yeats museum. This was a very benifical trip and well planned as W.B. Yeats is on our Leaving Cert English course. We were given a worksheet of questions to answer on Yeats himself. This was very helpful as we could only find the questions by looking at absolutely everything in the exhibition. I got the chance to read his works, and find out everything about his life. It was a well laid-out exhibition. I surprisingly really enjoyed it and found it extremely intersting.
The part i found most interesting was the fact that Yeats only got 69 % in English in school , can you believe it from a man like him?
We then went into the National Library which was next to the W.B. Yeats museum. It was quite small so things got a little crowed. Having said that, i learned alot about life in Ireland in the past from looking at old match programmes, diary entries etc. I also had the chance to look up my ancestors on the computer which was very exciting.
Our final trip was to the Abbey Theatre for the production of ' Juno and the Paycock' . It is based in Dublin during the 1920s, hence the '' dublin accent'' in my title. Reading the play, let's be honest, most of us couldn't really understand what was going on and found it rather boring. However, watching the two-hour long play, gave me an extremely better idea of the storyline. It was exciting, humerous yet sad all at the same time. The play shows us how different life was back then and how lucky we are compared too our ancestors. The actors and actresses really inspired me. They were so passionate about what they were doing and really got into their character. I didn't want to look away from the stage I was that into it. My favourite character was Johnny, and I think my fellow TY classmates will agree..
Overall, it was a very productive and memorable day of TY.
E.
Week 9, wow the weeks really are flowing in aren't they.. Having said that, I am having the time of my life these past few weeks and I am so grateful for this opportunity.
Yesterday, the 19th of October, all TYs headed into Dublin city for the day. The trip was organised by Ms. G, Ms. B and Ms. C, the three TY English teachers. The first stop was the bog bodies. Oh my god it was incredible. We were looking at real dead bodies perserved from the past! It really was an eye-opening experience, slighty scary to look at but like i said, incredible.
Next up was the W.B. Yeats museum. This was a very benifical trip and well planned as W.B. Yeats is on our Leaving Cert English course. We were given a worksheet of questions to answer on Yeats himself. This was very helpful as we could only find the questions by looking at absolutely everything in the exhibition. I got the chance to read his works, and find out everything about his life. It was a well laid-out exhibition. I surprisingly really enjoyed it and found it extremely intersting.
The part i found most interesting was the fact that Yeats only got 69 % in English in school , can you believe it from a man like him?
We then went into the National Library which was next to the W.B. Yeats museum. It was quite small so things got a little crowed. Having said that, i learned alot about life in Ireland in the past from looking at old match programmes, diary entries etc. I also had the chance to look up my ancestors on the computer which was very exciting.
Our final trip was to the Abbey Theatre for the production of ' Juno and the Paycock' . It is based in Dublin during the 1920s, hence the '' dublin accent'' in my title. Reading the play, let's be honest, most of us couldn't really understand what was going on and found it rather boring. However, watching the two-hour long play, gave me an extremely better idea of the storyline. It was exciting, humerous yet sad all at the same time. The play shows us how different life was back then and how lucky we are compared too our ancestors. The actors and actresses really inspired me. They were so passionate about what they were doing and really got into their character. I didn't want to look away from the stage I was that into it. My favourite character was Johnny, and I think my fellow TY classmates will agree..
Overall, it was a very productive and memorable day of TY.
E.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Para bailar La BANBA..
Thursday, October 13th 2011
Guess what? WE WON THE FUN WALK! We didn't have a crazy original dance or gymnastics like the other classes, but we included bullying , which was the theme of the fun walk. We included what they were asking for, therefore we won.Hats off to Eriu and Fodla, though, their dances were amazing. Delighted we won, and made Mr.L proud of us.
We had Mrs.B pushing Mr.L over, to show bullying.Mr L. called out for help screaming " BOB HELP ME!". We were all dressed as builders. We were trying to show that bullying CAN be fixed if we all help, which is why we sang the Bob the Builder theme tune " Bob the Builder, can we fix it? ". It was a great success, and i had so much fun.
I cannot imagine being in any of the other classes, oh how i love Banba.... FUN WALK WINNERS 2011
E.
Guess what? WE WON THE FUN WALK! We didn't have a crazy original dance or gymnastics like the other classes, but we included bullying , which was the theme of the fun walk. We included what they were asking for, therefore we won.Hats off to Eriu and Fodla, though, their dances were amazing. Delighted we won, and made Mr.L proud of us.
We had Mrs.B pushing Mr.L over, to show bullying.Mr L. called out for help screaming " BOB HELP ME!". We were all dressed as builders. We were trying to show that bullying CAN be fixed if we all help, which is why we sang the Bob the Builder theme tune " Bob the Builder, can we fix it? ". It was a great success, and i had so much fun.
I cannot imagine being in any of the other classes, oh how i love Banba.... FUN WALK WINNERS 2011
E.
Thursday, 6 October 2011
What's in store for yet another busy week of TY....
Thursday, 6th October 2011
TY is such a busy year... no exaggeration. We've been asked by Mrs.L to write a blog about basically what we're up to during the next week.
Roll on next week...
E.
TY is such a busy year... no exaggeration. We've been asked by Mrs.L to write a blog about basically what we're up to during the next week.
- The Fun Walk - that one day a year where we walk around Celbridge dressed up as different things, raising money for charity. We have to perform a dance as class Banba. We're doing Bob the Builder, real mature.. I love it though.
- Geography - i must work on my ' round the world trip' geography project which i am doing with Helen. I must do research on the project and write some of it up and print pictures.
- Home Ec. - In Home Ec. we are designing a dress from the 1700's. By next week we should have the whole thing put together,using bed sheets, jeans etc.
- Mini.Co. Workshop - Next Wednesday we are going on a trip to Newbridge for the Mini.Co. workshop. We have our idea ready which is a good start. Hopefully by the end of Wednesday we should have alot more imformation about what we plan to do.
- English Drama - In English class, we've been split into two groups of thirteen to write a play and perform it in a National Competition in Mullingar. We are basing our play on the tragic story of Phoebe Prince, who took her own life to bullying. It will hopefully give people a moving image of how serious bullying is.
Roll on next week...
E.
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