Today all TYs went to Trinity College for an hour to a science exhibition set by Intel. It displayed all new and future like technology, It was very interesting. They showed us the lightest notebook (laptop) on the market, it was amazing. They also showed us a video game which you can play with just a piece of paper and many other cool stuff however my favourite was the programmed robot they had on display. He was able to dance, carrying out tai chi, walk along side a person, speak to you and the one i thought was the best was him being able to get himself back up on his feet when he was thrown down. I have a video of it above for yous all to see :) As if that wasn't good enough, they also laid out food, tea, coffee and water for us all to help ourselves too. I had a brilliant day and I really appreciate the teachers bringing us and Intel for allowing us to attend. 

Scared to get into a car....

   On Monday the 21st we had a talk from Pat McNeely about the importance in road safety, it was called "Drive for Life". He taught us about the dangers involved in drink driving, drug driving and fatigue (falling asleep behind the wheel). He showed us videos and pictures of the consequences and he showed us interviews with families who had lost children to crashes related to dangerous driving. It was really interesting and it really opened my eyes to the importance of wearing my seat belt at all times. Some of the clips and pictures he showed us were very sad and upsetting however he needed to get his message across and that is exactly what he did. We also got a chance to do a mock driver theory test, I can safely say I failed. Will definitely need to study before I attempt the real thing. I really enjoyed the day and I learnt a lot from it :) Thank Ms. L

and the Count down begins....t

 Next week is are final proper week of school :) Then we have TY night on Monday the 28th! I have mixed emotions about finishing school, I can't wait to be able to sleep more and not have as much projects to do however I am definitely going to miss all the girls in my class...and the other two classes of course! However, its not all fun and games, we do have exams coming up which I am nervous about. Yesterday I had my Spanish exam, it was so hard! Tomorrow I have an Irish test, which I am so nervous about and on Friday I have my maths test. I love maths so I feel more obliged to do well in that subject. Finally, my last exam is an oral in Irish which is next Tuesday,I am most nervous about this as Irish is my worst subject and I always get nervous when it comes to speaking aloud. Wish Me Luck :) I'll let you know how they go!

  On Wednesday the 9th of May, all TYs and a small group of 1st years attended Sci Fest competition in IT Tallaght. This is a science competition just like Young Scientist. I was in a group with Monique and Orla and our project was to test Milk and see which container keeps the milk freshest for longest. We prepared a poster, a power point and a folder to display all the work and experiments we carried out. I really enjoyed the day and I got a chance to look at all other projects. We were also able to attend different talks about science and I went to "Fighting Crime with Science" with Siofra's dad. This was all about different ways science is used at a crime scene. It was really interested and I really enjoyed it! My group and I didn't win anything however a good amount of people from our school got awarded :) I was really proud of them all. 

Hotel Rwanda

   Throughout the past few weeks, my class and I have been watching the movie 'Hotel Rwanda' which is about the genocide in Rwanda between the Hutus and the Tutsis! We have also watched the movie 'Sometimes in April' which is about the genocide too but it is viewed from a different perspective.
   We have been watching these movies as we are currently learning about conflict and how it can affect different people in different ways. I was shocked and upset after watching these movies because I had never heard about this genocide and how bad it was! I was amazed at how this conflict situation was allowed to happen and how nothing worthwhile seemed to have been done by the West to save the lives of all these Rwandans. Was it because they were African?
   What also upset me was the fact that it was Rwandans against Rwandans. They were all from the same country yet they were trying to destroy one another. During this genocide, the Hutus tried to 'get rid' of all the Tutsis or anyone related to a Tutsi! This really upset me. However it has really encouraged me to look into other cases of genocide and cases where peoples basic human rights aren't being met!
   For the next few religion classes we will be studying Conflict and so far it has been really interesting!

Sci Fest !!

   Good News! My science group got into SciFest :) Sci Fest is a science fair competition, just like Young Scientist where we all get to display our projects and experiments we have carried out. My group and I are investigating to see which type of milk container ( Carton or Plastic) keeps the milk freshest for longest! To do this, we are using Universal Indicator Paper and a Ph Probe to see which milk turns sour first. Therefore we can determine which container best preserves the milk!
   We better get working though because it's on the 9th of May and there's a lot of work to be done :)

First Year Sports Day :)

 On Tuesday the 27th of March, my base class Banba organised a Sports Day for the first years! We were chosen to organise it because we're brilliant, just kidding. We were chosen because Mr.Lawlor (the PE teacher ) is our tutor. We set out numerous activities to allow the first years to try them all out and find out which they enjoy and are good at, and also to encourage them to enter Santry.
 We had activities such as hurdles, high jump, javelin and much more!We were all put into groups of 2 or 3 and each had an activity to take care of. I was originally meant to help with calculating scores and announcing the winner but I ended up helping Siofra with the hurdles as her partner was out. We basically set up the hurdles and took times and winners! It was great fun plus the sun was shining! I was delighted to go home and see i got a tan! I just hope the first years had as much fun as I did! :)