Mini Company Competition...

This week, on my birthday, we had the Mini Company competition. This meant that we had to set up a display are in the hall with everyone else, showcasing our product and our information and advertising to go with it. Our mini company id DIY Dye and we are selling kits to dip dye and stud your own shorts On our display area we had posters, our name, balloons, my laptop with a slideshow and our product with the variation of studs and dyes you can get. We also had to make a presentation in front of the judges, which we thought went very well. The judges seemed very interested in our product and liked it, but unfortunately we didn't get through to the next round, but we did get the best business report award! We were happy with that and it was a good day overall.

Young Scientist....

Last week we went to the BT Young Scientist Expedition in the RDS for the day. It showcased experiments and organisation from all over Ireland. I really enjoyed reading about all of the experiments and participating in some of the practical ones. I thought the the Trinity college booth had the best practical experiment as it showed us through an infer ed camera, which shows how hot you are. We put ice on parts of our face to show how it changes through the camera. Overall it was a very good day, learning new things and meeting new people.

Exams and Bowling Time!

We had our Christmas exams this week which wasn't very exciting ,but we were very excited for what was happening when they were finished. In the Tuesday we came into school in our own clothes and had a Christmas party. After that we went bowling in Newbridge and then to Whitewater Shopping Centre for lunch. We all enjoyed this and had a brilliant day. It was a really good end to our first term of TY!

Development Workshops...

We had 3 development worships this week. They were about the Millennium Development Goals, organisations that help the third world and Fair trade. These workshops went in for the whole day and we took part in debates, discussions and overall it was a very informative day.