This week in T.Y. hasn't been as busy as usual, which is very strange and uncommon haha. It was a welcome change though as we are always on the go. This week our T.Y pictures were taken, and like the past three years I think, I missed it...so I had to have it done today, looking all tired and bedragled after just getting back from Newbridge.
Why were we in Newbridge? Well we had a meeting with a member of the Enterprise Board about the progress of our business mini-companies. It was held in the Odean cinema there. We learned how to be successful in business by being polite and listening, along with being an assertive communicator. We learned about aggressive, passive, and passive aggressive people also, the way we should handle certain situations in business also. It was very helpful as we are all working in teams.
We then got to go to the White Water shopping centre food court, this was great because after the long bus ride and delays of the morning, we all appreciated something hot :) it was, naturally, freezing.
For me, it has been a good T.Y week as I got my Junk Kouture project finished which will now allow me to focus more on other aspects of other projects. Over the next few weeks it will get pretty hectic with projects, Junk Kouture fashion shows and deadlines, and the final work experience of 2012 ....
Wish us luck haha :)
Friday 30 November 2012
Friday 23 November 2012
A T.Y. Update :)
I know I haven't posted in a while but I didn't have much to write about up until today :)
The past few weeks that I haven't been updating for have been very busy, we have had lots of projects and deadlines to meet, so we were all running around like headless chickens to be honest ha ha.
Once we got our biggest projects out of the way, we could go back to less stressful few weeks in T.Y. We have all still been working super hard on our Junk Kouture over the past few weeks, many of us are coming close to finishing, the group I am part of is actually just a few blobs of glue away from being done.
Then we were all very busy with our entries for the F1 in schools national competition, which we are doing in our Technology class.
Along with these projects we have had History and Geography to be working on, along with an English mood board (which was super fun) and a life journey through images. quotes and songs.
This week alone has been great. On Tuesday we were given the chance to take time out in our English class and go to the library (the newly stocked and fantastic library should I say). We were allowed to select any book of our choice and read for the class. This was a really great way of getting people to sign up for the library, simply because, if you picked and book and started to read it, and loved it, you would want to become a member so you could keep it (for three weeks) to read it. I got a great book and I am loving being part of the schools library :)
In maths as part of doing our cryptography, we have been watching the film "National Treasure" which is really interesting and also a nice change from the usual maths theory we have been doing. On Thursday the T.Y.s were all invited to attend a talk in the library by one of our teachers here at school, on The Simon Community and her work with them, and what they are all about. This was so interesting and I found it really inspiring the work that the organisation does to help the homeless, and also, the work that this particular teacher did completely voluntarily.It was really insightful and uplifting to know that there are options and help for those in need.
So that's what has been going on over the past few weeks, I promise not to leave such a big gap between posts again (swear) ha ha :)
The past few weeks that I haven't been updating for have been very busy, we have had lots of projects and deadlines to meet, so we were all running around like headless chickens to be honest ha ha.
Once we got our biggest projects out of the way, we could go back to less stressful few weeks in T.Y. We have all still been working super hard on our Junk Kouture over the past few weeks, many of us are coming close to finishing, the group I am part of is actually just a few blobs of glue away from being done.
Then we were all very busy with our entries for the F1 in schools national competition, which we are doing in our Technology class.
Along with these projects we have had History and Geography to be working on, along with an English mood board (which was super fun) and a life journey through images. quotes and songs.
This week alone has been great. On Tuesday we were given the chance to take time out in our English class and go to the library (the newly stocked and fantastic library should I say). We were allowed to select any book of our choice and read for the class. This was a really great way of getting people to sign up for the library, simply because, if you picked and book and started to read it, and loved it, you would want to become a member so you could keep it (for three weeks) to read it. I got a great book and I am loving being part of the schools library :)
In maths as part of doing our cryptography, we have been watching the film "National Treasure" which is really interesting and also a nice change from the usual maths theory we have been doing. On Thursday the T.Y.s were all invited to attend a talk in the library by one of our teachers here at school, on The Simon Community and her work with them, and what they are all about. This was so interesting and I found it really inspiring the work that the organisation does to help the homeless, and also, the work that this particular teacher did completely voluntarily.It was really insightful and uplifting to know that there are options and help for those in need.
So that's what has been going on over the past few weeks, I promise not to leave such a big gap between posts again (swear) ha ha :)
Friday 9 November 2012
The Names Bond.James Bond.
This week in TY has been absolutely mad...the week was going just as any other would, classes, projects....but then, Thursday came around. We were all excited to be getting a change of scenery and going on the bus to Naas for a talk on our mini-company entries. We had all piled into the cinema where it was to take place, and got seated. Forty minutes had passed and we all thought it very odd that the meeting hadn't started yet.
We were then giving the very sad news that the woman who was to give us the workshop was very ill and unable to attend. (we all hope she gets better very very soon x).
We all thought we were going to be taken back to the bus and that we would have to go back to our normal Thursday classes. Then, it happened. We were told instead of going back to school, we were going to get to watch Skyfall. Yes, the brand new Bond film. A cheer erupted in the cinema and with good reason..
The film was incredible and the atmosphere was electric. The movie was one of the best I have ever seen and everyone seemed to think pretty much the same thing too. We thought that the day couldn't possibly get any better, we were wrong. Turns out TY is full of lovely surprises.
When we left the cinema we were each given a bag with popcorn, jellies, Sprite and a Madagascar 3 cup in it. Needless to say this had everyone leaving the cinema in a fantastic mood :)
Alot of unexpected things happen in TY....I absolutely love that about this year :)
We were then giving the very sad news that the woman who was to give us the workshop was very ill and unable to attend. (we all hope she gets better very very soon x).
We all thought we were going to be taken back to the bus and that we would have to go back to our normal Thursday classes. Then, it happened. We were told instead of going back to school, we were going to get to watch Skyfall. Yes, the brand new Bond film. A cheer erupted in the cinema and with good reason..
The film was incredible and the atmosphere was electric. The movie was one of the best I have ever seen and everyone seemed to think pretty much the same thing too. We thought that the day couldn't possibly get any better, we were wrong. Turns out TY is full of lovely surprises.
When we left the cinema we were each given a bag with popcorn, jellies, Sprite and a Madagascar 3 cup in it. Needless to say this had everyone leaving the cinema in a fantastic mood :)
Alot of unexpected things happen in TY....I absolutely love that about this year :)
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