Potato Gun whaaaaaat?

Last Monday our science teachers took us to Tallaght I.T. We left the school at 10.40. We then headed on our way..

The talk was amazing and wasnt boring at all!! We had such a good day! We learnt all about air and the atmosphere. It was such an amazing experience. I'm so glad I got to go.

For lunch we got to go to Liffey Valley. It was really nice of the teachers to bring us. We were there for around 2 hours. I go Mac Donalds and STARBUCKS!<3

Happy meal yah!

Choc Frap = Life

We then went for a little shopping and had a look at loads of clothes and things wooo!

All in all the day was great..

Open Day means free cupcakes! ;)

We had our annual open day to give our incoming 1st years a taste of what St Wolstans life is like.

I was asked to come in and represent the basketball after school activity it was so much fun!

I got to talk to parents and students about basketball. They were all so sweet and we met some future Wolstans Basketball player :) 

Aoifs and Meeee

We also got some free buns which the home ec room were making yummmm!

The day was great and we had a blast and a giggle!

Why So Serious?

So on the 25th of October, we had a dress up day. All the years are given a different theme...

First Year-Witches

Second Year-Zombies

Third Year-Vampires&Werewolves 

Ty-Villians

Fifth Year-Circus 

Sixth Year- Harry Potter

I got up at 6:30 to prepare my outfit. I was going to be 'The Joker' from 'Batman'. I was so excited, my mum had bought me a Joker kit so i had the hair, the scars. I wore my grand daddy's suit and made a waist coat out of my old curtains, I had joker converse, my brothers tie and his shirt.

Me as 'The Joker'

I also got interviewed by Ty News. I got entered in the parade but unfortunately I didn't win. I had so much fun and the day was a great success.

My Class

Weird Friends...

Even Weirder..

I will ALWAYS wear my seat belt in the car!

We recently had a talk on  Road Safety. And holy cow it was the scariest talk of my life! The videos were so vivid and terrified me. In a way the day was really good because I didnt really think about the effect a small things can have in a car. A thing as small as sending a small short text in the car can kill someone or cause a crash! He talked to us about all the road safety and how one small thing can save a life. We also had a theory test and i got 34 and the passing number was 35. All in all I learnt a lot.

We were at Patrick Pearse's house!=)

A trip to NAAS!!

On the 20th of September, our whole year headed off to Naas on a double decker bus. We were going to a talk on Mini Company. When we arrived our teachers hadn't warned us there'd be other schools...with boys!! :O

She gave us great tips on how simple ideas are the best and to try be inventive. We had a great laugh and great fun coming up with ideas for pens and paper clips. Some ideas even inspired peoples ideas the had already. 

We the were allowed go to Mc Donalds yaaaaaay! yum yum yum and then we got the bus back to the school and we were in time for a few classes:( it was great though. I learned so much!! 

The Wheels on The buss...

Mc Donalds<3

Laughter Yoga HAHAHA

So on the 18th of September the day after Carlingford we had more workshops. We were all so tired and I had a cold and felt horrible. I still went into school because I didn't want to miss the experience.

Our first workshop was the massage again. This time it was head massage. It was so relaxing, I felt great after it. It was so cool the way we learned how to take headaches away and how to help someone relax...I showed my sister the other day to help get rid of her headache and she it worked!! It was great experience!

Our second workshop was Laughter Yoga, it was so hilarious. We put on masks and had to fake laugh until our laughter become real. Some people didn't enjoy it and it was a bit different from things we usually do but you just have to get into and enjoy. It was a fun and weird experience.

Our final workshop was about walking in heels and skincare. It was my favorite of the 3 that day. I learned things that i would use in the future. It also inspired my idea for mini company. All in all the day was amazing even if we were tired.

The devil was in Castletown house?!?

So on the 12th of September after everyone had almost recovered from the night before, we visited Castletown House in the local area. It was raining and everyone thought we would have to walk in the rain ALL the way to Castletown House. Our history teacher then surprised us by saying there was a bus waiting out front to take us there..YAAAYYYY! :)

We then arrived at Castletown and we were all split up into our classes and the taken on a tour of the building. We started off by learning a bit of background history and looking at the main entrance...

We were then told about the haunting of Castletown, this is a story about a devil cracking a mirror and the fireplace and vanishing in a cloud of smoke.

Then we seen the bedrooms and the newer styled rooms..

It was such a great day and then we got a group photo and it was such an amazing experience and i am so happy I had a chance to go and see the house.

Dooms Day...

The moment of truth finally came. I was completely terrified. I hadn't done amazing in the mocks because I hadnt worked hard enough to achieve what I was capable of. When  received my mocks results i decided i would get everything up a grade. When I was lining up for receiving my results, my hands, legs and every part of me was shaking. They gave us our results in envelops, I was so terrified to open it. As everyone else began ripping them open. I stood there staring at it. I then said I quick bye and ran out to my mom and we opened it together. my hands were shaking but I eventually opened it and the first result I seen was a B and i started crying as I began to see my other results, I was so happy. I thought i had failed but I passed everything and got 7Bs.

My Moms friends were all calling and texting, asking how I got on. I was so happy! My Mom took me to lunch with my aunt and sister. I then went to get my hair and make-up done for results night. I was going to mantra with my friends. My mom had surprized me with new heels and a dress. I was so excited. When we went out I danced all the night long and enjoyed the day. All in all I loved spending the day with my mom and the night with my girls. I am delighted with my results.

I Wore a Wig and Sang Mama Mia

On Wednseday 4th of September we had our first workshops. Our first workshop was Positive Parties. At 9.05. we headed down to room 21 and there was a big sign on the door saying 'The Party's Here' and there were hula hula necklaces on the chairs with sweets. When Positive Denise arrived she gave us all name tags to wear to show how we felt and our names, i was 'Crazy Sarah Lou'. There was such a good vibe in the room. The first activity we did involed underwear...now at first we were kinda like what is she going to want us todo. We then got into pairs and had to put the underwear(which were never worn phewww!) on in as many different ways as we could. Aoife and I won, we got a chocolate bar yaaaay! Then we learned how to anchor postive moments and My friends and I volunteered to 'help' out and we ended up wearing colourful wigs and singing Mama Mia. Then we learned tricks on how to block out other peoples negative energy. In the end of the workshop, i was feeling great and having a blast! We then said goodbye and that we would see her in a few weeks.

My Class Tereshkova 

Then our next workshop was 'Living Life Without Limits' and a guy named Austin was talking to us. The moment he entered he had a massive smile on his face and he was so welcoming and friendly. I knew it would be another amazing workshop. We worked on presenting ourselves, having confidence and facing our fears. We learnt how words aren't the most important asset in confidence and first impressions, actions and tones are. We played games that played with our minds and showed us how our eyes can trick us into seeing things that aren't real. It was another great workshop and I'm glad I got the experience to try it.

The final workshop was about energy and releasing stress. She started off by showing us how to control the energy and ground it. Then we connected with our friends and one received and the other was the giver and gave the energy. We also learned how to massage properly and we learned different strokes. We learned a stress release technique.
By the end of the day I was positive, confident and relaxed. It was a great day.

Taste of Ty

It was really nerve wrecking as I was worried, I would be put in a class where I didn't know anyone or I wouldn't fit in. The weeks before I went into TY were full of preparing and finding work experience, getting a senior skirt and realising I only had a few years till I would be sitting and doing my leaving cert. The night before I was due to start back was full of nerves and question going through my head. Then the next morning I put on my uniform and look in the mirror, and realised I was extremely excited for this day and more importantly this year. When I got into school I was a bit confused on where to go but then I seen a note saying a TY assembly at 9.05. When the bell rang for everyone to go to classes, I headed to the 2nd year mall and sat with my friends. We all talked about what work experience, we had and what classes we would get to do. Then Ms L came out and everyone became quite while she called out our class names. Tabei, Tereshkova and Cornaro..at first I was curious as to why Ms L had picked them, then she explained how Tabei was the first women to climb Mount Everest, Tereshkvoa was the first women in space and Cornaro was the first women to receive a degree. As she started calling out the names for who was in what class, my nerves kicked in. I heard my name and then my friends names. I was so happy we were all in the same class. As the day went by I got to meet my teachers and my tutor and get to know my class. In some subjects we were put into groups like home economics and science. I was put into groups of people I didn't know really well and even in the first 40 minutes I got to know them and I know I will I really enjoy working with my groups and I will definitely  enjoy this year. I am looking to working hard and enjoying this year. I was nervous before but know I'm starting to settle in and cant wait to enjoy the year to come. So my frist few days were full of nerves, smiles and getting to know new people.. 

My first day as a senior