Yesterday the 25th of march all TY's headed of on a trip to Dublin to see the Yeats exhibition in the national library, the bog bodies in the national museum and the Yeats exhibition in the national gallery. Class Amina started their day in the national library looking at the W.B Yeats exhibition i found the day very interesting as we didn't just learn about his poetry it was also about his life growing up. I was surprised to find out Yeats wasn't actually a good student in English his best subject was chemistry and sports. We learned about his love life with Maude Gonne and how he proposed to her 5 formally times and she rejected him each time he then moved on to her daughter who also rejected him. Yeats finally met the love of his life Georgie and married happily with her.
We then continued our tour to the national museum where we had a tour on all the artefact's and bodies found in the bog. Anything that is placed in a bog will be preserved for many year. We saw all the bodies that were murdered and then recovered a few years ago. I found this the most interesting part of the day and really enjoyed it.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Work Experience
Last week the 7th of March all TY's were out on work experience. I decided to do my work experience in my old primary school. I chose to do my work experience here because ever since I was a primary school student I wanted to be a teacher myself.
On the Monday before I started work I was really nervous because I was the only student going to the school. I soon realised that there was nothing to be nervous about. The day went great in the school they had a book fair on the week i was there so every morning I would go there and take in all money and then tidy up at the end of it all. After that i would go in to the junior infants room where i would remain till two o clock which is when they go home. While i was there with them i would help the teacher with all the correcting and help any student that was stuck with there work. At lunch time i would supervise them and then read them a story at the end of the day. For my lunch break I would go out and supervise the yard then I would go to the staff room and eat lunch there. From 2 till 3 it was slow I only did some photocopying for teachers and cleaning. That was my main routine for the week except on some days i would help out other classes with art and P.E. Towards the end of the week I had even more responsibilities within the classes. I was able to teach a bit more which I loved. Also on the last day of it all i got to sit in a watch toy story 3 with the infants because it was raining at lunch time so they were unable to play outside.
I really enjoyed my week at the school and I would still really consider being a primary school teacher. I also enjoyed being back with all my old teachers and the school. I was surprised at how much the school has changed since I was there. they are now planning too build an extension and in every class room there is an interactive white boards in every classroom.
On the Monday before I started work I was really nervous because I was the only student going to the school. I soon realised that there was nothing to be nervous about. The day went great in the school they had a book fair on the week i was there so every morning I would go there and take in all money and then tidy up at the end of it all. After that i would go in to the junior infants room where i would remain till two o clock which is when they go home. While i was there with them i would help the teacher with all the correcting and help any student that was stuck with there work. At lunch time i would supervise them and then read them a story at the end of the day. For my lunch break I would go out and supervise the yard then I would go to the staff room and eat lunch there. From 2 till 3 it was slow I only did some photocopying for teachers and cleaning. That was my main routine for the week except on some days i would help out other classes with art and P.E. Towards the end of the week I had even more responsibilities within the classes. I was able to teach a bit more which I loved. Also on the last day of it all i got to sit in a watch toy story 3 with the infants because it was raining at lunch time so they were unable to play outside.
I really enjoyed my week at the school and I would still really consider being a primary school teacher. I also enjoyed being back with all my old teachers and the school. I was surprised at how much the school has changed since I was there. they are now planning too build an extension and in every class room there is an interactive white boards in every classroom.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Mini Company
Yesterday the 3rd of March we went to Clane G.A.A for our mini company competition. It was to see who would get through to the next round for the county. The day started off with a bit of a bump in the road for us as our company realised that we didn't have a board when we were on the bus, but when we got there it was all OK as we just used the wall instead. the day was long as we waited for the judge to come around and interview us because we were last to be interviewed. We then heard the our company, beady Bits didn't get through. We were all heart broken but Ms. E reminded us about the next competition coming up.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Oisin McGann
This week on Wednesday we had a talk from Oisin McGann a creative writer and illustrator. I really really enjoyed the talk and taught it was very interesting to see all the tricks of the trade in being an author. I also taught he was very funny because he was saying that nothing us Irish say really does make sense for example: "Go away out of that ye mad eejit ye." and "yeah no I'll have a tea please". He then showed us how quick an idea comes to your head and how important it is to right it down. He showed us this by looking at L.M's shoes and coming up with some crazy story about a shoe that eats feet it was really funny i enjoyed the day a lot but the highlight of it all was when he read out a bit from his books and then drew a character from the book it was really brilliant.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Croke park
On Monday this week all us TY's headed out to Croke park in Dublin. I was really looking forward to the day out as I'm a great lover of G.A.A because I've played camoige since i could walk. They day was really brilliant. We started out our day by watching a video on the preparation that goes into a match on the park I was really surprised by the amount of work involved.
After the video we went to see all of the park like the dressing rooms, the lounge, the tunnels, the pitch and all the stands. It was really interesting and i think everyone enjoyed that part despite the cold.
We then went to the museum which was great we saw all the jerseys, trophies, old uniforms hurls and footballs etc. then we went upstairs too all the games i spent most the day seeing how fast i could hit a sliotar.
Here are some pictures of the day:
Old Hurl
Old boots
Pocket Watch
After the video we went to see all of the park like the dressing rooms, the lounge, the tunnels, the pitch and all the stands. It was really interesting and i think everyone enjoyed that part despite the cold.
We then went to the museum which was great we saw all the jerseys, trophies, old uniforms hurls and footballs etc. then we went upstairs too all the games i spent most the day seeing how fast i could hit a sliotar.
Here are some pictures of the day:
Old Hurl
Old boots
Pocket Watch
Thursday, February 3, 2011
St. Bridgit's Crosses
On Monday this week it was the 31st of Feb and first class we had religion. Ms. K.B brought in a load of reeds and decided we would make some st. Brigit's crosses. Some of the girls in our class didn't know how to make them so i had to help them and teach them. We listened to some soothing music which was lovely and i really enjoyed the day. My cross is now featured on our prayer space for Feb.
English Workshop
Today in English we had a drama workshop to help with our movement on stage. The workshop was organised because we have a drama festival coming up in march to celebrate the work of Margreth Aylward. We wanted to make sure that our movement was really smooth on stage. We started off doing some quick warm ups by shaking out our arms and legs. We then moved on to make a big circle we had to walk around in it and when Ian Called clear we ran to a blue line when he called jump we jumped he then added in one last command, to touch the floor it was fun.
We then got into pairs and had to make crazy shapes out of our bodies. We divided our group into person A and person B. Person A would to a certain position then person B would fill the space around them. b would then hold that position and a would fill them space around them and so on. It became more difficult towards the end but the shapes were much more interesting. Ian then decided to tell us to keep our favourite two shapes and we had to do them on our own and move from one to the other slowly and then quickly. All in all it was a very enjoyable morning and i would recommend it to everyone :D
We then got into pairs and had to make crazy shapes out of our bodies. We divided our group into person A and person B. Person A would to a certain position then person B would fill the space around them. b would then hold that position and a would fill them space around them and so on. It became more difficult towards the end but the shapes were much more interesting. Ian then decided to tell us to keep our favourite two shapes and we had to do them on our own and move from one to the other slowly and then quickly. All in all it was a very enjoyable morning and i would recommend it to everyone :D
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