International Leapfrog Day :))

Yesterday we went to Maynooth for our annual retreat. Usually we go to St. Raphael's down the road, so it was nice to go somewhere new. We were allowed to wear our own clothes so we got to feel really comfy too. We got the bus to the older Maynooth College. We walked through the campus and went to the place where the priests in training go. We got put into this room and they got us to put our chairs into a big circle. I didn't know what the retreat was going to be about so I was very curious.

When it started the three people doing the retreat introduced themselves and briefly went through what to expect for the day. We started the retreat by playing a game where we were all linking arms and 4 girls had to try and pull us all apart. By playing this game I think we all realized how competitive and vicious we all are! We pulled each other apart to try and separate them from the other person.

After we played a game where we had to get into groups of how many the girl Linda said. This game was pretty competitive too, and people's mean sides were shown too hahah. If there was too many people there was always that one person who wouldn't mind kicking someone out of the group so they wouldn't lose. When there was 10 people left they had to get into pairs and they first had a jocky-back race, then the last 2 were gone. Then there was a wheelbarrow race and the same rules applied, last 2 were gone. Linda called numbers of groups again and when there was 4 left they had to have a one-footed, no arms fight. Chloe Maher and Roisin Byrne were the winners.

We had a break then we were split into groups and given topics. We would discuss them in our small groups then when we were all in a circle again we would share our topic, our thoughts then it was open to the rest of the year.  This went on until nearly the end. I really enjoyed the day and I hope we go there on our retreat again next year. The Starbucks was nice too! Shoutout to the students in Maynooth College who yaked on Yik Yak about us:)):):)::))))

 

Santry

Me, Sinead and Emily had loads of fun at Santry in April. We got medals, ran, jumped, threw, the lot! But most importantly, we made a true bond with our best pal, Papa.

Swim a mile

Last Wednesday we went to the National Aquatic Center in Blanchardstown. We went in aid of the Ian Daly Foundation, and all the money fund raised went to Barretstown and Our Lady's Children Hospital. We left first thing in the morning and got the bus with the LCVP class. When we got there Brian Daly, Ian's dad, explained what was going to happen and then we went and got changed.

I was in a group with 7 other people so when we finished our 10 lengths we were able to get out. We waited for everyone to finish, because some people wanted to do the mile on their own for that's what took up most of the time. When we were all finished swimming we got a group photo and then went and had showers. When everyone was ready we got back on the buses and went to Blanch for 2 hours.

When we got there me and my friends went to McDonalds to get lunch, and then after we were walking around for a bit until we got to Gino's and got ice-cream. We had a look in Build-a-Bear and we got a few looks was so funny hahaha. After we sat at the fountain for a while and just talked. We went back to the bus and came home.

Hip Hop

   On the 27th of March we started doing hip hop dancing for our TY Graduation night. A girl, Karen, came into the school to us to teach us a dance to 'Break Free' by Ariana Grande. We do it for the first two classes after break on a Friday. Our year was split into 2 groups; Ariel and half of my class, Belle, and then Aurora with the second half of Belle. Ariel and half of Belle dances on Thursday, then Aurora and the other half of Belle dances on Friday. 

   The first week we got a good but of the dance covered. It's an easy enough dance to learn and people seemed to catch along pretty quick. When she came into the class first, she showed us a video of a school she had just taught the same dance to. We did a warm up and got straight into the dance. 

   For 2 weeks after that class we had our Easter break so we had to try remember it for when we went back. When we had class again after Easter, most people remembered it. In that class Sinead Lee and Anna Hepple had the school camera and they were taking pictures of all of us! It was so embarrassing but it was pretty funny at the same time. 

   Last week there wasn't a lot of people at the danced class because a lot of our year was at Punchestown, so we are going to have to finish the dance tomorrow for our Graduation!

Selma

We went to Vue Cinema in Liffey Valley on Tuesday to go and see the movie "Selma" about Martin Luther King as part of our history. We left school at about 12:15 with our history teachers and got the bus up to Liffey Valley. It was so awkward on the way up because there was so many of us on the bus that when it was going up the hill it was going about 5 km/h! It was so funny hahaha!

 When we finally got there we went straight to the cinema and got our food and went straight to the screen. The movie was about 2 hours long. It was so good! It was based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting right marches led by James Bevel, Hosea Williams, Martin Luther King and John Lewis. It was such a sad movie, even Eve Poole was crying! Never thought I'd see the day :)))))

 We left the cinema straight after the movie ended, which was pretty sad because I wanted some Chinese food... But anyway be grand! On the bus back we were playing our music through the speaker on the bus and Mr. Kennedy was even bopping along to it, it was great! When we got back we had to go to the hall for about 15/20 minutes before we went home. It was a really good day!

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