Holly Days

On the 10th of December, we went into Grafton Street to do the 'Holly Days' collection for the ISPCC. We divided into pairs and were each assigned to a shop front on Grafton Street. I was outside Bewley's cafe. We were selling Holly pins and badges to people for 2 euro to raise money for the ISPCC. We had to wear vests over our uniforms which said we were Volunteers. People were really generous to the cause and some people bought more than one badge. It was a really good day out. When we were on the way back to the bus, we got stuck in the middle of the Water Charges. It was mad, suddenly there were thousands of people on the streets chanting about the water charges. It was as if they came out of no where. The buses couldn't get to us so we had to walk toward the buses, so we were walking through the protest. I had never been part of a protest or seen one before, apart from on TV, so it was crazy to see how many people actually showed up to voice their opinions about the water charges. Eventually, we got home at around 1:30 and then we were allowed to go home. 

Maths Trip

Yesterday, 5th of December, we went on a trip to Rathbeggan Lakes, Co. Meath to learn about using maths in real life situations. It was mainly trigonometry and area/volume. We were given different problems to figure out. One of the problems was, we were given a bicycle and we had to figure out the difference in how far one turn of the pedal would carry the bike in different gears.The trip definitely showed how maths is used to solve real life problems. It was freezing beside the lakes, everyone had loads of layers on but it was still extremely cold! There were goats,ducks and geese all around the place. The people who organised the trip for us were really friendly and helped us when we needed help with the problems. After the maths, we went to Blanchardstown for lunch, my friends and I went to Eddie Rockets. We saw all the Christmas decorations around the shopping centre, it was great to be indoors after the freezing weather at the lakes. 

Fashion Show

On Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th of November we held our school fashion show in the Celbridge Manor Hotel.  There were loads of students involved in the making of the show and the performances. There were clothes from over 14 shops on show during the fashion show.There was also a Debs wear and a Wedding wear section.  The clothes were modelled by students from St Wolstans, students from Salesians college and teachers.There were also performances by the glee club, irish dancers, ballerinas and the choir. I was a model and modelled clothes from 'United Colours of Bennetton' and 'Born'. It was really fun to get up on the catwalk and model the clothes and was definitely an experience I will remember for a long time. The day of the fashion show, TYs got to go to the Celbridge Manor to paint the catwalk and to set up the room. We painted the stage and fixed up the mannequins that had been used in the last fashion show in 2007. The fashion show was also an opportunity for TY mini companies to sell their products. We were allowed to set up our stalls in the hotel and sell our product to the audience during the interval. The show began at 8 o'clock and everyone was extremely nervous before the show on the first night. People were running around the room touching up their makeup, fixing their hair, practicing dance moves and doing vocal warm ups, it was crazy! Backstage was just as hectic, everyone was trying to change into their outfits before they were called on stage. The second night was less mad because everyone was prepared and knew what to expect. In the end the nerves were worth it because it was a great show and everyone enjoyed it immensely. I think the teachers enjoyed it just as much as the students if not more! Most teachers modelled an outfit and they even did a group dance while wearing colourful wigs. 


'I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be the same person every day.' -Stephanie Perkins (Lola and the boy next door)