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'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.'

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Walk In My Shoes

Friday the 10th of October was World Mental Health Day. To raise awareness for positive mental health our school had a non-uniform day.Everyone donated €2 to help St. Patrick's University Hospital. Walk in my shoes is a mental health charity that promotes positive mental health. It is promoted by U2 member Adam Clayton. 

Facts:

• Ireland has one of the highest suicide rates in the 14-24 age group in the EU. 
• 1 in 4 young people in Ireland will experience a mental health difficulty. 
• 75% of all mental health issues begin before the age of 24. 
• Suicide is the leading cause of death among 18-25 year old men in Ireland and the second most common cause of death generally in this age group.

I think promoting positive mental health is very important and there should be more awareness raised about mental health and the difficulties many people go through. Many people suffer in silence so I think the fact that our school dedicated a day to positive mental health is very important because it makes the people who have mental health issues feel like they are not alone and will hopefully encourage them to seek help. The phrase 'Walk in My Shoes' means that you should place yourself in someone else's situation before you judge what they are going through, just because someone seems to have a perfect life on the outside does not mean their life is perfect, they could have problems that you have not even noticed. So be nice to everyone because you never know what they're dealing with. If everyone in our school is aware of mental health and helps people who are dealing with mental health issues, it would make seeking help for those who are suffering much easier.

taken from mycharity.ie

Fun Walk

On the 3rd of October our school held our annual 'Fun Walk'. The Fun Walk is held every year on the last day of friendship/anti-bullying week in October. Each year dresses up in a different colour. First years were pink, second years were purple, third years were green, TYs were yellow, fifth years were blue and sixth years were black and white. Each base class does a dance in front of the judges based on friendship. My class, aurora, did a dance to the song 'Wake Me Up' by Wham! After each class danced we went on a walk through Celbridge. The whole point of the fun walk is to bring class groups closer together and to have fun. The next day the winning classes were announced, class aurora won out of the TY classes. Everyone got involved, including the teachers. It was a great day and everyone enjoyed it. 

Work Experience

       Two weeks ago we began work experience as part of our TY year. We do work experience every Wednesday and it really is an incredible experience.For my first term of work experience I am going to Scoil Naomh Bríd which is the primary school I attended. Work experience is meant to give you an experience of the world of work and what it is like. I was really excited to begin my first day and it went really well! 

      My day began at 9 o'clock when I arrived at the school, when I went inside, I went to reception and met the principal. She was very welcoming and showed me around. Then she brought me to the staff room where I met the rest of the staff who were also very friendly and made me feel very welcome. I also met the other TY students doing work experience in the school too. At 9:10 when the school bell rang, the principal assigned each of us to a teacher who we would help for the day, i helped in one  of the senior infants classes. The children were very excited to have me in their class and told me many different stories throughout the day.

     The first thing I did was help the children in the class with their maths game, they had to sort the toys into groups according to colour. After my break at 10:30, I went into the other senior infants class next door and helped them do marble painting. They had to dip the marbles in different coloured paints and place them on a page and then roll the marbles around on the page to make a colourful pattern. After that I went back into the class I had been helping that morning and helped them do marble painting too. The children enjoyed  it and it was really fun helping them. I had lunch at 12:00.

    At 1:00, I had to help another girl from TY cut out cards for one of the teachers. We also had to laminate sheets for the teacher. By the time we had finished cutting out all of the cards and laminating the sheets it was the end of the day.The time had gone by so fast, I had so much fun! At the end of the day I was covered in paint but it was worth it because I had a great time on my first day of work experience and I'm really excited for the rest of the term. The staff and students in the school were really welcoming and friendly and that definitely made the day more 

My Digital Dossier

             About 3 weeks ago I began this blog to record my TY experiences. As part of our 'Blogging Challenge' we have to write about our digital dossier or our digital footprint. To learn about our digital dossier and what it is we had to watch this video. 
            My digital dossier began before I was even born. It began when messages and emails were sent to my parents friends and family to tell them the good news of my birth. Records of my birth were also kept on computers in the hospital and pictures were taken on phones. This was the beginning of my digital dossier and it began before I was even old enough to speak. 
             Our digital dossier grows everyday, when I was 5 I made accounts for online games, which I can't even remember the names of now. As I got older I made an email account and many social media accounts. My digital dossier will be there forever and everything I do online will be tracked, including this blog and all of the posts I make on it. In the future everything I do will  be added to my digital dossier such as booking holidays, buying products online, photos of weddings I attend and maybe even my own wedding. It will grow and grow even after I'm gone. Some people take this for granted and misuse the internet, social media and other devices and services because they forget about their digital footprint. You have to use the internet carefully because when you go for a job interview the employer could search your name online and you only want positive things to be shown right? 
            Before writing this blog post I had an idea of what my digital footprint was but I had no idea that so many things were traced. I was shocked to learn that my digital dossier began before I was even born. I hope you learned about your digital dossier from reading this as I thought it was a very interesting thing to write about.