Review...

A lot has happened since I last posted, so here's a review on what has been going on lately.

Lollipop Day

On the 27th of February we had Lollipop Day, which is a charity event for esophageal cancer. Our year arrived at the Powerscourt Center and received t-shirts, caps and boxes of lollipops. Our task was to go out and sell these lollies to people and therefore raise money for cancer. Each lollipop was two euro and we raised a lot of money for esophageal cancer. A group of us also busked on Grafton Street for the charity as well.

Scifest

On Friday the 6th of March we had Scifest. Our project had been completed the night before, which meant we were actually organised in comparison to the other groups who were finishing theirs about an hour before the judging. Our project "Caffeine Craze" actually went down quite well with the judges which was really good. We got through to the finals in IT Tallaght which was great

Wesley Choir Competition

On the same Friday we had our Wesley Choir Competition. We had been practicing "Rule the World" by Take That all year and we finally got the chance to perform it before the judges. It went really well and we were really proud of ourselves. Unfortunately we didn't win anything but we found out we were only two points off coming third. The choirs who did win deserved the prize very much.

Hockey Leinster Final

On Monday, the junior hockey team, which is made up of third years and TYs, including myself, played our Leinster Final against Skerries. It was held in the neutral ground of Three Rock Hockey Club and the other TYs and minor hockey teams came to support. We were all very nervous about this match seeing as it was the final and the last time we played Skerries we had lost and suffered a few injuries (including a broken finger). As a result we did not play our best, but we fought well and unfortunately lost the match. Although we lost, we were all very proud because no hockey team in St. Wolstans has ever made it to that stage in the competition before and we were the first team to do it in the 60 year history of St. Wolstans. Overall I think we did very well and we are still yet to play the Northside league, which we are very confident about winning.

Selma

On Tuesday 10th of March we went to the cinema in Liffey Valley to see "Selma", the film about Martin Luther, as part of our History course. We filled our arms with popcorn before heading into Screen 7. The movie was very good and had great moments of tension and a great soundtrack and I learned a lot about the American Civil Rights movement.

Lá Glas

Today, because of St. Patrick's Day next week, we have a non-uniform day. Everyone is wearing green to commemorate St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. At lunch we will have a céilí and judging for the best dressed competition. There are farmers, sports players and "irish mammies" wandering around the school. It will be be a tough competition. Overall this is a fab day filled with patriotic pride for Ireland as a country.

Well that's all for the moment x