Chinese Food !

Hey guys,

So this week of Transition Year included some more hard work on my Junk Kouture project and a trip to White Water shopping centre to work on mini company!

We left the school  bright and early and headed to the cinema to get one of our many talks on our mini company projects. These talks are very beneficial to each group, they teach us how to make good first impressions and how to make our products as successful as possible! But, it has to be said, the best part of the day was most definitely lunch time. We were allowed run rampage in the shopping centre, and our first stop was the food court. We found an amazing place for Chinese food and stuffed our faces until we couldn't fit any more! After that we hit the shops to see what they had on the rails!

Also, in other news we have only one more item to complete before we're FINISHED our Junk Kouture project! About time! And, just in case you hadn't figured it out yet..

THE HOLIDAYS

ARE

COMING!

Till next week,

Ciara

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Hey guys,

So it's now into the third month of Transition Year, and this week there was a lot of work to be done, but of course, a lot of fun to be had along the way! I have made advances in my Junk Kouture project, read a few books and even begun new interesting projects including dramas and clock making.

I'm going to start off with my most enjoyed part of the week so far, my religion drama! Our drama is based on homelessness and in going with that theme we even held a talk in our school library. We were told about the amazing work done by the Simon community and it was really inspiring! Also, in my own news, I've joined the library and begun reading 'The Kite Runner', already half way through and I absolutely love it, I'd definitely recommend it !I have also completely finished my junk kouture shoes, and if you liked them before, you'll love them now! We're just one step closer to finishing our whole outfit!

Throughout Transition year we are given the opportunity to try out new subjects that we hadn't done before and one of those subjects is Technology. So, as part of this new class, we have been assigned a clock to make. I'm almost finished and have decided to complete it with an ice cream cut-out (carved by myself of course) made out of pink and yellow plastic. This has been really fun and it's great to see the end result of something you've worked on yourself.

I'll update you next week on what I have been getting up to but until then,
Ciara

Project X

Hey guys,

So this week I've been hard at work completing projects and meeting my deadlines. It's been a fun week and it has been great to see all of my efforts come together after months of preparation. But it hasn't exactly been hard work all week, there have been plenty of memorable moments throughout the process.

Starting bright and early on Monday morning we got working on our Technology project due this Friday. For this, we must design a formula one car that will be innovative and faster than the rest, you could call it a competition. As part of this project we had to take pictures of each team member... in front of other students... long story short that didn't go so well!

Another project that was finished this week is my geography 'world trip' project. It took a looong time but i'm so pleased with how it's turned out, after all, it took me 2 months! This week I have made really exciting advances with my junk kouture outfit. We have designed and finished the shoes. They are complete with a bow, frills, and a hand-made stack of bulging presents. I think I'm in love.

So that's all I got up to this week but I will be posting again here soon so make sure to come check that out. Also my fellow classmate, Orla, is writing a great Transition Year blog so to see what she gets up to each week, click here !

Till next week,
Ciara

Oh look, it's our shoes!

I love free stuff

Hi guys,

Another week gone by in Transition year and after a lovely week of midterm break, it's time to crack on with some project work.

This week I got to work creating a mood board for English. If you don't know what a mood board is it's a small display that tells people about you through words and images for example 'happy' or a picture of your dog. It allows you to be really creative and it's all about individual work so I really enjoyed that! Also, the deadlines for my geography and mini company projects are coming close so i've been hard at work finishing them off this week.

Thursday was a great day for Transition years this week. We went to a movie theatre to get a talk about our mini company products but instead ended up watching the new bond movie 'Skyfall' and getting popcorn, Sprite, Jellies and our own madagascar cup (which now comes everywhere with me) all for free! Also this Thursday I started a new class after school on photography. It was really interesting and we've been set a project to do for Christmas time which I can't wait to get started on!

Today (Friday) was also a great day. Myself and my fellow mini company group members carried out a survey for our product and we continued to work on our Junk Kouture project. Tomorrow is the opening day for incoming 1st years to our school so we have volunteered our design to be displayed for all that come to see it. It's amazing to see how far it's come!

This Wednesday I also went on my sixth day of work experience so if you'd like to read about that there's a link to it on the right hand corner of this blog. That's all for this week!

Till next time,
Ciara