Experiences:)

Hello C:

Right, well the other day I found out that the guards offered me a weeks work experience, I was delighted! I wrote them a letter before summer started and they said they'd get back to me, and thank god they did! My work experience teacher confirmed that I was allowed do this work and now I can't wait. I've heard from people who have done it that its a great experience and it's really worth the while.
Anyway, in history we were given topics to do our project on, we split these between the group and I was given Yuri Gargain and Alan Shepard. These were two astronauts during the space race. We were also told that we were going to be teaching third year students, to try an help them with their junior cert. That should be fun!
On friday we had a man come in and he thought us about using our bikes and transport. This was a really good class as I learned much more about transport that I never knew. We spent forty minutes with this man and he was really nice and caring to us all. He explained his presentation very well and we all took notes on this topic.
This week we were also given a date in which to hand up our science project in order to be accepted in to the Scifest. My team and I chose the theme of Sleep-Walking. I think this is really interesting and I cant wait to get started, theres so much to learn and so many questions to ask!

Sorry my post was late, been real busy with projects and stuff!
Talk'ches soon,
Soph xo

FUN WALK!

Hola! :D

  Well, my week has been hectic anyway! It was deadly thought. On Thursday, the whole school got together for a peaceful mass. It was beautiful. Although i'm not a christian or even a catholic for that matter, I really enjoyed the experience of being able to be part of a holy community without being judged by others.
   The mass was held in our school hall by Father Kevin, who works in St. Patrick's Church, Celbridge. He was brilliant at interacting with the young people and was very nice to us all. At first, Fr. Kevin  had a slight problem with his microphone, but he soon found a solution to his problem and powered on. Mass was over in what seemed like minutes to me. We, as a school, went back to our normal school day and most forgot about our blessings that we were given.
   Friday was the best ever! FUN WALK! This year we were given the colour yellow. My class cairdeas and I decided on displaying the Gangnam Style Dance to the rest of the school. This was great fun and we all had a laugh! After all classes had preformed their dance, we all headed off on our annual walk. This was lovely, It was a nice day and the atmosphere was great. I was glad I was apart of my class.
   This week I was finally on my way to creating my Jun Koture dress. Me and my partner, Elaine, are creating a dress out of paper mashe and playing cards. Our theme is the Joker and we are focusing in on the colours yellow and blue. I have started stapling on second hand cards and making partterns. I'm really enjoying this experience as I believe it brings out a new creative side to everybody.
   Basically, I have had a really good week, I've been very busy but I've loved every minute of it!
    Thanks for reading, 
         Peace Out,
             Sophie x

     

Work! Work! Work!

Hello There,

   Last Wednesday, which would have been the 26th of September, I finally got started on my work on experience. I was working alongside old family friends in a pharmacy in my village. 
   I was really scared and nervous walking in the door, but I was welcomed with a huge smile and a warm handshake. This made me feel like I belonged there. I stated my name and was soon shown to my duties.
   I started off date checking some boxes of tablets, creams and oils. That went really well, I ended up throwing away a some pharmaceutical items and got to re-stock the ones that i'd thrown away.
   I was then put on the computer to register some new items from an order that had arrived that morning. This was a s easy as pie! I got to scan items, press a few buttons and I was finished. 
   After I had re-stocked everything new, I took a quick break. This is when I had a lovely conversation with my new work mates. After my break, I was brushed off my feet running back and forth to Dr. Walsh's office, asking him to sign some documents for the staff and customers.
   Later that afternoon, I was shown how to work the till to serve the customers.  I also got to stamp the car park tickets. This was pretty awesome as I got to meet lots of lovely customers and help them out.
   I then took my hour break from one o' clock until two, and came back feeling fresh and new for the next shift to start. I was taken back by the amount of new people I had met and talked to.
    I have to admit the best part of the day was when my daddy came in and visited me out in the big world of work. I got to serve him and go and collect his prescription. I didn't really have a worst part of the day, the only fault that I had was my back aches, but I just brushed that off my shoulder.
    I learned that the chemist is a place where I can be myself.  I also learned that, the work place that i'm in has a set structure to report a problem. It starts off as a worker and then eventually gets told to either Dr. Walsh or Shirley. The world of work is a lot different than school. It has many different duties attached to it and people are depending on you. I think that I'd rather stay in school than in work!
   Thanks for reading, 
         See ye next Wednesday!
           
    Peace Out, 
          Soph x