Fashion and Photos

Next Tuesday and Wednesday our school is hosting a Fashion Show in a hotel. Students from our school are modelling, and the clothes are being provided by Liffey Valley, Manor Mills and Naas.
There is going to be a lot of entertainment throughout the Fashion Show including ballerinas, Irish dancers, the glee club and the choir.

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I decided to take part in the choir for the Fashion Show and we are doing a medley of Christmas songs. I am also apart of a small TY performance that will be performed at the Fashion Show. We are doing a medley of Bastille songs including Laura Palmer, Rhythm of the night and Pompeii.
I am really excited for the fashion show and although I'm not nervous now, I know I will be on the night of it.

Our mini company - PhotoBeau is taking orders from today! We put any photo you want onto a canvas for you :) We have A4 canvases but also smaller square canvases (15x15) and you have an option of it being in colour or in black and white. As well as just regular photos, we can put your collages, quotes or designs on a canvass. All you have to do is email us your photo. Check our instagram @photobeaucanvas twitter @photobeaucanvas and our Facebook page PhotoBeaucanvas for more information, competitions and finished canvases!

Here is one of our finished prototypes :)


Thanks for reading,
Hannah xx

Hallo-Why

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Today is our annual Halloween dress up day! Each year is given a different theme and this year TYs are zombies.

 Not everyone dressed up and I usually don't but this year I decided I'd do some Zombie make-up. I took inspiration from this video I watched on YouTube.




Derbs is Wednesday Addams and she looks super fab. Here is a cute pic of us. Shoutout to Alison cause she's cool.

Thanks for reading byeeee :)

Work Experience Week 2!

On Wednesday we had our second day of Work Experience. I have been going to a hospital, The Hermitage Medical Clinic, for my work experience. So far I have been helping out in the Medical Records Department. This is where everyone's medical records are filed away, organised etc.

On Wednesday I started out by making up some operation notes. Operation notes consist of four different sheets that need to be put together in the right order, so that they are ready to go into peoples charts. Charts are a persons individual book of their medical records. Everyone who has medical history in The Hermitage has a chart of their own.

After I had a short break I was shown how to sign out the charts that weren't going to be needed any time soon. Once I had gotten the hang of it I then signed out a lot of charts by myself. I was then given a few jobs of retrieving charts from the store room and taking charts up to different departments.

After my lunch break I was given a bundle of medical letters from different doctors about different patients. My job was to find the patients M number and H number on the computer using MediTech. The M number is their medical number and it is the number that is on their chart. The H number is the number that corresponds to the appointment the letter was written about.

Overall I thought the day was quite boring at times, and I would really like to do something other than Medical Records.

Thanks for reading,
Hannah xx

My Digital Dossier

Your Digital Dossier or Digital Footprints is the accumulation of all the digital tracks you leave behind.

I have just finished watching the video about digital footprints and I have to say I am very surprised!
It made me think about how much information about my life was on the internet and if not on the internet,how much of my information was in digital form!

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Before I watched the video I thought it would just be about social media accounts like Facebook, twitter etc, but I was very wrong! I was informed that my digital footprints had begun before I was born! From my moms ultrasound to the last order I placed on amazon- everything I do with technology is a part of my digital dossier.


The internet helps us to connect to millions of people around the world and as we do, our digital footprints are growing. From something as simple as following someone on instagram or retweeting a tweet, we are adding to our digital dossiers. Your dossier however is far from just being about what you do on the internet. It is also added to by security cameras, hospital records and even just by taking a picture.

Thanks for reading,
Hannah.

Receiving Results!

This week we finally got our Junior Cert results! It was a very long wait but the day eventually arrived after months of studying, homework and everything in-between. I was extremely nervous about getting my results back and I had a knot in my stomach right up until the moment I was handed the brown envelope. Overall I was really happy with my results!

After I received my results I went out to get pizza with my friends and we then had a really good night in! I was really tired in school the next day but I think it was worth it!

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Yesterday in Home Ec we made chocolate chip cookies. This was our first time to bake this year and I really enjoyed it. Our cookies were delicious and I'm really looking forward to baking again soon!

On Monday the TYs are going on a trip to Carlingford adventure centre and we will be staying here overnight. I am really excited for it as I have heard it is an amazing trip!

Thanks for reading,
Hannah.

Week one Workshops!

Summer is over and school has begun. My first week in transition year is nearing its close. The first week has been busy and many different projects have been assigned. Fortunately, I was put in a class with all of my friends and I couldn't be happier with my class. The TY classes were named after Disney princesses, Ariel, Belle, and Aurora. I am in class Ariel. There is a lot of people in my class I don't know but I am looking forward to getting to know everyone throughout this year.

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 On Wednesday we had workshops in the school. There were three different workshops, Etiquette, Positive Parties, and First Aid. The Etiquette workshop taught us how to walk properly, the different body shapes, hand and nail care, and we also were shown how to walk in heels! There was a red carpet rolled out for us to walk on in our heels and I thought this was a great idea and very enjoyable. The Positive Parties workshop was all about staying positive and trying to turn bad situations into good situations. We did many little activities including laughing yoga, the 'pants game', and the hokey pokey. I found the First Aid workshop to be very interesting. I think the things we learnt will be very useful in the future. We were taught many useful skills including how to put someone in the recovery position, how to give CPR, and how to react if someone is experiencing an epileptic seizure.
The etiquette workshop was my favourite but I really enjoyed the day.

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I really enjoyed my first week in TY and am now looking forward to the rest of the year.

Thanks for reading, Hannah.