Gaisce Hike!

   On Friday the girls that are doing the Gaisce award went on a hike. We went home at lunch time and got dressed, ready and had lunch. We met back at the school at 2.45. We were all excited to get going and we headed out to the bus. 
  When we arrived at Kippure at about 4.30 and put our bags into the hostel's mini bus and walked up to the houses. We left all our bags in a room and headed out straight away for the hike. We all started out eager and enthusiastic but soon enough our energy ran out when we started to climb uphill. We took a few breaks to say the least!
  We arrived back to the houses at 9 and we were put into houses. We all showered, got into pyjamas and then had our dinner. It was really nice to sit down with everyone and relax. Because we were up early in the morning we didn't stay up too late. 
   To put it mildly it was a struggle getting up in the morning. My room got up at 7.45 to help Ciara make the breakfast. We  called the others awake and had a good fry with rashers sausages and everything. We had to get ready quickly then clean up after the breakfast and leave the house tidy. 
   We met outside the houses at 9.45 and drove to the start of the farthest mountain we were hiking that day. The instructors then told us that we were hiking four mountains that day. That came as a shock. We were better though on Saturday than the day before and took fewer breaks. The instructors couldn't believe how much food we ate at the breaks but as Michelle said we couldn't believe how much they hiked! 
   We finished the hike at around 3.00 and headed back home. It  was a great two days and we all had lots of fun! :)

Swim A Mile!

   Last Friday our TY year and the LCVP class went to the National Aquatic Centre to swim a mile. We were organized into groups and I was with Hazel and Michelle. A mile was 64 lengths of the pool so I had planned to try and swim 20. I was surprised when I was able to swim 46 lengths as I'm not a great swimmer! The money we raise by getting sponsors goes Barretstown and Crumlin Hospital which are both worthy causes. After the swim we went to Blanchardstown where we got something to eat and did a bit of shopping. Overall it was a great day :)

Music Night

   The Thursday before the Easter holidays we had the music night. Our class did a performance of the song "Hello". After practising hard  for the performance we pulled it off and it sounded good. I also accompanied the choir and we performed "Caresse Sur l'Ocean" and the orchestra. I had lots of fun because the whole year was there, it was a good night!