Oh so dramatic

We were given permission slips informing us that we would be going to Glasnevin for a holy faith drama in honor of Margret Alyward. We left at 10.40 and we would return at 11 pm. So a very long day was ahead of us. We got a "vintage" style bus down to the school. All the holy faith schools were coming together to put on a big performance of plays for the nuns in the order. Everyone was very nervous but excited at the same time, we were allowed go around Glasnevin for snacks and later they ordered DOMINOS for us and gave us fizzy drinks:D it was sooo good! i was already hyper from the jellies, brownies and oreos and bottle of coke i had, so giving me more on top of that was not a good idea at all hahahahaha :D All in all it was a good day and everyone put on great performances! :)

Pancake-cakes yummmy

In home ec it was about a week after pancake tuesday, so our home ec teacher said we could make pancakes:D we had to prepare the batter and fry them in oil. everyone has big thin pancakes, mine and roisins were small very thick pancakes, but whatever they still tasted scrummy! :D we could bring in any toppings we wanted and the smell that wafted around the room was mouth watering!

Mini company competition in Red Cow hotel :)

We went to a mini company competition in the red cow because we didnt get into the final of the first competition. We had a stressful day from the beginning as our board was taken by another group so we got left with the worst board in the school. It took us atleast 20minutes to get the board together and we had to be very careful that we didnt knock it over. Half of our information was missing so we put everything we had into the stand. The judges at this competition were alot more helpful and gave us alot more positive feed back. We had to go around in 2's A,B,C and take turns to view groups, stand at the stand and go to the group conference. The group conference was very helpful as everyone was allowed to voice their own opinion. My mini company 'REAL' won second place for innovation out of the whole competition, we are very proud of that as we didn't think we would get anything. Our trophy is displayed in our school reception :)

Sometimes in april

In religion we are watching sometimes in April, which is a film based on the genocide in Rwanda between the Hutu and the Tutsi tribe that occurred in 1994. It follows the story of Augustin, ex Hutu general and his journey with his family through the disasters of the war. Augustin's brother Honoré worked for the tribalist radio Télévision Libre Des Mille Collines, he is now being held in prison for association in the killings in Rwanda. They believe he fermented his hatred for the Tutsi tribe through his radio broadcasts. Augustin's wife Jeanne and their three children Ann-Marie, Yvés Andres and Marcus were captured and he is unsure of what happened to them. 10 years later he is trying to get over the grievance and start a new life with his partner Martine, they are having a baby boy together. Augustin holds Honoré responsible for his wife and children disappearance. During 100 days of the Rwandan genocide over 800,000 Tutsi's and some Hutu's were massacred. The movie shows the shame and grief of life after the genocide for the people who have to live with what happened.

The movie is very powerful so the teachers thought it would be a good idea to watch the movie both classes together so if there was a scene someone found difficult, we could help each other through it and if someone got really upset there would be someone who would leave with them and talk about it. I thought the movie was a good idea to watch as it gave us more of an insight into life in Rwanda during the genocide.