First Blog!

Hi my name is Caroline and this is my first blog!
I have almost completed my first full week of Transition Year and to be honest it was pretty good!
Our old class groups Pearl,Sapphire,Emerald,Ruby and Amber have divided into Ariel,Belle and Aurora. I am in class Ariel.
         Yesterday, we had a full day of TY workshops. In our first workshop we learnt about Etiquette and Deportment. We brought in our high heels and walked up and down the Third Year mall on a red carpet to perfect our walk! We also had great fun exfoliating our hands with scented exfoliates. Our next workshop was The Positive Parties, where we learnt how to keep a positive attitude. We discovered that if we listened to happy upbeat music or did some exercise in the fresh air we would be able to change our attitude from an 'Eeyore' to a 'Winnie the pooh'. Then our last workshop was First Aid and was by far my favorite. I found it extremely interesting I learnt about how to carry out CPR and the Heimlich manoeuvre. It was fascinating and extremely enjoyable.
          The thing I most enjoy about TY so far is the fact that we get to test each subject for the Leaving Certificate, so when the time comes we can make an informed choice. We get to try History,Geography,Biology,Chemistry,Physics,Music and Art. So far in Art we drew a leaf, we drew the leaf five times each by different methods. The first time i drew the leaf without looking at it, the second time was without looking at the page, the third time was without pen leaving the page, by closing your eyes and finally by looking at the leaf and the page as we would normally. In Music we learnt about all the different types of notes and how to create those different types of notes using our voices.
         Our work experience begins on the 24th of September and i am really looking forward to it.