Kilkenny ART TRIP 
This week in our art class we were talking about self-portraits and are fantastic art teacher ms. Carpenter decided to take us on an adventure to the south east - Kilkenny to be exact. We all had to meet at the school at 8:30 in the morning and all 60 of us accompanied by both Ms.Carpenter and Ms.Brogan bundled onto the bus and set of. The journey down was about an hour and a half  and for a girl who has a very short attention span and gets bored easily this was a rather long bus ride. However when we did arrive in Kilkenny the sun was shinning and we were all excited to get the day started. All 60 of us walked through the streets of Kilkenny to the cinema where we watched the Irish movie "song of the sea". The movie was really interesting and i thoroughly enjoyed  it . When the film was ended we all made our way down to Kilkenny castle, where we were divided into two groups. The first group stayed out on the grounds of the castle while the other group was brought into the castle to a really interesting exhibition about the making and animation of song of the sea. I learnt loads about the making process and found it really fascinating. While the other group got the tour we got to eat lunch on the grounds of the castle and despite some wind the weather was so nice and made the day just that bit better. When we all met up again we met some lovely american tourists who were really nice and we all taught they were great. We then made the long trip back home, we were all quite tired from our day filled of artistic adventures so weren't as much of singing queens as we usually are. The day was really great, we learnt loads and all had great fun!!!!!!!!

                 carlingford!!!!!!!!

• carlingford was AMAZING. This amazing adventure started in the early hours of the 17th of September- well when i say early i mean 9 but lets face it that is early. At 9:05 all sixty of us piled onto the bus ready for an adventure. On the way there we sang every song you can think of and it was great. When we got there we were brought from the road at the coast into the village of carligford which was amazing. I didn't think somewhere so pretty and cute existed in Ireland. When we got into the building we were divided into  group A and group B. I was in group A and i loved it. The first thing we did was go on a very long walk up a rather steep hill to get to are activity. This was team building exercises and I can tell you on thing they worked. Are first task was to work as a team to get all the team across a swamp using plants and swap a barrel with one on the other side. Next we went to a wall with huge colored shapes on both sides and a grid of different objects that we were able to make with the shapes and had to guide to girls to recreate the objects. The next challenge was the best and defiantly focused on team building. we all had to work together a make our way through tunnels and steps in complete darkness and get out to the other side together in a limited amount of time. After lunch we headed out to the water however the weather REALLY not in our favor. The rain was pouring down, it was freezing cold and we were chartering BUT that would not our great attitude . WE first went pier jumping, then sailed out to a water trampoline and jumped off into the water. We spent about an hour on the water and it was so much fun, When we came back to the center we were all i good need of a hot meal. After diner we were off again up the mountain to the forest where we were all blindfolded and we had to act as  each others guides to make it through the forest. Then when we finally got back we all showered and went to the common area where we all sat around and talked while eating chips and take away. Then at 11 we had to go to be d but at that stage the party was only staring. My room  had piles and piles of sweets that we eat while talking and really getting to know each other and stayed up until 3 in the morning which we regretted when we were woken at 7 that morning!!!When we were all dressed and feed we were brought back up the mountain and went zip wiring around the trees of the fores which was VERY SCARY  for a girl who hates highest. After we were given lunch packed our bags and headed home again. We were all so sad to go because it was an amazing 2 days and i made friends i taught i never would and learnt so much about other people. I was very very tired but would go again in a heart beat.