During induction week we, as a year, developed new skills and had good fun with our new base classes. This week gave us time to settle back into School before returning to classes and the routine of school again.
Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th September: Self Defence /Driver’s Ed.
Our year was split into two groups to learn different skills. One group was taught self-defence for the day while the other was taught driver’s ed.The next day the groups switched activities.
In self-defence we were taught ways to protect ourselves and shown the correct techniques when in physical combat. While the group in Driver’s Ed learned how to change a tire, experienced taking a theory test, fun games and the most exciting…actually driving a car.
Wednesday 7th September: Introduction to the Musical
On Wednesday the 7th we were introduced to the musical. Every year Manor House’s TY students put on a production of a musical this year’s musical is Mamma Mia! We spent the day speaking about the musical auditions and dance rehearsals that would begin soon and we were all very excited.
TYs made their way down to the dart station, headed into town and embarked on our treasure trail, a competition between the base classes, or more so, the class tutors.
We got off at Connolly Station and were split into our base classes, P, Q, R and S. Our class tutors then took us in different directions to ensure we all had a fair chance at the trail.
We were given various clues and were sent around Dublin. At each location we were given a letter and a clue that would lead us to our next spot and at the end we had to unscramble all the letters to form a sentence.
We ventured around town from, the Abbey Theatre to Trinity College to Stephen’s Green and many more. Class 4R were the first to send in the right answer and won. The phrase we spent all day gathering letters to crack was ‘Dublin is groovy.’
All TYs had a really enjoyable day and were able to bond with their new base classes while working together.
TYs gathered in the lecture theatre in the morning and were split into different groups for the various activities taking place that day.
We watched Mamma Mia in the lecture theatre as it is the musical we are doing later this year. Dublin Barista School came to the school and gave us an introduction to being a barista. We were taught the names of various pieces of equipment and machinery and were taught how to use them. We even got to try making a mocha latte, latte or hot chocolate by ourselves after watching a demonstration.
We were also given a class where we were able to write about our OALS (Other Areas of Learning) for the Junior Cycle Course.
Overall it was an enjoyable and eventful week for the TYs. We learned lots of valuable information, gained lots of new experiences and skills and really enjoyed ourselves!
By Demi Moran & Jennifer Grimes Róise NÍ Laoire Keeva Mathews Keeve Stewart Keila Cagney Abbie Lee Bissett Jessica Maguire Anna Cotter Jennifer Grimes
Gaisce is the most prestigious youth award in Ireland and is a challenge to young people from the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins to dream big and realise their potential.
There are three levels to Gaisce:
Bronze award for participants aged 15+ Silver award for participants aged 16+ Gold award- for participants aged 17+
There are different challenge areas that can be used for Gaisce. These are personal skills, physical recreation and community involvement.
Each of these challenges must be done for thirteen weeks each and then one is chosen for an additional thirteen weeks.
I am doing my bronze Gaisce award this year. I wanted to do Gaisce because having my bronze award will look very good on my CV and because doing Gaisce is an amazing way of getting involved in TY.
I am doing baking and cooking for my personal skill, GAA training for my physical recreation and mini leagues coaching for my community involvement. There are of course many other options that can be done for Gaisce.
Good Luck to all those doing their Gaisce this year.
By Anna CotterIt was wonderful to see a large number of TY students put their name forward to be on the student council this year and to be a voice for the students in Manor House. A total of 19 students went forward for election and Ms. Grace put up a Teams vote where everyone in TY could pick two reps.
There were seven girls elected:
Demi Moran
Layla Connolly
Summer Sweeney Niamh Bell Colleen Efekodo Farrah Connolly Katie TeefyThe role of the student council is to:
Represent students’ views to management
Be consulted prior to the implementation of new policies
Contribute to developing policies in the school
Be a resource working in partnership with the management of the school
Improve the school atmosphere, conditions and facilities
good relations between students, staff and management.
Well done to everyone who put their names forward and congratulations to the seven representatives.
Farrah
Jennifer
Jordan Martinez Hernandez
Hedderman
Keeva Matthews
Leonor Sousa Rebecca Perkins
Sarah Conroy Summer Sweeney Katie Teefy
Abbie Lee Bissett Trudi Hogan
Rebecca Perkins
On 11/10 we attended ‘Shine Festival’ as a year group.
Shine Festival is an online and in person event dedicated to inspiring the next generation of young women. We listened to many female guest speakers such as Georgie Crawford, Amanda Ade, Sarah Doyle and more!
We were taught about women in sport, how to speak up and be confident, body positivity and self love, etc.
It was an amazing opportunity and we all had so much fun and learned so much about being young women and all that we can achieve!
Article By Maebh NiBhranagain
TY offers student a chance to sample different subjects they can study for their Leaving Certificate.
One such subject is agricultural Science, or Ag. Science as it is called, studied under Ms. Macklin.
Agriculutral Science is the science of farming. Topics covered include Genetics, Soil Science, Animal Physiology, Animal Diseases, Plant Physiology and Crop Production.
One of the projects the Ag. Science class have done this term is a survey of the Santry river looking at Biodiversity and water quality.
We can’t let this edition pass without mentioning some of the newest members of our school community… five beautiful Angus calves!
Ailing Gallagher and Caoilinn NíShuilleabhain Labhraigh from Ms. Macklin’s Ag. Sci. class entered an all Ireland competition last year in TY. Out of 160 schools nationwide they were one of the five winners.
They took ownership of their calves at the Ploughing Championship this year and now have to implement their plan on rearing the claves.
Congratulations to Ms. Macklin,Coilinn and Ailing, what a great achievement for an urban school from Raheny.
Every year the classes vote for the two students that they feel are responsible and reliable, that teachers can call on if a class representative is needed.
Well done to the eight girls, some of who are pictured below, that were elected by their peers to represent the class.
Farrah Connolly
Cuileann Monaghan
Katie Teefy
Isobelle Dowling
Maia Wisely
Aoife Maguire Layla Connolly Zoe Ward
On the 6th 7th of October our ty group was taken by Mr Beirne, Ms Power, Ms Farren and of course tenacious Ms Hegarty to Stratford Upon Avon.
— HAMLET, ACT 3 SCENE 1
That was indeed the question when it came to this trip. Originally it was supposed to be for second year and we were going to see Romeo and Juliet before our Junior Cert. However thanks to Covid 19 it had to be postponed till fourth year.
That said the main reason for going to Stratford did not change, we were still going to learn more about William Shakespeare.
To be, or not to be, that is the question
We flew into Birmingham airport and then we were off to the hostel. After that we went to see Shakespeare’s old home and new home. We also got in some shopping before we got food! After we had eaten went to see ‘All’s well that ends well’. It was a wonderful production. The following day we went to Ann Hathaway’s cottage and learned more about her and her family.
Then, sadly, after that we had to get the bus back to the airport where our flight was delayed three times! But as the bard says
The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together
ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ACT 4 SCENE 3
We did, finally, make it home despite all the hassle at the airport, where we were collected by our parents. Thank you to Ms. Hegarty and all the teachers for bringing us. To quote TYs “This was the best TY trip by far”
Article by Layla Connolly
Congratulations to Ms G. Kelly, Mr Montgomery, Ms. Power and Ms. Fields, all of whom feature in the video linked above, on winning such a prestigious international award!
The European Innovative Teaching Award is an annual initiative that showcases outstanding teaching practices within the Erasmus+ programme and recognises the work of teachers and their schools engaged in European cooperation projects. We are very proud our school has won this award.
Before going we had all heard the horror stories of the infamous Delphi Trip: The food was inedible and possibly poisonous. The water was undrinkable. There was no Wi-Fi!
Delphi was a place entirely isolated from the rest of the world. There’d be cold weather and colder showers.
Of course these rumours weren’t really true, but at least they prepared our year group for the ‘different’ lifestyle that we’d adopt at the resort.
Transport to Delphi was definitely memorable, with the group being divided and packed into coaches like hyperactive sardines for almost five hours. Personally I’d say the best part of this journey was finally being able to stretch and walk about Supermac’s when the buses finally stopped for a half hour. However that long drive to Delphi made our arrival that much more satisfying. Unfortunately our group arrived at Delphi to torrential rain, but that didn’t stop us from taking part in all sorts of exciting activities. Only an hour into Delphi we were split into groups and plunged into ventures such as kayaking, ‘high ropes’ archery, tag archery and bush craft. These were all generally great fun, even if we were drowned in the rain.
Usually after activities we’d go back to our rooms for a bit, which could be fairly chaotic due to as many as ten people sharing a single room!
These close quarters were probably where a lot of the bonding on this trip happened for everyone, and it was a great opportunity to get to know and tolerate each other. As well as our rooms, there was also a common room in the lodge where we could access Wi Fi (finally) and meet other class groups from schools across Ireland. There was also a foosball table and a vending machine!
One of Delphi’s most anticipated activities was definitely the campfire that was complete with sing-alongs and dancing to some of the year’s favourite songs like ‘Mr. Brightside’ and ‘Drive it Like You Stole it’. I’d say one of the funniest things about this campfire was how most people lost their voice from ‘smoke’, leaving our TY year group sounding like we’d been smoking twenty packs a day for forty years!
The way home from Delphi was in stark contrast to the journey there. The excited laughing and chatter were replaced with yawns and sneezes, and for a few hours the bus was relatively quiet. Once again, Supermac’s saved the day and provided us all with a break in our 5 hour journey back to Dublin.
Overall, I’d say without a doubt that the year trip to Delphi has been my, and a lot of people’s, favourite school trip to date!
Article by Juliette Allen
4th Year will (hopefully!) be our year group’s first year in secondary that hasn’t been affected by covid! Between lockdowns, masks, social distancing and isolation, we’ve had the works, as has everyone, but I think it’s only now we’re realising how much we’ve missed in school.
For the first time since we began secondary school, we’re allowed sit in pairs and groups in the classroom, instead of in single rows 2 meters apart. Even that alone makes such a difference to the atmosphere of the class. Now we’re free to ask a friend for help on a question or to borrow a pencil, and when the teacher leaves the room we can now chat rather than just sit in silence.
The school just feels so much more alive, there’s a buzz now that had been missing all through covid. School is actually enjoyable! You don’t feel so restricted or confined to yourself, now we can branch out and talk to other students, which have always been in our year, but we’ve never had the opportunity to talk to.
Hopefully the lockdowns are well and truly over, because boy is there so much to catch up on!
Article by Niamh Bell
Auditions for the musical started mid September which was a great start to TY. Lots of people auditioned for parts on stage others signed up for the set design team. We have all been busy every Wednesday with the rehearsals, dancing, singing and painting. We can’t wait to see it all come together! Watch this space
Our Cast: Ella Harris as Donna Amelia Conroy as Sophie Toni Grant as Tanya Layla Connolly as Rosie Niamh Bell as Sam Róise Ní Laoire as Bill
Fionnuala O’Byrne as Harry Anna Cotter as Sky Addison Fly as Lisa Grace Collier as Ali Farrah Connolly as Pepper Anna Hyland as Eddie
Article by Maria Wren
Welcome back to you all and welcome to TY.
Can you believe how quickly the last three years have gone by? You are no longer part of the junior half of the school, now you are senior students. I am really looking forward to working with you all over the next three years, as you become wonderful young adults.
I do believe that TY will be a year of growth, development, expanding your experiences and hopefully your horizons, thanks to the organisational efforts of Ms. NíMhuineacháin. You have engaged and participated so far keep up the good work.
Thanks to Ms. Grace and base class 4P for the articles in this Oct. newsletter, have a lovely midterm, see you in November,
Ms. Guinan