A big congratulations to TY students - Diarmaid Kelly, Katie McCrea and Rory O’ Neill - who made it through to the national finals of the European Youth Parliament (EYP). Well done! The Leinster heat was very competitive with over 400 delegates taking part and only 100 going through to the national final.
In conversation with the students, Diarmaid Kelly explains that, "each of us were on a separate committee based on our own choice. Katie was on the Culture committee, Rory on the AFET (Foreign Affairs) committee and I was on the Economy committee. On the first day each committee had to draft up resolutions based on our chosen topics. On the second day we had to debate and defend our resolutions in General Assembly. These were then put to the floor for a vote. Katie and Rory's resolutions were passed, mine wasn't..."
Rory O'Neill felt that "it was really good being put to stand up in front of a big crowd, with no restrictions on what you could say. It gives you great confidence". Katie McCrea thought that it was great "being able to debate with your peers".
The national final will take place between 2nd March to 4th March next. Best of luck!
In early February the 1st Year Science class dissected sheep's hearts. Some of the 1st Year students describe what it was like. (Click on thumbnails to open an enlarged version of image.)
"I was really looking forward to dissecting the heart. I enjoyed cutting it open although it was very smelly!" - Moya McCrea
"It was so fun getting to dissect the heart. It's really a fun way to learn how it works and the structure of it." - Evan Matthews
"I was kind of grossed out about dissecting a sheep's heart before the dissection took place, but while we were doing it I was really enjoying myself!" - Megan Harnett
Rory Murphy, 2nd Year Student, is this month's winner of the Student Digital Photo Competition. The theme was "New Beginnings". Click on the photo to see its detail and cleverness. You can also look at the winning photo on the Gallery 2011/2012 section of the school website.
Next month's competition theme is "Reading" and it is part of the school's World Book Day 2012 celebrations on Thursday, 1st March. The deadline is Friday, 9th March 2012. Give your photos to Ms. Mahon or Ms. O'Kelly.
A big congratulations to TY students - Diarmaid Kelly, Katie McCrea and Rory O’ Neill - who made it through to the national finals of the European Youth Parliament (EYP). Well done! The Leinster heat was very competitive with over 400 delegates taking part and only 100 going through to the national final.
