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TY Driving Day, March 2017 Photo: Ms. Finnegan
NEWS / 10 March 2017

On Thursday, 9th March the TYs spent the whole day at the Rosemary Smith Driving School learning how to drive. Anna Baker (TY) found out what it was really like to drive ...

On Thursday, 9th March the TYs spent the whole day at the Rosemary Smith Driving School learning how to drive. Anna Baker (TY) found out what it was really like to drive ... "I crashed! I was turning the corner and I didn't get a big enough turn and scraped against the bollard."

Megan Wynne (TY) said "it was really fun ... I can't wait to drive!". Sonny Daly (TY) agreed. "It was an excellent experience and we all learned more about motorised vehicles. We got a few bumps in the cars though!"

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