Work Experience!!!

As part of our Ty program in St.Wolstans, we are given the opportunity to go on work experience on most Wednesdays.

My first work experience placement is in the chemistry department in maynooth collage. This work placement consists mostly of working in the chemistry labs.

I was nervous about starting work experience, I had no idea what to expect! This was our first insight into the world of work and how people are expected to work together. To my relief all the staff were very welcoming and they do their best to make you feel involved.

I'm finding work experience very interesting so far. I work a lot in the labs setting up experiments and making sure all the equipment it out and ready to be used. I also carry out tasks such as ringing suppliers and ordering supplies for the labs.

I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to go on work experience, its very benefitial and it's something to look forward to every week.

Carlingford!!!

On the 15th of September, All the ty's headed to Carlingford for the night. We met at esso at 7:00, as usual I was a few minutes late as I forgot to pack my bag the night before...
When we arrived in Carlingford, we were brought straight to the adventure center where we were assigned our rooms. There were twelve people in my room. We left our bags in our rooms and then started our activities! Our first activity was kayaking, everyone seemed to enjoy it. After kayaking we went back to the adventure center for lunch. Our second activity was laser tag, which was definitely my favorite part of the trip! We were split into two teams (THE RED TEAM!!!...and the blue team), i was on the red team. Everyone got very competitive about laser tag. The red team instructor Martin gave us a number of inspirational quotes to help us win, my favorite being (You miss 100% of the shots you don't take). They clearly didnt help that much since we lost....but the thought was nice!
After laser tag we went back to the center for dinner. We then went back to our rooms as we had two hours till our next activity. While waiting we just ate food and played DS's. Our last activity was from 7-9. It was a night line, We had to walk through a forest in the dark with blindfolds on. 
Everyone was pretty tired after the night line. We had the rest off the night off. Some of us went to get Chinese, and then went to a disco that was on upstairs in the center. We had to be in our rooms at 11:00. After that the night consisted of energy drinks, sweets and a lot of shouting! The next morning we were woken at 7:30, we had breakfast and then got ready for more water activities. We went canoeing which was good, but the water was too cold for my liking.  
Our final activity's were team building excersises, they went surprisingly well and everyone worked well as a team. After the team excersises we went back to get our bags and then headed for the bus. Everyone was exhausted on the way home, Especially with the thought of school the next day.
I feel that the trip to carlingford really helped our year to bond and become closer.