Briery Gap Drama competition

The Briery Gap Drama competition was on tuesday and st. Wolstans had four drama entries in the heats. My group did a play based on the poem 'But You Didn't' by Merryl Glass. We adapted the poem and wrote a script with a scene for each verse. The play is about a youg couple very much in love, until the man is called up to war and he dies in combat. We had Niamh playing the female character Merryl in the present looking back on all her past memories with her partner before he was killed, and then Orlaigh is the past Merryl acting out the memories with Bebhinn as John, her partner.

We really enjoyed putting the whole production together, even though it was stressful a times trying to work out costumes and props. Ciara deserves a lot of credit for painting the entire backdrop herself! Something I would completley mess up :L
I was an extra in the play, but I was involved in the writing of the script, and I was in charge of lighting and props with Ciara.
The other dramas from our school were all very good, and I've seen them so many times I know all the lines off by heart! It's amusing to see all the plays are based around tragic themes such as racism, drink driving, abuse, war....we have morbid imaginations! :L

Young scientist :D

The BT Young Scientist exhibition was on 2 weeks ago in the RDS, and all of transition year got to go and support our school :) It had been two years since I was last there in 2nd year, and I swear it hadn't changed a bit! There were hundreds of projects and I tried to see as many as possible. Some were very interesting such as one group who made a windmill out of bicycle parts, and another group who did a study on the most intelligent child in a family (the eldest? or the youngest?)

Stephanie, Kate, and Aoife were one group from our year representing the school, and there project was called 'The free radical theory of aging and the counter-acting affects of antioxidants' I know it's a bit of a mouthful and I don't even understand it fully! :L Basically they tested different antioxidants on microscopic worms to see if they would live longer. The girls did very well and were awarded highly commended, it was well deserved! :D
Although there were lots of interesting projects and stands, most girls were interested in getting lots of free stuff :L I myself left with a free bouncy ball, and some badges!