my first ty work experience!!

for my ty work experience i decided to go to the leinster clinic in maynooth in the physiotherapy department.......i chose to do this as i have an interest in sport and i thought it might be an area id like to get into. i absolutely loved it!!!! when i started at first i was nervous going in on my first day because i didnt know anyone and i was pretty much depending on myself but i went in and everyone was very welcoming and nice and so i was ready to get to work! i was brought into the physiotherapy suite by my supervisor eamonn where a client was waiting i was introduced and then given the details of the injury. i really enjoyed learning about all the different types of injuries this was one of the many aspects of the job i enjoyed. A lot of what physiotherapy is about is helping the patient recover and regain strength in whatever part of their body. this is another thing i enjoyed about physiotherapy you got to help people recover strength and you got to ease the pain for them and for me going home at the end of the day with the satisfaction of knowing you helped someone even if only small really made me fall in love with the job. now ive learnt i want a job where i can brighten up peoples day just by helping them.!!

another thing ive learnt about physiotherapy is you have to be fit and have a lot of social skills.....when helping a patient recover you have to be able to demonstrate stretches that are for some agonizing and take a lot of strength to do. you have to be able to communicate and sympothize with them and instruct them  on how to do stretches correctly and properly so they can actually have a successful recovery. You have to be strong in the arms mostly as you are "massaging" not in a nice way areas of the body where patients have injured so you can get rid of the bone tissue and loosen the patients muscles where they have become tight and for most this is a very painful thing. This is another aspect of the job i enjoyed it is not a job where you are sitting at a desk it is an active job where you are talking to people day in day out showing them stretches and i loved this just being able to talk to patients and getting to know them!!

after this work experience ive found out so much about the job i want to have and characteristics of that job, and i can honestly say i would love to be a physiotherapist when im older but i still want to get to see other jobs and compare them and see what else is out there to do...which is one of the many perks of being young!! :)

ty so far......

when i decided to do ty it was really because i wanted to try new experiences, find out new things about myself and take a year to ready myself for the leaving cert.!!  so far i havent had a minute to myself......if anyone ever tells you ty is a doss year ignore them because im in ty and its been one of the busiest years ive ever had so far..but in a good way. Instead of being given written homework youre given projects to do and deadlines to do them for. I feel like im in the apprentice :L so far i can tell you ive learnt quite a lot..experienced quite a lot and im looking forward to whats still to come!....ty has definitely surpassed my expectations! :)

Chile: a pretty cool place! :)

for my round the world geography trip i've decided to choose Chile and new zealand as my two countries id visit. i chose these two countries as i felt i hadnt really much knowledge on either of them so i set out to change this! for my slideshow presentation i chose Chile to present to the class as i think a lot of people forget about this small country southwest of America. Chile is a really fascinating country from its hot spring geysers to the lush forests of the fjords! recently in the news there was a lot of coverage of the copiapo mining accident where 33(los 33) men were trapped hundreds of metres beneath the ground and it just shows how such a forgotten country rose to the task of rescueing these men and not only that but did it before the actual time they had said they would be able to rescue them and the major success of the rescue had a lot to do with the Chilean president Sebastian Pinera who is now one of my idols!!!

one of the places ive decided to visit is The Easter Islands. it is a very famous landmark so much so that some people call it the eight wonder of the world. On this island you will see 800 maoi which are these stone statues of strange looking heads. theyre all in a straight line and they continue around the perimeter of the island. it really is one of the wonders of the world and for this reason and many more i think more people should visit Chile as it really is a pretty cool place!!:)

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Palates!!!

today we had our first session of palates. for three weeks class emnet are going to do palates and the other ty class are going to do dancing! at first we were all a bit anxious and nervous as we didnt really know what was going to happen or more importantly if it was going to hurt! but once we got stuck into it we all started to relax. some of the exercises were challenging but most were very soothing and do-able. towards the end you could really see the improvement in the class as we were really getting the hand of "navel to spine"!! it was great craic and i cant wait until next week! :)

french artist!!!

as a french project ms farrell decided to give us each a french artist to profile....as i did art for my junior cert i was quite excited as we never really studied this aspect in art. There were so many french artists to choose. for the project i was paired up with eileen...i was very happy because eileen is such a nice person and is a great student,so my project was off to a great start already. we werent really familiar with any of the artists so we chose at random to do paul gauguin. we soon discovered his work was amazing. we really enjoyed researching paul gauguin and his work. to see his work click here!!

accord relationships talk!!

yesterday we had a very educational and fun day!......an organisation called accord came to talk to us about relationships! at first we were all a bit apprehensive about the talk as we were the first transition year to get the talk in school and we didnt really know what to expect. but our apprehension turned into ease as our speaker was extremely friendly and everyone felt comfortable talking to her. we were asked to write down topics we would like discussed which was nice as she gave gave us the choice on deciding what we wanted to do for the morning. we talked about many different things and laura our speaker was very helpful and really made us understand a lot of different concepts relating to relationships. we all had a great time and were very sad when laura had to leave. i would definetely recommend it as it was very educational but fun at the same time. 

water project

water is such an important part of our lives!!!! did you know roughly 70 percent of your body is made up of water! :0 thats amazing.....did you also know that only 1 percent of the worlds water is drinkable wow our small country of ireland has drinkable water while other countries are a lot  less fortunate!!did you know 75 percent of a chicken is water and 80 percent of a pinapple is water also....crazy stuff! more than 2 billion people dont have a safe supply of water..thats a third of the population and here we are giving out about the rain!!! for more water facts click here ive enjoyed blogging about water but i have concluded it would take me one month 2 days and an hour to list all known water facts in the world and as much as id love to give you more info on water i do also have a geography project to continue with so for now im going to leave it at that!! :)

backround

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carlingford!!

where to start??..........well we all awoke early monday morning and headed down to esso where most people stocked up on way too much sweets for the two days planned ahead. the bus arrived soon after and we all piled in excited and ready for the days ahead.

while on the bus we chattered loudly but in a good way and after a while the bus driver kindly turned the radio on and we sang simultaneously in what we thought was in tune but  ms o callaghan and the bus driver could've thought otherwise. around 8 30 we approached carlingford and we all gazed out the window at the sight of this beautiful village. although it was a very overcast day we were just happy it wasn't raining!! we all hopped off the bus ready and raring to go. we grabbed our bags and walked up through the village of carlingford which in itself was very drawing to the eye but what caught most peoples attention was the pizzeria where you could get a slice of pizza for 1 50...........we were already in love with this place!!

we eventually arrived in the adventure centre with few able to contain their excitement and sat down where the instuctors came and set down the ground rules and then split us into our activity groups and bedroom buddies. I was very happy with my roomies as we and another room had a whole floor level to ourselves!! we unpacked quickly and unanimously decided that for the morning task we would not require wellies....... to a lot of the girls dismay(including me!)when everyone was ready we headed off to the high ropes with pablo the instructor. as we approached the high ropes we quickly realised why it was called the high ropes. you could feel the anxiety as people realised they would have to climb these large poles. we were all geared up in harnesses which relieved some of the faint hearted, here we met peaches another instructor who showed us the necessary precautions and methods to complete these tasks. i decided i would get it done fast if i was to do the task so volunteered to go into the first group, the aim of the task was to get four people onto this one platform suspended in the air and eventually hold hands and lean back to form a star. my heart was racing and it was not until we completed the task that i realised what a rush it was. we went on to different tasks and with hard work completed them also! we walked back with a feeling of accomplishment only to be greeted by a well deserved delicious plate of chicken nuggets and chips.

after this we went to our water activities which was canoeing, it was great fun we paddled over to a castle and played games in the field behind. after this we went pier jumping and for me this was the highlight of the trip we all held hands and jumped in together and after getting used to the cold we decided to attempt jumping off the high wall. it was great craic!

we had dinner and we were then told to get our wellies on(whoo!) as we were going on a hike.. our initial thoughts were "a hike in the night is that not a bit iffy? but hey the instructors know what they're doin'" well were we in for a shock 1 hour 59 minutes and 32 seconds later we arrived in, exhausted, cranky and soaked to the skins(not to be helped by the sight of chinese being eaten by the other group members:L). but in the morning i saw things a little clearer and realised it was a great experience as each of us were scared and cold and this was when everyone started to bond and support each other and after lots of hugs and christmas carolling we all felt a lot better.

in the morning we packed our stuff glumly and went orienteering. we had to walk up more mountains to the groups delight and eventually ended up outside our bus saying goodbye to the instructors and loading our bags into the bus. we drove away tired but happy at such a memorable trip! :)