Sci fest or sky fest???

A couple of days ago we went to sci fest it was an experience. We arrived early enough because we had to leave at 8 and when we got there we saw a lot of projects. My group was in the physical sciences category and we were put into a lab with a few other groups...we felt very important. Then the judges came around and analysed our projects which was fun but after our third judge we were getting tired and Hungry! After lunch we went to a few lectures i went to one on alcahol. Then there was the awards, we listened to the speeeches and then he began announcing the winners he called out the juniors first and then the intermediate which was us. There was a first and second place for each catagory and he announced that we had come second which was amazing because we felt we blabbered on in our second interview so we were very pleased and even more pleased when we got a 15 euro voucher for one for all. Then they called out the winner of the catagory which was roisin p and lauren m. This was great as another project from wolstans had won a prize . Then they had a space award i think which wasnt in a catagory but it was a seperate thing and ciara m, saidhbh h and oriana f. won this. Then they announced the winner of the biology catagory and that was aoife b, kate e and steph hanan who in the end won the overall award so out of 180 projects st wolstans won five awards...not a bad day all in all! well done everyone :)

Sylvia Plath

In english we are learning about Sylvia Plath. It was very interesting watching the movie about her life as you really got an insight into the experiences in life she had to deal with such as the infidelity of her husband Ted Hughes and in the end the fact that she felt she was alone in the world with two small children led her to commit suicide. Reading Sylvia Plath's poems made me realise what a gifted poet she really was and part of me believes that her life and her difficulties fuelled her to write better poems because of the emotions she felt during her difficult times. So whether or not she realised this,ironically the one thing in life she was really passionate about which was to be the best poet she could be and when she was depressed and did not feel like she wanted to be alive she suffered but her poems did not, they improved as people could feel her emotion through her words on the page so as cruel as it might sound, the saying "there is a silver lining in every cloud" comes to mind as even though she was suffering she managed to succeed in her lifetime dream which was to become a poet who people could read and relate to and because of this she is a world famous poet and in my opinion her poems have been some of the most powerful and emotional ones i have read to date.