Highlights Of TY so

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CarlingfordCarlingford was our first trip as a class and year group. It was one of the best experiences of my life and I got to try things that I never would have done like Zorbing, Kayaking, laser tag and high wire course. We all bonded so much over the two days and i think I speak for everyone when I say that I would love to go back!

Fun walkThe Fun Walk is an annual event in the school where students walk around the town for charity. Each year is given a colour and each class must choose a song and create a dance to it! This year , the TY colour was yellow and we chose the song ‘Hey Ya’ by Outkast.

Mini-CompanyEvery Year , all of the TYs take part in the Mini-Company competition. Our Mini company is called SnapShot Frames and we make hand designed MAGNETIC frames. Our minicompany has been quite successful and we have sold 30 frames in total so far. On the 21st of January, Two judges from the enterprise board came to the school to judge our mimi companies. The 14 Ty mini companies all set up stalls in the school hall, and each group gave a presentation about their project.

Junk KoutureJunk kouture was only introduced into the school this year. The idea of junk kouture is to create something fashionable, using only recycled materials. Our idea( on left) was to use cds, cassette tapes, earphones and music manuscript. A fashion show was held in the school and prizes were given to the top two designs in each class. Luckily our design was good enough to come second out of our class.

Briary Gap competition In October we began working on our dramas for the briary gap competition. The whole experience of getting to write and perform our drama was amazing. We decided to get the inspiration for our dramas from the Millennium development goals. The class was split into two groups- one group did their play on homelessness and the other on The effects of wars. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would gladly do it again

My TY experienceThe past five months of TY have been some of the bestthat I have ever experienced. I have made friends who Ihave shared my experiences with, and I have gotten totry things that I never would have tried if I hadn'tchosen TY. I have gained new skills and my confidencehas grown. I am so happy that I did choose to do the yearand I would highly recommend it to anyone who is onthe fence about choosing to do TY.