Drugs awareness talk
On Wednesday the 7th of March, a specialist on drugs came to school to talk about them and warn us about the danger of consuming them. The purpose of the talk was to explain to us what the effects of drugs are. He said loads of young people have been dying in the past number of years because they take drugs that they don’t even know what they are or what they’re made of.
To conclude, he gave us useful information that I didn’t know and could be helpful to understand how the world works.
To conclude, he gave us useful information that I didn’t know and could be helpful to understand how the world works.
“IT is not for geeks”
Last Friday (29th September) we had a talk about IT. Two guest speakers came to school and explained what work they do in DELL and they were also showing us that working in that sector gives people lots of opportunities and that everybody should consider it if they enjoy it.
During the talk the speakers got our attention by making us part of it and they also gave some usbs or batteries. We also watched two videos, the first one was about some employees that work in DELL and they were explaining what they do and how they enjoy their work. The second video was about people that work in the IT sector but they were from different companies like for example Google. Both of them were quite interesting and I think it was a great talk to show people in more detail that IT is not for geeks.
During the talk the speakers got our attention by making us part of it and they also gave some usbs or batteries. We also watched two videos, the first one was about some employees that work in DELL and they were explaining what they do and how they enjoy their work. The second video was about people that work in the IT sector but they were from different companies like for example Google. Both of them were quite interesting and I think it was a great talk to show people in more detail that IT is not for geeks.
Mini company talk
On the 20th of September we had a talk about mini companies. An entrepreneur came in to explain to us some projects that we can do and to give us all the details to participate in the competition. She gave us a clear perspective about business. She talked about creating a new object useful for life by our own ideas. In the project that she proposed to us we will have to spend lots of hours of work setting up things like coming up with ideas, producing the project which I think will make us more independent and we will learn that it isn’t that easy to create something.
I found it quite interesting and I would love to participate. This is also a good way to motivate students, and for teachers to see what their students can do. She showed us some examples of the winners of other years and why they won. They didn’t produce something very expensive or shocking just useful.
Then she divided us into groups to see what we could do. She gave us a clip and a piece of paper and with that we had to write as many ideas and utilities for the clip as we could. I found it very interesting and I also think that this is an amazing opportunity for us and that we should take it.
I found it quite interesting and I would love to participate. This is also a good way to motivate students, and for teachers to see what their students can do. She showed us some examples of the winners of other years and why they won. They didn’t produce something very expensive or shocking just useful.
Then she divided us into groups to see what we could do. She gave us a clip and a piece of paper and with that we had to write as many ideas and utilities for the clip as we could. I found it very interesting and I also think that this is an amazing opportunity for us and that we should take it.
Wellbeing talk
Last Monday lots of students had a talk in the Junior Hall with the Minister of Health. He was talking to us about how to maintain a healthy lifestyle and the problems that Ireland is suffering in the last few years. He also explained that obesity is worrying nowadays and he said to us that we don’t need a huge amount of money to eat healthy, it’s just cultural and using some of our time to do this things.
In my opinion he was close in age to us and I really enjoyed it. After listening to his talk it changed in a way how to think about this issue and that is fundamental to encourage students to have a good lifestyle.
In my opinion he was close in age to us and I really enjoyed it. After listening to his talk it changed in a way how to think about this issue and that is fundamental to encourage students to have a good lifestyle.
Meditation talk
On Monday, 6th of November 2017 we had a talk from a lady who told us about her own story. She told us that when she was fifteen she got pregnant and that she thought that the universe was against her but with meditation and training of the mind, she started fighting her own problems and looking for solutions to them she also explained to us the importance of being mindful and how it makes you feel healthier and better with you.
Nutricionist talk
Last Tuesday, 7th of November 2017, we had a talk about nutrition and the different elements that we should eat to be healthy. The nutritionist explained very well and with great detail what were the good things about consuming each element and I personally think that it was very interesting but it would have been better if we had had the chance to try them.