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Thanks to the hard work put in by Mr.O'Connor, our school is very close to having a sailing team. Earlier in the year, a trip done to howth yacht club was organised. When we arrived we changed into our wetsuits and gear, and got ready to head out on the water. Thee kind of sailing when you compete with schools is called team sailing. This kind of racing is very strategic and can be a little confusing at times. So we spent the first hour or so in the briefing room learning the basic rules and a few different tactics. We then launched our Picos (small sailing dinghy) from the pier and headed out. We spent the day practising the skills we had been thought, and even did a couple trial races. Once we came back ashore, we derigged the boats and got changed into our dry cloths. We then ate our lunch whilst having a de-brief. The day was a lot of fun, and I really hope that we can properly set up a team next year!

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A couple of weeks ago, we were told we had to provisionally select our leaving cert subject choices. This is so that when it comes to actually picking, the school will know the greatest way to arrange different subjects in accordance with the demand. I have selected Applied Maths, Physics, DCG and Computer Science. I believe that this subject complement each other nicely and are certainly related to the kind of careers I have in mind. At the moment becoming a Pilot would top the list, but I am also considering careers such as an aerospace or civil engineer, or maybe an architect. No matter what, I know I like these kind of subjects, so I will more than likely end up in a career related to them.

We were made put select a language as well. It makes sense to continue on with the one taken for junior cert, in my case German. I'm not exactly bad at german, but I just really don't enjoy learning it. So I might consider dropping after a while. A third foreign language is essential for many courses, but luckily enough the kind of courses I am interested in, tend to not have it as a requirement. This is a important decision I will have to make. I just don't see the purpose of doing something I don't enjoy for two years, and for me to end up not even needing it. But there is a small chance I might, so I have some careful thinking to get to.

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We were so close to opening night, but unfortunately we had to cancel. The set we build was 90% there, so we were very disappointed. Despite this we are all very hopeful of completing the show when we get back to school. It would be such a shame to waste all of our hard work. Id say by now a lot of the actors will have lost their lines, but with bit of practise I'm sure it'll all come back.

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Unfortunately, the final day of the trip had come. I was very disappointed. But you just have to make the absolute most of it. Luckily enough it had snowed the night before, giving us a nice fresh sheet of snow across all of the slopes. As we had gone on our trip the week before the mid-term, it meant that it was far less busy. Giving us the great opportunity to head up the slopes and be the first ones down the slope that day. It was such a dramatic improvement from the conditions we had had throughout the week. It was so smooth and soft. My skis were just effortlessly gliding across the snow, giving a complete illusion of weightlessness. This was great. The only problem with when you get such good conditions as this in the morning time, is that by the time its midday, the loose soft snow becomes fairly choppy. The slopes begin to fill with large bumps which are hard to see amid the white, these are called Moguls. They are still great fun though, as you get to do some nice jumps on your way down the slope. We had to have a shorter day skiing, as we had to make our way to Milan Airport that evening. Nearly everyone decided after lunch that they would call it a day and spent an hour or two in the restaurant with a nice drink. But I luckily convinced the teachers to let a few of us get one or two more quick runs in. The minimum group size was three, so Myself, Elle and Conor went up. I was delighted to have gotten these last few bits in. But all good things come to an end and we had to go return our skis. We now had to face a four hour coach trip back to the airport. Me, Hana and James decided to play a game to make the journey more enjoyable. We came up with a game where we would first pick a random name, then taking turns going round, we would have to say a new name beginning with the last letter of the previously said name. For example, if we started with John, I would say Niall, then Hana would say Luke, and so on and on. This kept us entertained for a good two and a half hours. Eventually we arrived at Milan Airport for our evening flight back to Dublin. The plane journey flew by. There was quiet a rough patch of turbulence midway but that’s always a bit of fun. Of course a few girls screamed, but turbulence is one hundred percent safe and there is nearly no chance of something going wrong, so we knew it’s safe. We landed at 11pm, we then went to the baggage reclaim and collected our luggage. We all said a huge thank you to the teachers as we left the airport. It was such a fun trip and I was super sad to see it end.

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The next day we did the usual, eat breakfast, get into our ski gear and head to the slopes. A day had not yet gone by without eating a pizza. They were just delicious. After lunch we met up with our ski instructor. During the week we had all being very much looking forward to getting to go down the black slope. It did not disappoint. We trekked our way across a couple of different slopes to get there. It was all great fun going down until, none other than Ethan, lost control behind me and crossed over the back of my skis, sending me tumbling down the slope. I never mind crashing as its usually fun skidding down. As well as this, we were just lucky enough to capture it on camera, which was much to the amusement of everyone. Overall it was a great day. Once we got back to the hotel, the teachers announced that we would be having a talent show, much to the disappointment of the guys including myself. I’m not one for performances. They said everyone had to contribute, but there was no chance of that happening. Afterwards we were given a little bit more free time and then it was off to bed for our final night.

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The next day was much of the same process. The skiing was great. Despite the resort being fairly small, and the conditions being not ideal, it was still so much fun. The artificial snow, is technically real, so you don’t notice when you are actually skiing. You only really miss out the amazing snowy backdrop. Once the lessons were oven for the day, and we had all filled up on another amazing lunch, it was time to go off skiing with the teachers. A few of the people in my group decided to ask if we could go off and explore by ourselves, without the teachers guiding us down the mountain. So the teachers agreed to this, as long as we went down with them a couple of times, so that they could access us to make sure they thought we were competent enough to do so. They had a look at us and agreed that Conor, James V, Myself, Elle, Andrew and Charlotte would be allowed to ski unsupervised. This was good news, as we could then absolutely bomb down the slopes. The great thing about the long blue slopes, is that they are not at an awkward gradient or don’t have too many bumps which would cause you to have to go slow. I had a tracker on my phone with allowed us to see how fast we could actually go. On one decent, we got up to 65 kmh, which was really fun. Unfortunately once again, the day had to come to a halt, and we got changed and headed back to the hotel. We were given some free time after dinner. Which was quiet nice, as you could take a little break from the action packed day.

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We all woke up early and got changed into out ski gear before heading down to breakfast in the hotel. The ski lift was only a five minute walk away which was very handy. We walked down to the place where we put our boots and helmets on and then went to the bottom of the slopes. I had brought my own helmet and boots as the ones you get from the rentals are often quite uncomfortable and old. My helmet is jet black, and has a built in visor, this soon earned me the nickname “Robocop”. This lasted me the week and a little bit beyond. We were separated into our beginner, intermediate and advanced groups. As I have been skiing many times in the past I was put into the advanced group. Everyone in the advanced was pleased to be there, because being stuck on a beginners nursery slope for an entire trip is quite painful. The “magic carpet” ski lift for the nursery, takes around three minutes to go up and you get down the slope in around fifteen to twenty seconds. So it’s not ideal. The advanced separated off and headed to the actual chairlifts. We were brought up to the top of the mountain were we would make our first decent. No matter how many times you have gone skiing, it always takes a few minutes to get back into the swing of things. After just one or two slips or falls you are good to go. We spent the morning learning off a couple of the slopes and just getting used to the slopes. It was now lunchtime and we headed down to the restaurant at the bottom of the slopes. I ordered a margarita pizza and it was one of the nicest pizzas I've ever had in my life. After this very tasty lunch, everyone got back into their skis and went to get a little extra practise before the ski instructors came back. Here we gave a helping hand to the beginner groups, which was actually really fun. After this we went off around the slopes for some more lessons. Skiing is my absolute favourite thing to do, so after I squeezed every last second out of the day, we were finally called to go het changed. Once everyone was ready, we headed back to the hotel for dinner. We had some pasta which was really nice. Afterwards the teachers announced that we would be spending the evening Ice Skating! I was quiet looking forward to this until we got there. You would think that if you are somewhat a good skier, you would be able to do a bit of skating. But this was very clearly not the case. I was absolutely shocking bad. At this point I was very appreciative that it was a ski trip and not a skate trip. It was getting late, nearly 10 o’clock, and the hotel was a two hour drive back. Since we had had quite a long day of skiing, we all crashed out when we went to bed.

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The day I have been so much looking forward to had finally arrived, the fourth ski trip to Italy! It was an early start to the day, we arrived at Dublin airports terminal two all ready to go at 4am in the morning. We all gathered and made sure everyone was there and had everything we needed. We went through all the usual airport rigmarole and finally boarded the plane. The plan was to fly to Milan, and then get a coach from the airport to Polsa, the ski region. For the entire trip over all I could think about was skiing. I go skiing with my family every year but it never gets old, and it’s by far my favourite time of the year. We got off the plane and went to collect our luggage, where we had our temperatures checked for coronavirus, which at the time had barely arrived in Italy. So it wasn’t much of a concern to most of us. We left the airport and found our coach. It was a four hour drive, so the teachers planned to stop in Verona as a half way point to give us a break and some free-time. We were given four hours to get lunch and explore the city, which proved to be quite a long time. We split in groups and went off. The guys and I were absolutely starving so the priority was to get some lunch. We all pretty much agreed that we would have to get pizza seen as we were in Italy. To our disappointment it was extremely hard to find somewhere to buy pizza which we found odd. The whole city of Verona was a little rundown and had a kind of dull atmosphere around it. But none the less we had a bit of fun going around and exploring.

We gathered and got back on the bus and continued on our way to Polsa. The journey flew by and we arrived in no time. I had been very concerned over the forecast for the region. There is always snow machines which can produce snow overnight, but it’s never really the same. The average temperature for the week was 7 degrees Celsius, so not ideal conditions for real snow. The other problem was the resort itself, it is situated in the foothills of the Alps, meaning it had a max altitude of 1,200 meters which is not really that high for good skiing. We arrived and to our disappointment, unfortunately I was correct. There was only artificial snow on the slopes. I was a little disappointed but it’s still great fun none the less. That evening we went to the ski hire and got all our gear sorted for the next day. We had had a very early start so we didn’t stay up to late, so that we had enough energy for the next day.

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For English we have been assigned the task of writing our own Autobiography. It is to have 30-40 pieces of work, documenting our lives so far. We are free to compose the autobiography the way we wish, as long as pieces reflect the 5 categories of language.

Below are my favourite three autobiography pieces...

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There was more files, but for some reason I wasn't able to re-download them off Microsoft Teams. It might have something to do with only using the mobile app. Unfortunately I don't have a PC or Laptop, so I have had to do most things on my phone.

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The Ethicality of Aircraft and the Aviation Industry

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The Ethicality of Aircraft and the Aviation Industry

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I have been trying to get as many of my friends into cycling as I can. And have been somewhat successful! I has a possible trip idea that I think would be great fun for next yeara a Cycling Trip. In Scoil Iosa, they run a nice cycling trip in 5th year down in Kerry. The stories always sound like it's so much fun!

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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I really enjoyed the STEM Trip to Amsterdam. It was a load of fun and was super interesting. And I am really appriative of the work that the teachers put in to organise it. Unfortunately I was planning on going with Leo, but there was an issue, and he was no longer able to go. Of course I was disappointed, but it didn't effect the enjoyment of the Trip. I learnt a lot, and just loved the travel. From planes to trains to the underground to trams and even boats!!! I enjoyed it so much. Thank you!

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We woke up nice and early on the Thursday morning. We got ready and packed our day bags for our trip out to Rotterdam. We had a tasty breakfast in the Clink Noord Hostel and then headed off to catch the train. First, we hopped on a public ferry which took us across the river Amstel, directly to Amsterdam Centraal. The train took an hour and a half, but seemed to fly by, as we were constantly occupied by the Netherlands' unusual landscape. Every field and farm we passed appeared to be so well planned and layout, with every one containing several water systems, such as ditches and irrigational streams.

When we arrived in Rotterdam, we were given an hour to go explore the city. The architecture and infrastructure there was really interesting. Every building, whether it was old or contemporary, was really cool to see. The main event of the day was the Speed Boat Tour. The boat tour took us around the port of Rotterdam, showing us the everyday logistics of organising and running the port. Everybody really enjoyed it and found it very interesting. One fact that really surprised a lot of people was that the port deals with just over 14.5 Million containers every year.

When the tour was over we were let go for lunch. Later we met at an architectural landmark called the Cube House. It is a series of cube shaped homes suspended on hexagonal prisms. Although they were really interesting from the outside, not everyone loved the interior of the homes. They felt fairly tight and a little run down. We returned back to Amsterdam on a really nice train. We ended sitting in a quiet carriage', which was really nice and chill.

When we arrived back in Amsterdam, it was time for dinner. We planned to go to an Indonesian restaurant, seen as the Netherlands history of the colonisation of Indonesia. The food was really good. After the dinner we went for a short walk around Amsterdam, and then returned to the hostel. The day turned out really well and everyone was very tired by the end of the day. It was a very enjoyable and informative trip.

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We arrived at the Dublin Airport at about 4am. We then went onto the flight to Schiphol Amsterdam airport. We were all very tired but we had a lot ahead of us. We dropped off our luggage at Central station and made our way down to the NEMO museum.

The NEMO museum was a massive building full of fun science experiments. It had different floors from different STEM subjects, Chemistry, Physical, Space and Biology. It showed off all these topics in fun and interesting ways. Then we all had a talk by one of the 4th year students about the NEMO museum and then headed on our way to collect our luggage and headed to our Hostel, Clinknoord.

We were all very tired, so we had a small break then headed off to NDSM, an old rundown shipping yard that was renovated. We had a photo competition in NSDM and the best photo would get a free lunch. After that we attended dinner at the Noorderlicht Cafe. It was a very interesting restaurant, mainly vegan food. We then all gathered outside for a presentation from some of the 5h years talking about
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On the very last day of Work Experience with Simtech, we were called to go help out with a bit of filming that was going on in the company facility. RTE were filming a crime documentary about a man who murdered his wife and fled to spain. They need a stationary airplane for filming, hence being at simtech, At first myself and my friend were just two extras sitting in the plane, to just give an illusion of
a full aircraft. When they had to film the scene of the murderer on his way home to Ireland whilst under arrest, the director called on me to play the murderer. I did not want to do this at all, i absolutely hate acting and seeing myself on camera, but I didn't really have a choice. I was put in a pair of real handcuffs and locked to the airplane seat. It is safe to say that i was not very good but its done now.

Earlier on during the week, me and my friend were also called to make a promotional video for hand washing to prevent the spread of the virus. So I think its pretty safe to say that we are destined for hollywood.

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Everybody completed their assesment and we all passed! All qualified first aiders now yup! I am pleased by with this, as I really need it, as I plan on going forward to become a powerboat instructor, and this is a qualification required.

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The Team consisted of...
Myself - as graphics and artwork
Leo - solidworks
Matthew - design and videos
Conor - documentation and research

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There is still more to come! For some reason a few of the photographs there are upside down and I can't fix that sorry! The work will be better once completed

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Seen as it will be next year by the time we actually get to submit work, I thought I might as well show what we have completed so far. Please excuse the photographs, it will be much better when we properly scan the sheets!

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Unfortunately lockdown kicked into operation, the day before the competition deadline. So now we are going to have to wait untill we all go back to school so that we can submit out hard work

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I was delighted to have gotten a work experience placement with Simtech Aviation. SimTech is a pilot training facility, who specialise in Simulators, based in Dublin Airport Business Park. And as an extra, I happen to do it with a good friend, which made it even more enjoyable

The company doesn't train pilots from scratch, they focus on further training existing pilots. Giving them qualifications called type-ratings, basically allowing them to fly different kinds of aircraft.

Throughout the week we got to hang around with the engineer, and experience the lookings after of the massive simulators. Each simulator is an amazing piece of machinery, and costs up to 15 Million to purchase. So I was shocked when they let us have a go at flying. Throughout the days we sat in on the pilots training in Sims. This thought me so so much. I learnt so many new things about the operations of the aircraft. I was so interesting. When I was given controls I was please to say that I landed the Boeing 737 first try. They gave us a couple to lessons on how to fly the the aircraft afterwards which was really amazing. The Sims were an amazing experience and felt so real. The whole room moves to give the Illusion of flight. I really enjoyed the week.

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Unfortunately, I only got to complete one week of work experience due to the lockdown. It was disappointing but worse things can happen. At least I got one week done. Also, I have the two part time jobs which is excellent for the CV, so I should be ok.

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This is a seperate competition to the one previously mentioned. It is run every two years and is open to fifth and sixth year students. Meaning I will next be allowed to enter when I am in sixth year. The competition composes of various stages, including interviews, video, project work, simulator assessments and much more.

The very lucky top two students, will receive an all expenses paid summer away in Los Angeles. Where you will receive the training and assessment for your PPL (Private Pilots License). To complete ppl training in Ireland you usually have to go down to cork or sometimes Hueston airport. However this can be a little awkward with traveling and is certainly expensive. It costs on average €13,000, but can be more depending on weather, it usually ends up being more like 15k. This competitive is definitely a huge step up from the last one, and there will be a lot more competitors, but there is always someone who has to win!

I don't think I would be able to express how happy I would be if I got this, it would be such an amazing thing to have achieved, if I pursue my dream career of becoming a pilot.

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As busy as I have been during the covid 19 lockdown, I would still have liken to be working on the boat. Unfortunately it's moored out on the water so there is no way to get to it (as the motorboat I borrow to get to it is in the closed marina). So I can't wait work to resume. It's proving quite difficult to do work as it is on the water, and that hole still needs fixing. Our only real option is to get it out of the sea. The plan is to somehow the boat back home. But for this I need a towbar and a trailer, both of which I do not have. So I'm a bit stuck at the moment, but I'll figure out some scheme or another.

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I stumbled upon another old boat, this one maybe a little beyond repair. There seems to be no damage to the hull, but still not sailable/motorable, it would just be too much work.

I had an idea to turn it into a small pontoon floating dock. It would require cutting off its top to make it level. Then constructing a rectangular deck which could be placed on top. The way it would be a cool deck which could be moored in the channel. I could attach cleats along its side and then use it as a dock for tieing up my 'good' boat. It would also be a handy spot to work on the yacht. A project for when the restrictions are lifted perhaps??

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I spent a lot of my time, since the lockdown kicked into operation, working on the engineering portfolio. I have attached the PDF if you would like to have a look through!

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Due to the coronavirus, the regionals were cancelled. This means that everyone is automatically put through to the nationals. The nationals are due to take place virtually in May.

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We made drastic improvements, we just over halfed the drag coefficient from our Regionals Car!

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To give an idea of the amount of work, this entire column on padlet, about the testing of the car, will only be enough to cover about half of one of the 10 pages of the engineering portfolio. So there is still an awful lot more to do! The Padlet really doesn't do it justice!

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I used an Arduino along with an accelerometer, to access the vibrations in the airflow over the car. I compared the regionals car and the nationals car, and their different components.

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Smoke machine worked out well! Had to use a black background for it to show up though.

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I built a DIY smoke machine to inject smoke into the tunnel when testing to access the cars aerodynamics. I got a large jar with a lid, and drilled 3 holes into the top. I then attached a pump into the first hole, slid in a soldering iron into the middle hole, and finally put tubing leading out in the third hole. I then put baby oil and an old rag into the jar. Once the soldering iron is turned on, it heats the oil and produces a white smoke. The pump then pushes the smoke into the tunnel.

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Finally got a prototype model to use in the testing

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Assembled regionals car prior to paintings and other finishing. The main body was CNC Machined and everything else was made using a 3D Printer

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ItThe F1 in schools competition requires an awful lot of work and effort. Its hard to demonstrate the workload but I will give a very brief description of what has to be done.

The first stage of the competition to get through is the Regionals, then you move forward to Nationals, and if you're lucky, on to compete at the World Finals. Which are due to be held in Singapore in late september, alongside the Grand Prix.

Each stage we have to produce...
10 A3 Page Engineering Portfolio
10 A3 Page Enterprise Portfolio
Car Renderings Booklet
Multimedia Documents
Large booth like Pit Display
The Car itself (including design, CAD and Manufacturing)
Various different interviews and presentations

All of this needs to be done for the Regionals, then again for the Nationals, and hopefully the World's!

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So I finally made it the length to Norway (950km). It took me 23 days to complete. Still keep going though!

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For the first few days I was just going out and about and seeing where my nose took me, but then I started to think about maybe setting targets for myself to reach. I always use trackers to keep record of my cycles, so I thought I'd select a location which I'd try and cycle the distance to and see how long it took me. I chose Norway, for no particular reason, just saw it on a map and said why not. So the next day I set out on my journey.

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I love my bike, and it's great for a mix of road and light trail use. But I think I am in need for a new bike. My top choice would be new racer, so that I can focus on road and longer distance cycling. I don't want to sell my bike so my plan is to hopefully buy some new mountain bike tyres and pop them on my current bike. Its a hybrid, but it's frame is certainly good enough for off road, so I think with mountain wheels it'll be up to standard. So this way I will have a proper mountain bike and a racer. The bike I'd love to have is this Boardman SLR Raod Bike...

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I love cycling and since the lockdown was implemented, I've been out every single day. When schools were closed at first, and there were no 'distance from home' restrictions, I was cycling in and out of town every morning. It was so nice because there was such little traffic on the roads. My usual route was out from Malahide to Sutton, and then head down the Clontarf road, and then up and down the the quays along the Liffey, and then returning home the same way.

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Team Manager - Andrew Evans
Engineer - Evan Banable
Engineer - Finn Hallwood
Design - Ava Casey
Promotion - Harris Idris

The very first part of the development of our team was choosing a team name and logo. We settled with Apollo Racing.

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Many people have heard of the F1 in schools competition, but many do not actually know what the competition entails. So I decided to give a brief description of what the competition involves...

F1 in Schools is an international STEM competition for young people in secondary schools around the globe, in which groups of 3–6 students have to design and manufacture a miniature F1 car using CAD software. The car is manufactured in ways such as CNC machining and 3D printing. Each team also has to produce engineering and Enterprise portfolios. The stages to the competition are the Regionals, the Nationals and the World Finals.

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So the the airflow will be produced using a stationary hairdryer. The air will then flow through a bunch of straws which helps straighten the airflow. I am yet to order in a smoke machine, which will allows for injection into the tunnel allowing for testing of the cars aerodynamics.

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This was probably the most awkward stage. I've never cut glass before, and I didn't have any glass cutting tools, so I went and found a large glass pane, and then got a ceramic drill bit, which I used to score the glass surface. I then snapped it, and it broke nice and even. I was pretty happy with the way it ended up working

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In my not so great makeshift workshop

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So with limited tools and supplies on hand due to he lockdown, my plans where to just do the best possible job I could with things I could find around the house and nearby. Many DIY tunnels use cardboard but I decided to use wood for strength

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I am now in the final stages of completion of my Windtunnel. Unfortunately it does just look like a box, and doesn't look like there was much work involves. But it certainly took a while. I've never done woodwork classes so I'm happy with the way things have turned out so far

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The last good few days I have been focusing 100% of my time into a DIY Windtunnel. I am constructing it for the purpose of testing the F1 Car we have designed for the formula 1 in schools competition

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Set's really coming together. Nearly there!

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I am really happy that I got the role I wanted in the Drama, Set Design. I will be doing this with Gabriel and Liam. This role will entail everything from the construction of the backdrop to the sourcing of props. Hopefully everything goes to plan!

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Recently I went for an interview at FunGalaxy PlayCentre. I was pleased to find out that that I got the part-time weekend position. The job is essentially being a kitchen hand. I am either cleaning or cooking food for the children's parties. It's alright work, but it can get very tiring when you are in school all week then in all weekend aswell. But it's always worth it in the end!

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In September last year, Six West in collaboration with the Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA) in Cork announced the launch of their Student Initiative Competition. The competition, which was open to all students in Ireland from 4th year to 6th year, aimed to encourage students to consider a career in the world of Aviation.

The competition composed of a 3 to 5 minute video submission, based on any aviation-related topic. I chose to complete my video on the Return of Supersonic Flight.

I was very happy to receive a phone call recently, from a very nice man from Six West, saying that I had been one of the two winners of the competition.

The prize of the competition includes a 40minute Simulator Session followed by a 30minute flying lesson. So I will be heading down to cork soon to compete my prize!

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For our first class, we learnt the basics of how to access a situation requiring first aid, and how to react in the proper manner. After this we were thought how to use a triangular ban

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For the second half of the year, I will be taking part in a First aid module. This will be a really good life skill to learn and it will also be really handy for me as I need it for becoming a Powerboat Instructor.

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Since the Christmas Holidays ended, as a class we have decided to partake in a nation wide competition call Design Team. The competition entails creating a project very similar to the DCG leaving cert assessment. As a team, we have to design a new bin, whilst being environmentally conscious.