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Name: Emma Donovan
Age:15
Birthday;25 th of April
Year:Ty 4-D
Live:  Kilcolman, Ardagh, Co. Limerick
Hobbies:  Gaelic Football (Old Mill), Soccer (Newcastle West Town) and Camogie (Newcastle West)
Family:  I have one sister Jessica who is 11 and is 6 th class and a brother Evan who is 18 and he is in 6 th year. I live with my mom.
Teams I Support:  Man United and Real Madrid
What I enjoy:  I enjoy eating food

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Week 2             5/8/2018

On this activity we all walked to the fire station and asked lots of questions. We saw what was inside of the fire engine and the fire man showed us what he used if there was an oil spillage. We also got to wear an oxygen mask that the war when they are inside a burning house. After that we went to the back of the fire station here we got to use the hose it was extremely powerful it was very hard to hold onto.

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Week 1    29/8/2018

Our first day back to school we did team bonding as a year group. It consisted of many group activities including wall climbing which was extremely terrifying for me as I am petrified of heights. Secondly there was a massive Velcro dart board that we kicked footballs at it was really enjoyable

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Week 3                 12/8/2018

For yoga we went down to the church off it was a little house which was used for recreational purposes. Here we did yoga with this really nice man early that morning he got stung by a wasp in his left eye honestly it looked quite funny. For yoga we listened to calming music and did some hard stretches mostly focusing on balancing after the yoga I was sore and stiff but it loosened my body for the dancing later on in the night.

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Week 4                                 21/8/2018

The ploughing was cancelled just as we were parking up so we didn’t actually go inside. I think I got a kidney infection but it was worth it when I got to the toilets that were the only facility I used in the ploughing. We stopped at a shop on the way down to get food and use the toilets. The bus on the way home was a bit dreary but we brightened up the mood by having a singing competition it was a great laugh.

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Week 5                 3/10/2018

In this youth café we played lots of games together including the Wii PlayStation and lots of board games. The youth café is for troubled youth who don’t like going to school or who don’t do any extracurricular activities outside of school. Here it was very peaceful and undisturbed even though it was located near the centre of Newcastle West. While we were inside we were given the choice to have tea or coffee and eat our lunches there it was a good laugh in all fairness. My favourite game has to be the pool table as it was fun to play against my class mates.

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Week 6                                 10/10/2018

On the 10th of October we learned how to do sign language. The person who was teaching us was called Ger we found out this later on in the lesson when we came more familiar to the language. Ger has been deaf since birth and has never ever heard anyone talk but amazingly he can lip read some people and he knows if you are talking about him or if you are laughing at him by your body gestures and posture. At this class we found out how to say our names and how to talk about our families. I found this experience really good and interesting as not everyone will have the chance to learn sign language.

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Week 7                                                 17/10/2018

On the 17th of October we went to the brothers of charity it is a 10 minute walk down the road so we left at 1:30 and got there by 1:45. When we arrived we all were greeted by two workers in the brothers of charity they were both lovely and they helped us understand what the brothers of charity do and what services they provide. I learned that people who are in need of daily care come here during the day to give their families a rest or break from everything. They come here and there is lots of facilities are provided for them including a home economics room, gym, a quiet room and lots of recreational rooms for different types of levels.

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Week 8 25/10/2018

This day we went for a 12 Kilometer walk from Barna to the end of the railway in Newcastle west. It too us about 2 hours and 15 minutes. We were back in school for half past three. We were all very tired after doing the walk. We raised the money for our Ty outings.

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Week 9 14/11/2018

On the 14th of November we attended a lifesaving course. It consisted of a car crash and a talk. The car crash was re-enacted by a drunken man and two innocent drivers who had been in the wrong place at a wrong time. The drunken man was charged with drink driving and was to be taken to jail for his sentence immediately. The two victims however it was different one sustained a broken back and had possibly been paralyzed for life and her brother had been pronounced dead at the scene .Because of this drunk driver someone had been killed and another’s life had been turned upside down because of their injuries. After that we went inside for a talk that was given by a guard from Henry Street guard station, he showed us multiple videos from victims of car crashes and really it was so upsetting and disturbing. These accidents had happened due to drink driving and texting. So I definable think that this talk was beneficial as it opened my eyes to the dangers of the road.

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Week 10                              5/11/2018 ~ 9/11/2018

On my first day of work experience I was introduced to everyone by a lady called Philomena [Phil for short]. She was so lovely and enthusiastic about what she does. Phil is a day patient at Lisnagry day centre. She has mild autism and is very prone to having seizures in my time here I learned how to treat her when she had her seizures  they are mainly brought on by excitement so being a new person there made her excited and this caused her to have seizures throughout the week. In total she had 4 and after every one of them she looked more tired and run down as they take a lot out of you. After she introduced me I was allowed to help them set up for tea break here they had images to help set up the tables as many of them couldn’t read of found it difficult. After tea break we went to play tag rugby with other day centres around the limerick area in Garryowen pitch this was really interesting because I meet so many different types of people with all their own types of intellectual disabilities. During the week I learned lots of new information about all the residents in Lisnagry I learned their likes and dislikes and how to understand their speech. During the week of work experience I had the opportunity of going to L.I.T. with one of the residents that had gotten into the university which was a huge deal as she had to do an Interview and everything to ensure a place for her I the college.

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Week 11                             5/12/2018

Today we learned about breast cancer cancer. I learned lots of new things that I wasn’t aware of before the talk. I learned that symptoms can vary and that if you have uncertainty that you should get it checked out immediately. The woman who gave us the talk was a breast cancer survivor so it inspired me.

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Week 12   12/12/2018
On this day we went to the cinema in Limerick we went to see Creed 2. It was really good we left early enough that day and got home at 3:30 that evening. It was a really good film and would definitely go to see it again. Most people got popcorn and sweets. The movie was about boxing .

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Week 13                         9/01/2019 -12/01/2019
On the 9th of January Eibhin and I participated in the BT Young Scientist in Dublin. We did our project on the statistical study of the correlation between ground and lower impact injuries. We weren't as successful as we anticipated but it was a really good learning curve and a really good experience for both of us. We made loads of new friends and they educated us on what their projects were about. All in all it was a really good week and i will definitely enter into it again next year and hopefully be more successful than the previous year.

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Week 14                    23/01/2019
On the 23rd of January TY C and TY D did jiving together in the music room. We learned how to do the jitterbug and the merengue dance. Both these dances were very interesting and fun to learn. I definitely enjoyed it way more than i participated. It was really good fun.

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Week 15                    6/2/2019
On Wednesday the 6th of February our activity was the lifesaving course or first aid. It lasted about 4 hours but was fully beneficial as it helped me to understand what to do in life or death situations. They taught us about strokes, seizures, heart attacks, C.P.R. and chocking. We learned and touched lots of topics and first aid lessons as I do first aid myself outside school it helped me to refresh my memory and keep it clear in my head.

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Week 16 13/2/2019

On this Wednesday activity we went to Ballyhoura mountain bike activity center in Co. Cork. It was a trilling experience and was such good fun. I had done something similar like this before but it was great craic to do it with my classmates and friends.

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Week 17 6/3/2019

On this day we traveled to Mallow to take part in the RSA driving course. Firstly we learned about the engine and main parts of the car and then we learned how to change a wheel of a car. Then we were taken out to the car driving track and we got to drive around with a driving instructor then they took us inside to do a mock theory test. All in all it was a great experience

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Week 18                         20/3/2019

On this week a speaker came into talk to us about poetry his name was Christoper he wasn't a teacher so he had a different way of teaching us. The first thing he did with us was tell us the rules he had in the class one was to tell us that if we talk he will come down and fart in our faces and he said that he is on high medication so it will be bad. He then made us write stuff that we didn't like about boy and girls and what we did like about boys and girls he made us read out what we wrote and he let us have our own opinion. He the let us write our own pieces of poetry and submit them to a website.

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Inspireland poetry submissions from our poetry workshops

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Week 19                        27/03/2019

On this weekly event we talked about cultural differences and traditions and also how refugees effect us. We talked about Irish culture and what we think Ireland means to us we came up with all different symbols which include leprechauns, Guinness, spuds, etc. Then we talked about what different races there is in Ireland and what percentage speak English Irish or other languages.He helped us figure out how refugees are effected and where they go and how they become parts of different groups.

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Week 20               1/5/2019
We have been doing jiving for a number of weeks with our dance constructor Bridget. Throughout this time we did many different types of dance and she is also helping us prepare for our graduation night where we will jive into the hall preforming a routine which took many weeks of practice. In thus dance it will include all our year boys and girls jiving and preforming all the steps learned

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Week 21                    7/5/2019 - 8/5/2019

We left the school at 9 o clock on Wednesday morning on route to Dingle and arrived there at 10:45 first we went to the town to walk around and grab a bite to eat then we took a tour of the wild Atlantic way we went on the Conor Pass and saw all the sights along the way including Paudie OSheas pub and beach and also went to Inch Beach we went to  Slea Head and Dunmore Head on the Dingle Peninsula where a famous movie called Ryan's daughter. After this we went to the heritage center. Later on that night we went to a Ceili and that end we went to bed. The next day we went to the town and spent a hour or two here and left to head home.