They provided us with an array of activities ranging from a climbing wall to football darts. We had roughly two and a half hours to go through the activities. Some were mental, puzzle solving challenges and others were more physical such as archery tag. My personal favourite activity was the football darts in which you had five shots at a huge dart board with a soccer ball and try to get the highest score. The best score from our groups was Roisín Mann who managed an impressive score of 172.

          I believe we accomplished our goal of  team building and spoke with people who we may not have spoken to much throughout our tenure in this school.

The day started out dry but soon it began to pouring rain as the weather had predicted. We were forced to wear ponchos to try to keep the rain off but our efforts were in vain as most of us ended up soaked. During our day we did come across Television Personality Marty Morrissey which was a surprise.

There was a wide variety of different stands which peaked our interest, from political parties hoping to gain new voters in the next election, to companies both small and large showcasing their goods. There was also the largest collection of farm machinery that I have ever seen with the biggest brand names like John Deere and Massey Ferguson as well as New Holland. 

We also left early at about 2:00 PM to beat the traffic back to Limerick.

We were each given a map with a course on it. There were eight different courses in total but even though many of us had the same map we had to do our first course on our own. Each of the starter maps were about 1.2 km in length and took me roughly 15 minutes to complete. 

Once we had finished the first map we could go onto a higher difficulty map or try one of the other courses at the same level. I chose the latter option and timed how long it would take me if I went at a slow pace and I still managed to complete it in 16 minutes. 

Overall it was an enjoyable experience and given the opportunity I would gladly take part again.

 

I was working under Head chef Paul Cuff and learned a vast wealth of information throughout the week. I saw first-hand the hectic nature of running a kitchen and all of the activities involved in such.  I was involved in the preparation and cooking of many meats, vegetables, fruits and pastries.

I experienced the skill and depth of knowledge of someone with a culinary degree and years of experience in the workplace. The techniques I was taught are not only important when cooking at a professional level but are useful outside of the workplace too even just for speed, safety and precision at home.

In Sign Language we had a test on the basics of Sign Language which involves, your name, your age, your family and your hobbies. I did relatively well  thanks to Mr. Boyle’s excellent lessons