Beginning of TY

We've been in TY for over a week now and I've already gotten pretty used to it. I was put into class Banba which I was really happy about. We all get on really well and I've become closer friends already with people I didnt talk to that much before Ty. :)

We've been given a few projects already such as our geography 'Around the World' trip. We are working in groups of two and we have both been given a budget of €12000 each and we have to visit two developed countries, two developing countries and two underdeveloped countries. We have decided to visit Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, India and Nepal. I'm looking forward to doing this project :D
In home ec, we have been given a fashion project. Working in groups of 4 we are all given a plain white tshirt and white jeans. We have to design an outfit that will be modelled by one of our group at a fashion show beofre christmas. The outfit must incorporate the tshirt and trousers but you can also use your own ideas. My group have been given the colours 'Black and White' to base our outfit around.
In science we've been put into our groups for Young Scientists and we've started thinking about our idea. The 1 page proposal form is due in 3 weeks so we have to think fast! :)
Thursdays are the best days because after lunch we don't have any classes. First we do a dance class which is really fun :D then we have a photography class and finally we do pilates :D This turned out to be a lot harder than we all expected!!

 On Monday, class Banba had a social development day. At 9 o'clock we went to the library and we met Austin who would be spending the day with us. We sat in a semi circle in order of what day of the month we were born. This way we got to sit beside people we wouldn't normally sit beside. We talked to the person beside us about 3 achievments we've had in our lives, what we hope to be doing in 10 years time and our most embarrassing stories! We then told the rest of the class about our partner.
After break we did a few mini games like optical illusions and things that got us thinking! We split up into groups and we did two debates. One group were debating the pro's and con's of smoking while the other group were debating if students are motivated in school. Everyone got really into the debate which turned out to be really entertaining! :D Later, Austin told us about how there are 4 groups of personality's. There are the hot directors, the entertainers, the mediators and the cool observers. I was put into the medator group :)

Over the next few weeks I'm sure we'll be given many more projects and I look forward to see what lies ahead for TY :)