Off we went to Nationals!

On Thursday of last week , Team Éalú went to the national finals in Griffith Collage. When we first entered the conference room , we were stunned by the level of the presentations. We quickly set up our stalls and got ready for the judges that were coming around. I couldn't believe that they re was such a high standard, it was definitely different from the Regional finals. Our first interview was in another conference room with six judges. We were very nervous for this but we were all prepared. When we walked into the room we were all smiling! :) I was so happy as the judges were so nice, though we ran a bit overtime in our PowerPoint presentation. Then we had to wait awhile until our next interview. We then ventured into the restaurant which was full of college people, many were doing work but some were campaigning for collage elections! Then the judges came to our stall and we then spoke about our portfolio of all our work. I felt that went well! In the meantime our car was at scrutinising , when we got the car back we were happy to see that we scored 36/40! But we soon had the race , and that went very bad! Our car was so much slower then in the last round! I was really annoyed about that! :) Then we had lunch ! The food was gorgeous in the cafe and it kept up my energy for the rest of the day! After lunch the scrutineering judge and another judge came around to our table to talk about the manufacturing and the design of the car! A good while later came the results!!! We didn't place but we got a medal for participating in the competition! It was a good day out but I found that it was quite long and I thought the regionals were more fun as the people weren't as serious!

Bog bodies!

Last week we went on a English trip to Dublin. We first went to the natural museum. We saw many of the artefact's that were found in the iron/bronze age. We then went to see the bog bodies! Everyone was so excited to see them and it was one of the highlights of the trip. When I saw the bog bodies I was surprised that I didn't find it upsetting or sick. I found it really interesting! One bodies was amazing as his hand was so perfectly preserved, a picture of it is below. I was amazed by the bodies as i was so interested in the mystery of why they were killed and how. We then went to the William Yeats Museum. I love poetry and I was very fascinated by his life and work. One thing that really shocked me from his life was his interaction with spirits. I found that really strange as the tour guide explained that he spoke to them for answers to his life. William’s life was certainly very interesting as the guide told us all about his loves like Maude Gonne that he urged after. We then went to the National Art Gallery. We then saw all of Jack Yeats paintings. The room was set up so that you’re able to see the changes in his life and work. His early drawing were very realistic but when we moved on he got very creative and contemporary. I enjoyed looking at his paintings many were full of color and a story. I really enjoyed the trip out! The sun was blazing and that just made the day all the better! :)

The link for the picture is here