one last thing!!!!!!!!!!!!

I forgot yesterday when I was speaking to you all together to wish u and your families a very Happy Christmas and a very peaceful new year - have a great one, be good and save any money u have - as there is a lot coming up after Christmas in TY!

Thanks again for all the 'wee' jobs done by people - these really help me out on a daily basis - keep it up

Half a year down - half to go - I want u all to enjoy it and get the most from it

Chat soon

Gaisce

"All gaisce signature pages are to be handed up in registration tomorrow morning. If one student in each group could collect them and give them to Mr Walsh that would be great."

Work Experience

All TY students are expected to have a complete record of work placement 1 dates for their portfolio.
The 2nd placement is due to begin on Friday, January 10th.

Help Carmel out - thanks

The annual New Year's Day swim is on in Rathmullan and one of the charities this year is Temple Street Children's Hospital if any one is interested in doing the swim please see Carmel for sponsor cards and any other info before the Christmas holidays

Attendance / SVP

ALL TY STUDENTS ARE IN SCHOOL UNTIL THURSDAY AND THEY ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO BE AT WORK EXPERIENCE ON FRIDAY - THIS IS YOUR LAST DAY IN YOUR WORK PLACEMENT SO PLEASE BE THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL AS I AM SURE U WILL BE

Remember there is a class prize at stake for attendance!!!!!


SVP collection is on tomorrow - bring in what u can - every little helps - thanks

PE tomorrow and thur AND SVP

For PE this week - tue and thur - we are going to Arena 7 bowling as a last class

We will leave the school at 130 and back for the buses

Please bring 5 euro - this will cover the bowling and some of the bus - the school will then pay for the remainder of the bus

U can get changed into casual clothes at lunch time if u like or u can go in your uniform -its up to u - whatever suits

PLEASE ALSO HAVE A SMALL CONTRIBUTION FOR SVP - STILL WAITING ON THOSE FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE ORGANISING THIS TO COME AND SEE ME - PLEASE DO SO IN THE MORNING - KNOW THAT I WAS NOT IN SCHOOL THIS MORN - MAYBE U WERE LOOKING FOR ME THEN!!!!

Computers today

Please continue on your scrap book and portfolio for computers class today at 1020 and 1225. Thanks
Get whatever printing done that u need to get done. 
Please keep an eye on the blog for Pe details for the week. Will be up shortly thanks 

Help Carmel out - Please see Carmel Black and get involved!!!

The annual New Year's Day swim is on in Rathmullan and one of the charities this year is Temple Street Children's Hospital if any one is interested in doing the swim please see Carmel for sponsor cards and any other info before the Christmas holidays

one boot

I have one boot (black in colour) left over from the trip last week - if anyone lost one - please see me - thanks

SVP and Loft and PE Sheet signed

Anyone who has not got their portfolio sheet signed by me for PE - u would need to be getting this done very soon indeed - your responsibility!!!

Loft - I have a Programme leaflet for the Loft in Letterkenny - a place to go for young people in Letterkenny - u should try it out sometime - if u want a leaflet please see me - thanks

St Vincent de Paul - we agreed instead of doing Criss Kindle we would all make a wee donation to this local cause for Christmas - whatever u can give - we will be collecting this next week - can the people who said they would help out please see me tomorrow - thanks

Computers class tomorrow - Portfolio/scrap books

Just to let u know that I am away at a game tomorrow so during computers please just make sure that your portfolio/scrap books are in order and ready to go. Work away on these and any other work that u need to get done.

To all students - Remember there are examples of portfolio/scrap books in each computer room - have a look - these are great examples - follow these examples and u will not go wrong

PE this week/portfolio and scrap books

PE is at school this week - report to the sports hall at 150 on Tuesday and Thursday

Please have appropriate PE gear - u may be inside and u may be outside - depending on the weather so be prepared

Thanks

I will let u know when I am going to look at portfolios / scrap books (please make sure they are good to go though!) - reports have not gone out yet so I will not be meeting anyone until they have gone out - thanks

Last night

Well done to all the TYs - last night was a great night and everyone had a great time - well done to all - I think it was a great success - a super night - well done again to all - keep up the great work

Work experience

Please ensure yellow attendance sheets are up to date and signed by employers on December 6th and 13th respectively.
School ends at noon on December 20th.  Students may opt to still go to work then (primary schools will also close early that day).

All TY students are asked to firm up their 2nd placement by making contact with the new employer.
A school letter and the new school insurance certificate (copy) will be issued in JANUARY 2014 during PFW classes.

Carlingford

I hope that u all enjoyed the trip and felt that u got value for money

I think that it was a great few days and thanks for all the co operation

Well done to all and keep it up - great to hear so many people saying great things about u

Celtic and cant wait til Tuesday!!

Celtic trip - I am still planning to take a group to a Celtic game in Feb/March time - it was mentioned at the start of the year and I am reminding u now about it - please save your money between now and then and do not say that I did not give u any notice - it will cost 75 sterling approx. so please start saving - I didn't want to mention it until the Carlingford was out of the way!!! Its been a busy few weeks for everyone - roll on Tuesday and here is to everyone having a great fun filled time!! Be prepared and have everything with u - u can take a few euro with u for sweets and stuff if u like but all meals is provided. TY school mobile will be in use Parents/Guardians have the number. Speak to u tomorrow

Printing - my printer - use it wisely

As stated before u can print things in my office as a last resort - u have computers once a week - computers at home - in towns - libraries etc - I do not mind u using my printer if u are stuck but there has been people in the last week using it just because it is a handy option - if this continues I will stop the use of the printer all together - u are not allowed to come to me on the day work is due in to print things off - that is just asking for trouble - u have to be more prepared -  please bear these things in mind so that the printer will remain in use for everyone - if u have tried every option and there are none left then u can come to me - I have no problem with that.

I am not being awkward - my printer was not made for the printing it has been doing and some people have printed off things and not even bothered to come back and collect them so because of these things I have to tighten up on the printing side of things - hope u understand - please use the printer wisely for everyone's sake

Important important please read

In terms of work and things I know that I have been getting on to u a lot in the last few weeks - that is because teachers have been getting on to me about students and it is my job to keep u on your toes. Believe u me I do not want to be giving out all the time (I feel that I have done nothing but give out the last few weeks - again sorry to those who I may have been short or sharp with) about work and getting work in but I have just got the impression from some that the work is not going as well as it should be going - I will once again point out at this stage that a large majority of students are getting the work in on time and getting everything done - well done on that - it does not go on unnoticed! But some most certainly have to improve.

To prove my theory - in one PE class of 24 - 8 people have got a strike due to work being handed in late - this is not on and is very slack on your part - 4 others in another class have got a strike and then there are two others who have handed in no work at all in PE - enough said!

This has now resulted in a number of students in TY on 3 strikes - very close to 4 strikes!! Pressure on u that is for sure!!!!

I gave u 3 months to complete the work - it was simple / so easy to get a 1 grade in PE - very disappointing the amount of students who failed to hand in photos, who failed to complete the work on time, who failed to do the required amount, and very disappointing the way some people handed up their work in terms of presentation - it was very obvious people did not read what was required from them - u had a computer class once a week to do this - u have to learn your lesson - on the other hand some people handed in great pieces of work - well over and beyond what was required from them - well done.

I need to see the following students for different reasons first thing in the morning - Chantelle McBride, Nicole Heraghty, Andrea Brear and Charlotte King

My two PE classes - N Odhran and N Orla - I think one of your classes is going away tomorrow - if u are the class that is going away I need someone to take it upon themselves and collect the signing sheets during registration (all of them) and hand these to me before u go and u must collect them at the end of the day when u come back - this must be done - do not forget

Students not going to Carlingford - I am very disappointed that u are missing the trip. U are not required to come to school and u will be marked absent for the 3 days.