Ice Skating

Ice Skating

The day that we were getting off for our Christmas holidays we got to go to Blancherdstown ice skating. our session was at 2pm. We arrive there at 10am and were allowed to go shopping and get food. At 1:30pm we had to meet outside Dunnes. There we also seen Ms. Hughes and her new baby.

We walked over to the ice skating got on our big heavy blue boots and hopped on the ice. we had the rink to ourselves. everyone laughing and falling on the ice. we had a great day out just before getting our Christmas holidays.

Collecting for ISPCC

Collecting for ISPCC

Two weeks before the Christmas Holidays we got to go into to town and help collect for ISPCC. We arrived at the place at 10:30 am and he were given yellow bibs with ISPCC written on them so they would know who we are collecting for. we were told to line up in twos and we received our box each a map and the place we were to stand to collect.

Me and Sarah were given a box each a map and told to stand outside Central Bank. We found Bank of Ireland and presumed that it had to be the Central bank! we stood outside there for three hours. it was very long and tiring. It was very annoying when people just walked pasted.

By the end it made me think the next time i pass someone collecting to give them some money. Overall we had a good day and we did our good deed.

We got off at 1:30pm and were given and hour for lunch before we had to go back on the bus to go home.

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins 

We went to see Mary Poppins in the Bord Gais Theater before Christmas. We left the school at 9:00 am and got on the bus and headed into town. Ms. Gilsnen, her two daughters  and Ms. O'Reilly came with us on the trip. We got into to town got our tickets and we were allowed and hour to go off for lunch.

The show started at 2pm. The show was amazing. All the singing and the dancing and we had a great seat sitting in the middle. To end it all off Mary Poppins flew out into the audience.

On the way back we got to see all the Christmas lights going through town.

French Pen Pals

French Pen pals

Our french pen pals received our first letter from us before Christmas. They were handed out to one girl or to share between two girls. When we came back after Christmas we got their replies. My two pen pal names are Manon and Amadine. They told me about themselves and their families. Every week or two weeks we will receive a letter from them and we will reply back.

We have to send a paper doll with our face on it. The competition is to take a picture with your pen pals doll at famous land marks in either France or Ireland.

Christmas Cake Recipe

Chocolate Biscuit Cake Christmas Pudding:


Ingredients:

150g plain chocolate
150g milk chocolate

300g digestive biscuits
100g butter
150g golden syrup

optional
50g malteasers
50g marshmallows
50g crunchie
50g nuts

Decoration:

Red and Green food dye.
Icing sugar for rolling out

Equipment:
2 plates
1 large mixing bowl
1 medium pot
Plastic bag
Rolling pin
Scissors
Cake board or large flat plate
Pot stand
Wooden spoon
Spatula
Knife
Clingfilm
Pudding size bowl

Method:

Chocolate Biscuit Cake:
1) Line the pudding bowl with clingfilm.
2)Crush up the biscuits with a rolling pin in a plastic bag.
3) Cut up the marshmallows with a scissors into small pieces.
4) Lightly crush up the crunchies into medium small pieces but not into crumbs. Do the same with the nuts if using.
5) Turn the hob on and put water into the pot and put the large mixing bowl over it, make sure the water doesn't touch the bowl.
6) Add the butter chocolate and golden syrup into the bowl. When it is all melted take the bowl and place it on a pot stand.
7) Add the crucnhies, malteasers, nuts and marshmallows into the chocolate mixture.
8) When its all mixed together put the mixture into the bowl and press it all down.
9) Press the square of carmel squares into the base of the cake. cover the top with clingfilm and leave int the fridge until hard(best to leave it over night.)
10) Take the cake out of the fridge, take it out of the bowl, place it on the cake board and remove all the clingfilm.
11) Follow steps to decorate cake
To Decorate:
1) Shake some icing sugar on the counter to prevent the fondant icing from sticking. 
2) Kneed the fondant icing, until it becomes soft and easier to work with.
3) Cut it into three parts, one part bigger than the other two.
4) Leave the biggest part white. Use the red food dye to dye one of the pieces. keep adding red until you reach the colour you want. Repeat the same step again with the green food dye and the remaining piece of fondant. 
5) Roll out the the white fondant into a circle, using an knife cute the edges all wavy.
6) Get the red icing and make three red balls of equal size, you may not have to use all the icing.
7) Roll out the green fondant. Using the knife again cute two leaves in the shape of holly.
8) Use a bit of water to stick them onto the cake (use picture for positioning).




      

Young Scientist Exhibition

Young Scientist Exhibition

On Thursday the 7th of January, we went to the young scientist exhibition in the RDS. We seen some of the girls that were from our school participating. We took part in one of the projects, on does humming improve your breathing.

We went around at looked at all the different interesting projects on display. Then we went into a screening of the earth and the atmosphere.

We then got to go for lunch and afterwards we met outside the entrance for 2:30, we walked down to the bus and we arrived back at the school for 3:55pm, we had a great day.