Language Day. Great Craic!
On Friday the 26th of September our school held the annual European day of Languages.
Everyone lined up outside the entrance of the assembly hall. Excitement was buzzing all around as we were told earlier that week that all the Y10`s would be competing against each other (in groups of four) in a language quiz. The bell then rang as everyone ploughed through the doors to get a table. Everyone settled down as our teacher Miss Carr told us about what events would take place later that day and went through the instructions for the quiz. We were told there were six rounds, with every round based on a different topic, e.g. politics, history etc..
The first round then began (General Knowledge), the second round was history which consisted of questions like, who won the battle of waterloo? The third round was on politics with questions for instance like, who is the president of France? And who is the president of Ireland? By half time the points from the first three rounds had been counted, by that time some tables had 19 points while other tables had scores of around 4 and 7!
The next round focused mainly sport and we got the occasional easy question like, what is the tour de France? And who won the senior all-Ireland football match? Mrs Dunne then handed out the sheets for round 5 which was a picture round. We had about 5 minutes to write the names of about 12 different flags, e.g. Scotland and Lithuania. Then finally we started round six which was the language round. We had to spell word correctly either in Spanish, Irish or French, e.g. what is the French for `happy birthday`?
At the end the scores were as follows,
1st place – table 14
2nd place – table 1(my table)
3rd place – table 8
All the winners won a prize and got pictures taken. Then our new Spanish assistant preformed a dance for us. We were then told there was going to be a céilí. We all had to learn Tonnaí Thorraí where the boys were at one side and the girls were at the other side. Overall it was really good craic and a brilliant way to end the week!
Picture gallery to follow!
