I did my project on the IRISH WOLFHOUND as seen in my previous blogpost, (Blogpost 1)
but when I went to read over my google map once more , (Geography Project google map) I decided to add to it.
I Found out that a few of the countries that I had on my map also shared another animal in common.
The Black Swan. I dont know if anyone else has ever known of them , but I didn't. To me the name was the name of a movie!
So i just wanted to add a little bit more to my map , of two very beautiful animals!
Few Facts about The Black Swan.
Black swans have black feathers with white flight feathers and a bright red bill.
They eat only plants and marshland.
the babies of a black swan are grey-ish white .
They started off in Australia.
There is more on the Map , :)
One thing i got the chance to do this year was start choir. Dont get me wrong, im not one for singing in front of people or being on stage but its been so much fun this year. We have sang in the music night , now we are getting ready for the end of year service ,and then next year our aim is to go to wesely.
Wesley is a big competition for soloists and choirs, and WE SHALL BE THERE with one of the FABULOUS french songs from "the chorus" Carresse le ocean . If you know it you will want to be in choir , its so amazing and me and Leah have quite the challenge of teaching the lyrics to the choir , who majority of do Spanish..
But still , ive loved being in choir and will finish school in choir , allot more confident about singing , and its so much fun :)
For our TY night song , we chose "seasons of love from Rent. There are so many high parts and we have had great laughs listening to all the classes attempt them!
Its getting so close to the end of Ty, but this week I'm to busy to get upset ! We have an English, maths, and french exam and we have an Irish oral. Doesn't sound like much if your in 3rd year but after having all projects tests are like being back in 1rst year! the pressure is on to show how much we paid attention! I'm sure we will be grand.. just need to get back into the hang of study!
TY night is in 2 weeks, and its going to be a great night for everyone hopefully! We have a good theme, great performances and of course, the giving out of the FABULOUS TY hoodies! Me and Caitriona took weeks collecting money, and taking surveys to make sure everyone was so what happy and they finally arrived! We are happy with them and we hope that everyone else is after all the hype!
Its coming so close to the end of TY and its hard to think about it. Its been so incredible. But we cant be getting to sad because for our last month we too have tests , projects and TY night! TY night is where we showcase what we have done all year to our parents. We put up all projects and fun work , and people tell the audience exactly what we have been doing this year.
Its gonna be a long night because we have done so much! and any parent out there who taught we were "dossing off" for the year will be very much mistaken!
coming up to it ( its a month away) we all have to organise things. people are on different subjects and have to plan how they want everything displayed on the night. They will also be there to show parents.. i think.
It really is just one giant group project! we all have to pull our weight to get the night to be successful, we have to make it look good!
Also me and caitriona are getting so excited about the hoodies we have organised for the students and teachers. they will be ready so soon! hopefully they are what people are expecting!
Each and every TY is up to their eyes in work and projects .. and we have tests earlier too so its going to be hectic!
For geography , we have a project and it has to be "the geography" of something.. so i chose the Irish wolfhound.
I know its random but i wanted to see if the Irish wolfhound was popular in other countries and how it was treated there.
So i did a google map to show where the Irish wolfhound actually is , and all the clubs that train and breed them around the world. they were popular in Ireland , America, Australia , England and Wales, & New Zealand.
Geography of Irish Wolfhound map
this is a link to the map i did! But i wanted to go deeper into how they treat Irish wolfhounds in these countries so here's some facts about them.
In America , they went under tests to see why they died early. The results shown that they died most commonly of bone cancer at a young age because they are so big.
Most "breeding" in all these countries are healthy ad natural . The dogs don't go under any cruelty in these clubs. They are treated saintly!
apparently an Irish wolfhound costs a minimum of 900$ and goes up to about 1,700$ !
Irish wolfhound females weigh on average 106 pounds and the males are around 119 pounds.
The History:
its said that the breed was brought to Ireland in 700 BC . Its one of the largest breeds in the world!The breed almost disappeared, but was successfully revived by efforts of the captain of the British Army D E Graham to recreate it. He drew the line related to Wolfhounds, and as a result developed a modern breed, Irish Wolfhounds, which are today well established as companions and guards.
Cúchlain, a name which translates literally as "hound of Culain", gained his name when as a child, known then as Setanta, he slew the ferocious guard dog of Culain forcing him to offer himself as a replacement.
These dogs were so interesting to base my geography project on . They are actually all around the world , but have maintained there name as the Irish wolfhound. They are loved all over the country, and from what Ive learned , very rarely abused or mistreated because of their size!
For my second book review I read the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I felt this book carried on very well from the first. when i first read the first book i didn't see how Suzanne Collins could carry on the story but she hits her audience with shock and awe when its announced what Katniss Everdinn and Peeta Mellark must do next.
The Second book , in my opinion is just as heart racing and fast moving as the last. Its names "Catching Fire " as the book elaborates on katniss everdinn "the girl on fire" thanks to her stylist Cinna.
After causing rebellion in district 11 the mayor of Panem isn't happy with Katniss' act of fury at the end of the first Hunger games book, so he warns her to be careful which boy she chooses , as the capitol will only be happy with Peeta , not Gale .
He also shows a severe lack of heart for Katniss and this is when she realises that the mayor will get her back for what she did. In this book it is the 75th Hunger Games , which is also known as the "Quarter Quell" . Each Quarter Quell throughout the years have had a twist on them different from the other games. The twist that the mayor picks out from a box of envelopes on live TV over panem is sure to make peeta and Katniss pay, and it certainly does .
As Katniss must set off again , she wishes she has never had success in the previous games . "I mourn my old life here. We barely scraped by, but I knew where I fit in…"
She must leave Gale behind in order to keep him and her family from danger , as new peace keepers move in to district 12 , they are allot stricter on rules, and use violence to get their way . Gales pays for trespassing over to the woods, and this is when everything in Panem changes.
With a huge twist at the end of this book , i was absolutly hooked. i literally couldn't put it down!
"…any girl who goes to such lengths to preserve her life isn’t going to be interested in throwing it away with both hands."
"If my holding out those berries was an act of insanity, then these people will embrace insanity, too. "
On Friday the Tys and LCVP 5th years set off to swim plenty of miles to raise money for the cancer ward and barretstown.
I swam half a mile with Leah , which is 32 lenghts each.. it seems small but it was hard! its allot tougher than it looks!
Well done to the 8 girls who swam a mile each , that was incredible! Our year beat the record of 25 miles swam by one school with 42 MILES.
http://swimamile.webnode.com/
Few Facts about The Black Swan.