SAB

In religion class this year, we are participating in programme called Schools Across Borders which basically allows us to communicate with people our age from different countries. There are 6 schools in Ireland participating in SAB mostly in the Dublin area, all in TY/5th year. Teenagers from countries such as Palestine, Burma, France, Romania, are involved in SAB. Yesterday all of us went to Citywest to attend a talk about SAB, hosted by Darrren Irvine, the director. All of the Irish schools involved were there and it allowed us to interact with each other. First off we registered at the entrance and then after everyone arrived, Darren gave us an into talk explaining about the programme. Then all the schools presented their powerpoints that they prepared in class. We were the only school that had more than 1 class involved in SAB. Our powerpoint was on gender inequality while the other classes in our year talked about other issues. Darren was very impressed by the amount of effort the students put into the projects.

Then it was time for Ice Breakers, where we were put into groups in ratio to the number of students in our school. All of the schools were mixed together so we all got to get to know each other. After 15 minutes we got the chance to watch a play by Quadrangle Productions about Burma. It was very interesting and very humorous. Afterwards, we had dinner which was chicken goujons and chips and it was soo tasty. Then we got the chance to listen to some NGO's talk about what they do. We participated in some group activities, such a s drawing on a graffiti wall, learning how to blog, and lots more. At 3pm it was time to go back to school, but we all had a really great time.