Planning for Lollipop Day 2013

This year St. Wolstan’s 5th Year L.C.V.P class are supporting Oesophageal  Cancer by taking part in Lollipop Day on the 22^nd March 2013. We arranged ourselves into groups of three and four and will be raising as much money as possible by selling badges and lollipops for €2 each in aid of Oesophageal  Cancer.

At the moment we are organising the transportation for the journey into Dublin City Centre where we will be assigned to different locations around the city. Transition Year students will also take part in this event in raising money for the charity.

It will be an enjoyable day for all and we are really looking forward to it! 

Find out more about Lollipop Day here. http://www.lollipopday.ie/

                                                               

Lori & Eleana

A trip to Caffrey's Chocolate Warehouse

Alisha and Abigael of 5th Year LCVP wrote this report about the recent LCVP trip to Caffreys Chocolate Warehouse.

"Our LCVP Class planned to go to Caffrey's Chocolate Warehouse as part of our LCVP course. After our trip we would complete a Summary Report about it. All of the 5th and 6th years LCVP students met up in the school reception and the roll was called. All the students and two teachers got on the bus and we began our journey.

We had great fun all together on the bus journey by singing and having great chats. At around 11am we reached Caffrey's Chocolate Warehouse, in Walkinstown. We waited in the reception area for a roll call. There was Willy Wonka music playing in the background and the scene was beautiful.

 

Everyone was so excited, we wanted to eat everything. We were advised to put our bags on the shelves while we went for our tour.

We were led into a room with a big TV and were greeted by our speaker Mary. She showed us a DVD on how chocolate is produced. None of us realised there was that much effort put in to making chocolate! Our speaker passed around a massive bar of chocolate for us all to feel the weight of it, and it was really, really heavy! We wanted to take it home with us, but we were told it was very plain and bitter. After the DVD we were given time to ask questions. The speaker answered all of our questions.

We were taken to the factory, and beside it was an exhibit of Umpa Lumpa's and chocolate fountains. It was almost like we were in the Willie Wonka movie. After this we were shown a short demonstration of how chocolate Easter eggs were made and how the eggs are decorated.

We were then allowed to decorate our own chocolate and we all found this really fun and enjoyed it. Mrs Leahy took some lovely photos of us all having fun.

Overall it was a great experience and we all grew closer as a class. We will all remember our trip to Caffrey's Chocolate Warehouse and all the chocolates we decorated. We would recommend any LCVP class to visit the Chocolate Warehouse as we learnt a lot about how a large business operates."

Well done Alisha and Abigael.

Mrs L :)

 
 

 

 

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Planning to swim a mile .....smiling!

Orlaith is part of a group working on planning a trip to the National Aquatic Centre in March. Read what she has to say about the project so far.

"As part of our L.C.V.P we are planning to go on a trip to the National Aquatic Centre in Blachardstown to take part in the Ian Daly Swim a Mile With a Smile event. This is organised by a local voluntary organisation; it is an annual event that is aimed at supporting children who have been diagnosed with cancer and their families.

This activity fits in with our L.C.V.P as it is a local voluntary organisation, and we will be able to complete an action plan about the project. At the moment we are busy planning the trip. The first thing we had to was ask our principal if we could participate in the swim and if the co-ordinator of the event, Mr Brian Daly, could come in and give us information about it and why it was set up. We also want to know where the money we will be raising will be going.

We wrote a letter to our principal asking for permission and she said yes. Next we had to write up parental permission slips to get signed. Then we had to sort transport to Blachardstown so we e-mailed two bus companies to get quotes. We will probably book the cheapest one.

We still have a lot more to plan for and next we need to write up our Action Plans for the trip.

To find out more about the Ian Daly Swim a Mile With a Smile go to their website here. Why not take part in the swim yourself, or sponsor one of the LCVP class?"

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Thanks to Orlaith for submitting this report.

Mrs L :)