This year as part of our induction to Transition Year we all went to Newgrange Lodge for an overnight stay. All forty-nine students who are doing TY left the school, with Ms.Darcy and Ms.Doherty, at quarter past nine in the morning. We arrived at Newgrange Lodge at around ten. After sorting out our bags and things like that we went outside to meet our instructors and to be split into different groups for the activities. The first thing that my group did was the rock climbing, this was really fun. There were different walls and some were easier than others. Then we did some other activities such as paint balling and team building exercises. Then we went in for some chicken goujons and chips which was lovely. After lunch we did kayaking which was my favourite thing. We did this in the River Boyne and it was amazing.
Then we went back for dinner, we all watched a movie and then we went to bed. We woke up bright and early for breakfast and we then got packed and went downstairs to begin the activities for that day. We mainly did team building exercises that day and we also did a scavenger hunt. We then all left and arrived back at the school at around half three.
I loved the stay at the Newgrange, the instructors were so lovely, the activities were great and it really did give us an opportunity to bond with our new TY classmates. I do think it was extremely beneficial because I talked to people that I hadn’t met before. Overall, I thought the Newgrange Lodge stay was incredible.
Rhiannon Hughes
Then we went back for dinner, we all watched a movie and then we went to bed. We woke up bright and early for breakfast and we then got packed and went downstairs to begin the activities for that day. We mainly did team building exercises that day and we also did a scavenger hunt. We then all left and arrived back at the school at around half three.
I loved the stay at the Newgrange, the instructors were so lovely, the activities were great and it really did give us an opportunity to bond with our new TY classmates. I do think it was extremely beneficial because I talked to people that I hadn’t met before. Overall, I thought the Newgrange Lodge stay was incredible.
Rhiannon Hughes