As part of our TY year, we get the chance to apply and receive our Gaisce award. The Gaisce award is an award given to students from the age of 14-25 by the President of Ireland. There are 3 types of Gaisce: Bronze, Silver and Gold. We are applying for the Bronze award.
For 13 weeks, we do 3 different activities under the categories Personal Skill, Community Involvement, Physical Recreation. We then pick our favorite and continue it for another 13 weeks. I am doing a First Aid course with the Red Cross for my 26 weeks in the Community Involvement. I have taken up accordion for Personal skill and I am doing Dancing for Physical Recreation. We also have to do a 4th category, the Adventure Journey. For this we went to Delphi Resort in Connemara and went hiking in the mountains. We stayed there for 2 days and 1 night. We have a record sheet for each week for our supervisor to sign and we have to do a weekly diary on the Gaisce website. |