Today, we took part in another mini company competition. This time the venue was at the Red Cow hotel in Dublin. We were competing with both Kildare and Dublin schools. There were only four groups from our school this time. The other groups were taking part in the final of the competition from the last day in Clane. Their competition was held in Naas.
Our mini company teachers, Ms. E and Ms. L had to accompany the girls in the Kildare final, so our TY coordinator, Ms. L, kindly accompanied us to the Red Cow. We didn't start off on a great note, with no bus to take us to the venue! The competition was starting at ten o' clock so we needed to be there for half nine at the very latest. Unfortunately, we didn't get on the bus until half nine which meant we were going to be rushing to get our stands ready for judging.
Despite this 'kerfuffle', we got there safely and we got our stands set up on time for the judges. Our groups were divided into three. Two A's, two B's and two C's. The A people were the first to be interviewed, while the B people went around to other stands and the C people went into another room to talk about the development of their mini company. This rotated around over a period of three hours so as everyone got a chance to do each task.
At one o'clock, we took a break for lunch. This also had to be rotated as two people had to be at the stand the whole time. The rotation worked well for our group. After lunch, the categorical prizes were given out. There was a first, second and third prize in each category. They were called out in reverse order. My mini company group came second place for the innovation award. Some of the other groups in our school won prizes as well. After these were given out, the four businesses through to the national finals were called out. "Green Hero" from our school made it through to the final.
After the prize giving, we had to pack away all of our stuff and clean up after ourselves. We had a really good, fun and enjoyable day out. I think Ms L did too, especially because she isn't a mini company teacher, so all of this was pretty new to her! :)
Thank you Mrs L for taking us out.
Niamh! :D
Well done to Real Mini Company. Great work today.
ReplyDeleteMrs L :)
Hi, My Name is Beth Gentrup. I will be your guest teacher on this Edublogs challenge. I teach 7th & 8th graders in a Junior High in Nebraska. I teach gifted students and we work with a lot of technology. They are also involved in the Edublog challenge!
ReplyDeleteGreat post on your trip to the mini company! What was your company? I have had fun reading about your TY year from your blog and all the rest of the girls. Are you in an all girl school?