| Romania Itinerary 2010 | | | | | Saturday 30th January | Travel to Romania | | | | | Sunday 31st January | AM - Ghimbav Orphanage and lunch to McDonalds with children | | | PM - Elderly Shelter (Sf. Treime Church) | | | | | Monday 4st February | AM - Vulcan Psychiatric Hospital | | | PM - Elderly Shelter Timis | | | | | Tuesday 2nd February | AM - Timis Orphanage and lunch to McDonalds with children | | | PM - Albina and Magura Codlea | | | | | Wednesday 3rd February | AM - Bradet Orphanage | | | PM - Elderly Residential Home Cristiana | | | | | Thursday 4th February | AM - St.Patrick and Casa Irlanda Harman | | | PM - Mesota High School | | | | | Friday 5th February | AM - Downs Syndrome Center(1/2)+Ziurel Day Center(1/2) | | | PM - Shopping or visit Bran Castel | | | | | Saturday 6th February | Leaving Brasov |
In January 2010, ten students along with Mrs Hurson will head off on the fifth school visit to Romania. A group of ten students from St. Patrick’s along with St Patrick’s Dungannon and St Pauls Bessbrook will travel to the area of Brasov for a week. We have been fundraising since September, trying to gather funds to bring out medical supplies, buy food, clean clothes and toys for the many children in need. During our visit we will visit around 10 orphanages, hospitals, church groups, schools, street children and mental institutions. During the week we will spend as much time with these children as possible trying to help them in anyway possible, perhaps by washing them, feeding them or just playing with them. With the money we collect, we will be buying clothes, medical supplies and toiletries to help them out. We will help clean up the area, and make their living standards better. We simply want to try and make a difference to the lives of these children. Conditions are improving in Romania, but there is still much to be done. In order to carry out all this work we obviously need large amounts of money, which is no easy task. Each pupil has been set a target of raising one thousand pounds. We appreciate every penny that is donated, and promise we will do our best to spend it in the right areas. |
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Two day tour of London on 15th and 16th October 2009 Thursday Flight 6.50 Get Breakfast Sight Seeing Tour Lunch at Sticky Fingers Performance of West End production of Grease Friday British Music Experience – Workshop/Tour (Exhibition dedicated to the history of popular music in Britain). Lunch – packed lunch Tate Modern Flight 19.45 |
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Visit to the Battlefields with Lisnagarvy High School 
The nineteenth annual visit to the First World War battlefields in Belgium and France by pupils from the two schools took place from the 18th to the 23rd April. As usual, it was a very useful and interesting trip for both pupils and teachers and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Visits took place, as usual, to Tyne Cot and Langemarck, Ypres, Albert, Thiepval, the Ulster Tower (where a wreath is always laid) and other sites in the Somme valley and the Ypres Salient. The group joined a very large crowd of visitors to listen to the ‘Last Post’ being played at the Menin Gate ceremony, as it has been nearly every evening since 1927. Other highlights of the visit included the chance for the pupils to experience the actual trenches of Hill 62 and the visit to the fascinating ‘In Flanders Field’ museum housed in the Cloth Hall, Ypres. The pupils also visited the beautiful medieval city of Bruges and spent a very enjoyable day at Asterix Park, followed by a visit to Paris and a trip on the River Seine. The teachers involved are satisfied that the pupils who participated in the visit have learnt a number of important lessons. Firstly, that war is horrific and that in a war situation many die in vain. Secondly, that the ‘divided communities’ in N. Ireland have a common heritage which they share and in which we can all take pride. They also had a chance to practise their French, hone their geographical skills and make new friends. Preparations are already underway for the 20th anniversary trip next year to celebrate the close collaboration on joint classroom activities and field trips which the history departments of the two schools have conducted for over two decades. Over the years many pupils have been introduced to the battlefields and, no doubt, some will have returned there in later life. The teachers themselves have seen many new sites and facilities opened in the area as the centenary of the First World War approaches. |
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