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Breesy Activity Centre

On Monday 26 November the rst years went on a 1 week the students from Bawnboy and we were soon great friends
school trip to the Breesy activity centre in Co. Donegal near with everybody there.
Bundoran. centre. We were all very excited as we boarded That evening the other group went to the lifeboat station
the bus and set o on the journey.
and my group stayed at the centre to learn more about
Day 1: We arrived in the Breesy centre around lunchtime. We discrimination. We had to watch Father Ted DVDs and act
were welcomed by a group of instructors who gave us a talk out di erent situations. It was really good fun.
on the rules and regulations of the centre. They then told us Day 3: On Wednesday, my group went sur ng at the local
what we would be doing for the next few days.
beach in Rossnowlagh and the other group stayed at the
After the talk we were split into two groups. One group centre. We were so excited about sur ng but also quite
stayed at the Breesy centre and the other went to a house nervous as the weather was really cold! However, once we
close by. These were to be the locations that the two groups put on our wet suits there was no stopping us and straight
would be staying in for the duration of the trip. into the water we went! Sur ng was an amazing experience,
almost everybody managed to stand up on the board and
We were then all brought back to the centre and taken
outside onto the centre’s astro-turf. Out on the astro pitch some of us were able to ‘ride the waves.’
we all got to meet the other children from St. Mogue’s That evening after dinner the entire group got a bus into the
secondary school in Bawnboy who would also be joining us town and got a bus into town to the cinema to watch the
on our trip. Then we played an obstacle course and some Twilight movie ‘Breaking Dawn.’ It was a really good movie;
football. It was good to mix with the other students and get well the girls all seemed to enjoy it!
to know them as we would be spending a lot of time with Day 4: On Thursday, we spent the morning learning
them over the next week.
about responsible camping and how to take care of the
That evening after dinner my group went to the local lifeboat environment. We then practiced pitching a tent and setting
centre in Bundoran town. We met some volunteers who up and taking down a campsite responsibly. That afternoon
worked in the centre and listened to stories about di erent we went on a lovely hike up the Breesy mountain (which
times they had rescued people from the water. Then we got the centre is named after). The views were fantastic and
to climb onto the actual lifeboat and pretend we were going we were all tired and hungry when we arrived back at the
to launch it for a real life rescue. centre. That evening we went on a trip to a haunted house.
It was very dark and scary and there was a lot of screaming!!
Day 2: The next day we were split into two groups. One
group went sur ng in Bundoran and the other (my group) Day 5: Friday morning we woke early and packed our
stayed at the centre and did an S.P.H.E class. We learned suitcases. We were looking forward to going home but we
about about di erent races and cultures and di erent types were also sad at the thoughts of leaving the centre and
of discrimination and racism. We also discussed gender saying goodbye to all the new friends we had made from
issues and it was really interesting to discover di erent St. Mogues. We boarded the bus, full of promises to keep in
points of view and di erent ways of thinking between boys touch with each other and hoping to meet up again soon. It
and girls. This class was another great way to interact with was an unforgettable week, one of the best weeks of my life!

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