NEWSLETTER

What It’s Like To Be
In LCA 1
My first day in LCA was at the start of September,
I was so nervous, my hands and
legs shaking, I was exited though, but
mostly I was just scared that I wouldn’t get
a place, and that they might not like me.
When they introduced themselves, I was
thinking ,…… “ Why was I scared” , I didn’t
know why I was before, because they were
so nice and acceptable , that I almost felt
guilty for being scared of them.
Being in LCA is a lot different, from school;
it’s something new to me, very new actually.
Even though there are some subjects
that are same just like in school such as
Maths and English, it’s still a lot more different
than school and I really like it so far.
So far my favourite subject is ICT, because I
didn’t have a class on computers ,
Here in LCA students and teachers are
treated the same which in my opinion is
awesome, the best thing is that we call
teachers by their name, I really like it, but
sometimes I do get mixed up and call a
teacher Mrs, she laughed at me haha . I
feel really appreciated, part of the group,
and mostly good. I don’t have a favourite
teacher, because all of them are nice and
amazing, and so helpful.
I got to know the LCA 2’s and I get along
with all of them. They’re really welcoming,
helpful and friendly. I think we’ll all just get
along great if we keep going and getting on
the way we are. So yeah so far I’m in love
with LCA and everything about it
Tralee Youthreach
Students Experiences Of the LCA
Teambuilding Day
By Shannon O’Shea
During my first month of Leaving Cert
Applied on Friday 18th of September, I
attended a teambuilding day in An Riacht
in Castleisland. There, we did a series
of tasks to make us work as a team. The
best task we did was the minefield game,
in this game, there were two teams, each
team had to draw out a minefield for the
other team. Once it is made, they then
had to try cross the minefield without
standing on a bomb. Although most of
the games were quite fun, I did not enjoy
the blindfolded game. In this task you
were required to collect a puzzle piece
while blindfolded, I found this difficult
as it was difficult for me to hear what my
teammates were saying and it made me
feel very uneasy as I am not comfortable
enough yet. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed
the day. I’m still adjusting to LCA but I felt
more comfortable as the day went on
and I’m glad I attended this day out.
Work Experience
By Hayden Whelan
During July I worked with a delivery
company named Nightline for my LCA
work experience. My first day of work was
hard. I had to get up at 6am and be at
work by 7am. My boss would collect me at
my home and drive me to work. When we
got to the depo he gave me a crash course
on what to do. We first took the packages
off the palates and then put them in order
respectively to where they were being
delivered to. I found this hard cause my
supervisor had a pattern that changed
and I found it very hard to pick up on the
pattern for the order where the packages
go. Once the packages were in order they
get d.i.p scan (package in depo). Once all
packages were scanned, we then put the
packages in the van in order of the delivery
route. As the packages are put in the van
they are given a v.o.p scan (package on
van), these scans are made so both the
manager and customers can keep track of
delivery van.
After the packages were loaded up, we
start making deliveries. Before we delivered
a package to a customer the package
must be scanned again to say it is delivered.
The day was long and I met a lot of
people in my first week. After a while I was
given the duty of making home deliveries.
I would grab the package from the back
of the van and go to the costumers house
and get them the sign for it and given
them the package.
I did enjoy working there but the hours
were tough but I did learn quite a lot
while on the job. My people skills have
improved quite a bit and my idea of what
it is to work has improved.
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Adriana Godlova