lunch for the guests, which

also included a custom made

‘Class Az’ milkshake!

After a successful lunch it

was into one of the main

classrooms for a live perfor-

mance of some of the Class

Az well known tracks includ-

ing ‘I’m Back’, Irish Tune’ and

an acoustic version of ‘Be

Someone’.

One such student there on

the day was music enthusiast

Brendan Ward… “We had

an exciting day in

Youthreach that day, it was a

great chance to meet a rap

group from Dublin. It was

the first time we ever had

anything like this in the cen-

tre.

Back in December the stu-

dents of Youthreach with

the help of their tutors orga-

nized a gig with a difference.

The majority of the students

in Youthreach are big fans of

rap and hip-hop music and

the idea of putting on a gig in

the centre was something

that united the whole centre

together. Irish rap has always

been a firm favourite in the

centre so the obvious choice

for the students was to get

in contact with the Irish Rap

group the ‘Class Az’.

The main founders of the

Class Az, Redzer and

Terawrizt arrived down

from Dublin in the morning

to be greeted by all 25 stu-

dents. After a quick look

around the centre, the guys

took part in a Q&A session

where the students had the

chance to ask the group

questions about their career

so far and for advice on how

to get started in the music

industry.

Then it was into the dining

room where students had

prepared a tasty 3 course

Terawrizt & Redzer answering

questions for the student Q&A

Class Az perform their songs

A ‘Class A’ visit for Youthreach Naas

W R I T E R S I N

T H I S I S S U E

Patrick Higgins

Jason Keenan

John Curtis

Jennifer Jones

Richie McCor-

mack

Nathan Hayes

The Backdrop made by students

for the Class Az gig

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S T U D E N T N E W S L E T T E R

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S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Class Az Visit

Jennifer’s Closet

Punchestown

Car Talk

Classic Movie

Review

Someone I

admire

Premiership

Team of the

Month

They answered all our ques-

tions, chatted to us during

lunch and played a great gig

including all their hits. We

ended the day with a few

inspirational words from

Redzer. It was a huge suc-

cess and all the students

would love to see a day like

it again.”

Another student there on

the day was Roisin Fitzger-

ald. ‘’Coming up to Christ-

mas all the students are usu-

ally very busy with course-

work so having something

like this in the centre was a

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welcome distraction. It was

a great day just to unwind

and listen to some great

music’’.

More days like this are

hopefully in the pipeline for

the Youthreach, Naas stu-

dents.

P A G E 2

From left to right;

Khloe, Kim & Kourtney

Classic Movie Review: Point Break

Car Talk

Jennifer’s Closet This month’s article is on

the famous Kardashian sis-

ters and their fashion line

‘Dash’.

Kim is a lady with serious fash-

ion influence all over the world.

She is a new mother to a child

and soon to be married to

famous rap star Kanya West.

Kim is currently recording for

the new season off Keeping

up with the Kardashians and

doing serious deals in Miami

for Dash alongside her fabu-

lous sisters.

Khloe is currently going

through a break up with hus-

band Lamar Odom. They got

married after 3 months of

meeting each other. Khloe

unlike her sisters has no kids

yet. She is a very focused

person, not much can bring

Khloe down and she has a

positive attitude to anything

that is put in front of her. Khloe

is also currently recording

Keeping with Kardashians.

Khloe is actually the youngest

out off the Kardashian sisters

at a young age of 28.

Kourtney is married to Scott

Disick with two young kids, a

boy and a young girl. Kourtney

is currently recording for the

next serious of Keeping up the

Kardashians while also keep-

ing thing going at the Dash

shops around the world. She

has to keep herself looking

very well to keep up with her

wonderful reputation. Kourt-

ney is my favorite sister.

By Jennifer Jones

Toyotas are one of the

most reliable cars in the

world. There are many

different types of starlet ,

ranging from 1.0ltr , 1.3ltr

turbo all the way to diesel ,

there mostly sold for ex-

port , or exported in from

Japan , they can range

from 70bhp up to over

300bhp.

By Nathan Hayes

This issue car enthusiast Nathan Hayes tells us why Toyota are his car of choice. Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese automotive man-ufacturer headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. Toyota is the world's first automobile manufacturer to produce more than 10 million vehicles per year.

It’s not long before he gains their trust and is accepted by Bodhi and the other surfers. Bodhi treats Johnny like a broth-er, teaching him how to surf the waves and be-come one of them. But will Johnny be able to betray his new found friends and bring the bank robbers to justice? I recommend this movie

because it’s bursting with

action from start to finish. I

really enjoyed the acting

from Keanu Reeves and

Patrick Swayze, they

worked really well together.

For a movie that’s over 23

years old I think it has last-

ed the test of time... a great

movie to watch this sum-

mer!

By Richie McCormack

Point break is a classic action movie made in 1991. It’s based on a cop Johnny Utah played by Keanu Reeves who goes under-cover to try and catch a gang of bank robbers. The cops believe that the rob-bers are actually surfers so Johnny has a plan to learn how to surf in order to find out who the robbers are. He makes friends with Bodhi played by Patrick Swayze who turns out to be the leader of the gang.

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Starlet GT turbo (EP82,

Starlet 1.3 S 3 door (EP82, Japan)

Starlet 1.3 Glanza V Turbo (EP91, Japan)

Its Punchestown Time Again!

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1

Punchestown is al-most upon us again and so in this months issue we sat down with horse racing en-thusiast John Curtis to tell us what makes the Punchestown Festival so special.

Punchestown Race-course is located in the parish of Eadestown, near Naas, County Kil-dare, in Ireland. It is known as the home of Irish Jumps Racing and plays host to the annu-al Punchestown Irish National Hunt Festival. The racecourse itself has a hurdle and stee-plechase track. The hurdle course is one mile six furlongs in dis-tance while the chase course is 2 miles. Punchestown Race-course also has the on-ly cross country banks course in Ireland.

The Punchestown Festi-val is the major horse rac-

ing festival of the Irish Na-tional Hunt Season and is usually held annually in April. The Punchestown Festival is held over five days, between Tuesday and Saturday inclu-sive. It is seen by many as the Irish version of the Chel-tenham Festival and is run in a very similar format.

The major races at the Festi-val are the Champion Chase, Ryanair Novice Chase, Champion Hurdle, World Se-ries Hurdle, Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle, Cathal Ryan Memorial Champion Novice Hurdle, Growise Champion Novice Chase, Champion Four Year Old Hurdle, Champion INH Flat Race and the Punch-estown Gold Cup.

(2001), Florida Pearl Barry Geraghty (2002), First Gold Thierry Doumen (2003), Beef or Salmon Timmy Murphy (2004), Kicking King Barry Geraghty (2005), War Of Attrition Conor O'Dwyer (2006), Neptune Collonges Ruby Walsh (2007), Notre Pere Andrew Lynch (2009), Planet of Sound

We also asked John to list some of great win-ners of Punchestown past… Some of the most memo-rable winners in the past meetings include Imperial call Ruby Walsh (1999), Commanche Court Ruby Walsh (2000), Moscow Express Barry Geraghty

Richard Johnson (2010), Follow the Plan Tom Doyle (2011), China Rock Barry Geraghty (2012), Sir Des Champs Davy Russell. (2013).

An aerial view of the course

Some Famous Punchestown winners of the past

Hurricane Fly ridden by Ruby Walsh

Here are some interesting Facts about Punchestown:

IN 1823 the first recorded race meeting was held at Punchestown. The attendance at 2012 Punch-estown Festival was over 91,000. This number was affected by severe weather warnings and rescheduled races. The anticipated attendance for 2013 is 98,000. The direct economic value of 2012 Festival was estimated at just under €60 million although a further €9 mil-lion could be added to account for the indirect economic or expenditure multiplier effects. The Festival was extended from a four day to a five day event in 2008. The fifth day, saturday, has grown in attendance from just over 2,300 to almost 26,000 in 2012. Over 6,000 of this number were children under 14 years of age. Over 50 overseas journalists, pho-tographers and TV crews in 2012. By John Curtis

‘’I like Rooney because

when I was 15 years old I

watched him on TV. I ad-

mired the way he played his

football, his skill and his

dedication to the team and I

wanted to play the same as

him’’

Jason also admires his men-

tal strength. ‘’One thing I

love about him is his atti-

tude. He will chase back

every ball and he has a

‘never say die

attitude...he plays to the

90th minute.’’

Rooney has recently signed

In this month’s edition of ‘Someone

I Admire’ we sat down with Man Utd

enthusiastic Jason Keenan to tell us

why he has chosen to write about

Wayne Rooney.

Wayne Rooney was born on Oct

24th 1985 in Liverpool. He began his

career at the age of 9 when he joined

Everton’s youth team. He made his

professional debut at the age of 16

but it wasn’t long before he joined

Man Utd for a deal worth €25.6 mil-

lion. He has scored well over 200

goals in his Utd so far and has won 5

league titles, 2 league cups, 3 FA

Community shields and one Champi-

on League medal.

a new 5 year deal at Utd

worth a huge €300,000 a

week.

Get To Know Your Tutor

This issue we chat to Art and Literacy tutor Katie Walsh.

What did you want to be when you grew up?

Environmental activist for green peace, a show jumper and an artist.

Who is your favourite band/singer? Arcade Fire. What is your favourite movie? I recently saw ‘About Time’ and loved it. Do you like the subject you teach and why? I enjoy teaching art because it builds self-esteem and confidence,

the students find a sense of achievement in every class. Do you have any hobbies you enjoy? Horse riding, cycling, reading, running, listening to music and

painting. What is your favourite memory of Youthreach so far? I really enjoyed the Class Az visit as I had never experienced

anything like that before.

Pat’s Premiership Team of the Month

Begovic has been keeping clean sheets for Stoke. Sagna is constantly up & down the right wing. Kompany is a leader through & through. Cahill has really stepped up this season. Shaw is a really good young talent. Gerrard is a leader of men on & off the pitch. Toure has that special something teams need. Sterling has a bright future ahead of him. Lallana is a great captain for Southampton. Suarez pure class, a record breaker. Rooney has shown his worth in the past few games.

Someone I Admire: Profile on Wayne Rooney

Rooney recently scored what

could be the goal of the season.

Begovic

Shaw

Cahill Kompany

Sagna

Lallana

Toure Gerrard

Sterling

Rooney Suarez