Mr O'Neill

Teacher of English.

'Little by little, one travels far.'
- J.R.R. Tolkien

[Irvine Royal Academy English and Languages Faculty @IRALanguages]

Thank you very much to Dr Fiona McKenzie OBE @CentrestageMT for speaking with our S3 and S4 prefects this afternoon. A thoroughly inspiring talk on leadership has us all going away thinking of how best to deliver for the school!

@IrvineRoyalAcad @NeillRoddy @MissCTomelty

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

As a task for our 'Mononoke' film unit, my new S3 designed their own gods and demons of nature, emotions and concepts relevant to the film such as industrialisation. Well done CF for a genius, creepy design for the 'demon of overthinking'! @IRALanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad #ghibli

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

Also, couldn't help but snap a picture of one of the presentations. 😆 My pupils will roll their eyes.

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

What a fantastic bunch this year who really did the school proud. Amazing to see these young people complete their YPI journey for this year, from forming the group to securing £3000 for @HarbourAyrshire, to reflecting on their success today.

@IRALanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad

[Irvine Royal Academy English and Languages Faculty @IRALanguages]

Our YPI winners had a great day up at Perth attending the YPI National Event today! With 1100 others, they celebrated 2024's successes and the history of this great project. @ypi_scotland

They did IRA proud and were respectful and attentive. Well done!
@IrvineRoyalAcad

[Irvine Royal Academy English and Languages Faculty @IRALanguages]

Great work in @NeillRoddy 's S2 class today! Pupils designed board games for step 4 of their D&D themed short story 'Quest'. Some amazing creativity on display!

@IrvineRoyalAcad

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

@HarbourAyrshire @IrvineRoyalAcad @TWF_Scotland @IRALanguages Thank you! Your compliments mean so much to our young people. They were so excited to have won for you. All the best!

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

A spectacular YPI final at @IrvineRoyalAcad today! All of our young people brought their A game and made us proud with their commitment and creativity. A huge well done to the group representing @HarbourAyrshire for winning the £3000!

@TWF_Scotland @IRALanguages

[Irvine Royal Academy English and Languages Faculty @IRALanguages]

Good luck to our National 5 French pupils tomorrow, who will be sitting their Reading and Writing prelims!

Starting time is 13:00pm.

Bon chance!

@IrvineRoyalAcad

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

The Japanese Club have been busily writing articles and reviews for all parts of our day out in Glasgow over the Christmas holidays, including the film, the meal, and Tokyo Toys. Perhaps these could feature in an upcoming issue of the Raven @MissCTomelty? 😁

@IrvineRoyalAcad

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

@stormstryder85 @IRALanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad @lovesanimation I hadn't! Thank you for sharing, I'll be sure to check it out for the future. Thank you.

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

The Japanese club had a fantastic, mid-holiday trip to Glasgow today to see Miyazaki's new film, 'The Boy and the Heron', and enjoy a delicious Japanese meal at Wagamama. Great to spend a day immersed in Japanese culture! @IRALanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad
#Ghibli #tokyotoys

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

Pupils in the Japanese club learned about New Year Traditions today and had a go at designing their own Nengajo (seasonal greetings cards). We ran short of time but some lovely designs (including two celebrating next year's dragon Zodiac). @IRALanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad

[Irvine Royal Academy English and Languages Faculty @IRALanguages]

Mrs Andrews' S1 pupils entered the Talented Writers 'Lest We Forget' competition. Pupils had the opportunity to reflect on the realities of war, and the hope for peace...

Well done to all our budding creative writers and certificate winners! @IrvineRoyalAcad @andrewsyvonn

[Irvine Royal Academy English and Languages Faculty @IRALanguages]

Lovely day out to see Wonka at Saltcoats Cinema with S1 today. Fantastic film. A huge thanks to @andrewsyvonn , @MissCTomelty and the Languages team for organising!

@IrvineRoyalAcad #Wonka

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

Today in Japanese Club the group had a go at making an Origami Pikachu. Great effort from all involved!
@IRALanguages
@IrvineRoyalAcad

'Oru' (to fold) 'kami' (paper)
'Pika' (electric) 'chu' (kiss)

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

What a lovely day at Eglinton Park delivering the Sustaining Ecosystems workshop, in which S1 learned about the sometimes gruesome history of the Eglinton Castle ruins.

Thanks to everyone for making the day possible!

@IrvineRoyalAcad @IRALanguages @gillianmpryce

[claire @MissCTomelty]

Miss Page and I had a lovely time with 1C2 in Eglinton park. Thanks to the staff and seniors for leading workshops on sustainable learning @gillianmpryce @IrvineRoyalAcad

[G Pryce @gillianmpryce]

What a brilliant day at @EglintonPark with our S1 pupils. The sun shone on us and pupils learned so much about their local history, human rights , environmental surveys and sustainable engineering @UNCRC #outdoorlearning #learningforsustainabilty.

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

Commitment, talent and inspiring presentation skills from a trio of our pupils in the Japanese Club, who today convincingly delivered their case for why the club should take a trip to Japan! 🇯🇵 Sugoi-kata! Yoku dekimashita! @IRALanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

Thank you also to last years winners, who bravely delivered their presentation again for the new S2s. I'm sure everyone at Irvine & Troon Cancer Care are so proud of your efforts! @IrvineRoyalAcad

[Mr O'Neill @NeillRoddy]

YPI 23/24 has officially launched here at IRA. Today, pupils learned about the amazing experience they are about to embark upon. Thank you so much to Mark Chambers @TWF_Scotland for leading us through the process. @IRALanguages @IrvineRoyalAcad