Transition Year

• To enable students to pursue educational objectives outside the examination system
• To develop a broad range of life skills
• To create a spirit of enterprise, self-motivation and responsibility in the students
• To develop a sense of self-confidence and self-sufficiency
• To achieve and record various certificates of achievement

Latest News

Carlingford Trip

Our TY students recently visited Carlingford Adventure Centre. During their time in Carlingford students were busy with the following activities:

• Canoeing
• Pier Jumping
• Laser Tag
• Orienteering
• Axe Throwing
• Skypark
• Maze Running
• FootGolf

Space Careers Roadshow with ESERO, the students had a fantastic day where they got to chat with space engineers and physicists.

GAA Future Leaders

The “Future Leaders Transition Year Programme” is a joint initiative from the GAA and the Professional Development Service for Teachers (PDST). It is a cross-curricular programme comprising of a series of modules designed to encourage maturity, initiative, responsibility and leadership skills in pupils. The Programme gives pupils the knowledge and skills to support all roles required in the effective staging of Gaelic Games. As part of the Programme students are challenged to organise and run both on-field and off-field events for younger students.

Languages Connect - TY French Competition

Our Transition Year French class entered a language/film competition, organised by Languages Connect* and the Atlantic Technological University. https://www.gmit.ie/study/schools-liaison-office/schools-activities/gmit-languages-competition-2022.

Languages Connect*is a national initiative to promote the study and use of Modern Foreign Languages at second and third level in Ireland.

TY JumpZone Trip

Our TY Students recently visited JumpZone in Dublin. Below are a selection of photos of our students in action.

Encouraging the Designers of the Future

Education For Life

In this Transition Year module students have the opportunity to learn and practice skills they will use in everyday living. Students will acquire essential know-how and hands on experience with such tasks as;

• Washing/Ironing clothes
• Basic Sewing Techniques
• Basic Car Maintenance
• Household Budgeting
• Grocery Shopping
• Basic Childcare
• Household Plumbing

Learning that takes place in the classroom will be translated to the home, where students can continue to hone these skills in the real world.

Film

The Transition Year Film Module encompasses a variety of aspects of film making and visual awareness. Following an introduction to visual communication and advertising, students will have the opportunity to script, storyboard, film and edit their own short story as part of a group. Students will have a chance to perform various roles in the process, having gained experience from the initial Drama Workshop as a warm-up to the module.

Visual communication & Advertising

• Be more visually aware
• Be able to critically evaluate advertising/film

Film theory & the history of filmmaking

• Analyse film-making techniques and trends

Short Filmmaking

• Generate ideas
• Write a script
• Create a storyboard
• Work as a group to translate their concept onto film
• Demonstrate the use of a camera and basic technical skills in filming
• Edit using Power Director Pro

In the past, TY Film students have participated in the Walk in My Shoes: ‘Frame of Mind’ short-film competition for St Pat’s Mental Health, with numerous nominations and proudly taking home the prize in 2017.