Transition Year Mission Statement • To promote the personal, social, educational and vocational development of pupils and to prepare them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society. • The above is achieved through all the elements of the TY Programme.
Students • Need to move out of their comfort zone. • Try new activities and subjects. • Be open to new ideas. • Make new friends • Give of themselves to family, community and the school. • Be active and get involved
Main Elements Work Experience Community Care The Musical
Important Elements E.C.D.L Gaisce
GAISCE – The President’s Award Open to all students in Transition Year in Holy Faith. Participants must be at least age 15 to enter. A minimum of one hour a week is required in the following areas: - Community Involvement – 13 weeks Personal Skill – 13 weeks Physical Recreation – 13 weeks (Additional activity in any section of your choice from the three above for a further 13 weeks) Venture Journey (Plan prepare and undertake a 2 day, 1 night adventure journey in a group covering a minimum total distance of : Walking;25– 35 km or Cycling 100 -130 km over two consecutive days)
Challenges are agreed with PAL (President’s Award Leader). Some examples listed below: - Community Involvement Charity shop, Help with a youth club, Helping with children – GAA Nursery, Nursing Home – quite a few students volunteer in Sybil Hill. Personal Skill - e.g. ECDL, Musical instrument, Dance, Singing lessons, Web design, Learn a foreign language (No sport allowed). Physical Recreation - e.g. Walking, Cycling, Tennis, Badminton, Golf, Soccer, Gaelic, Rugby, Swimming, A marathon. Adventure Journey/Research - e.g. walk/cycle, Mountain hike, Canoeing, (Those who would be unable to accomplish this due to a physical disability perform a suitable replacement activity such as research) In April 68 students covered a distance of 30 km in the Wicklow Way and stayed overnight in a hostel in Glendalough.
The Year • Term 1 Blocked weeks of School work, Community Care and workshops • Term 2 Work Experience and the Musical • Term 3 School Work, Option Choices and some workshops / day trips
Workshops • Film School/Song School • Personal Development • Garda Liaison • Cheerleading • First Aid • Career Day • Aware ‘Beat the Blues’ • Enterprise Day
Day Tours • Ploughing Championships • Collins Barracks • St. Patrick’s Cathedral • Botanic Gardens • Dublin Zoo • ‘Leaders on our level’ • Theatre • TY Committee often organise a day tour
Overnight Trip Carlingford Adventure Centre September Cost €135 Activities: Three dry land Two water based
Finance Who Pays? • Parents • School • Parents Association • TY Fundraiser – Bag Packing
Charity Fundraisers • Santa Bear Appeal • ‘Trick or Treat’ for Temple Street • CASA clothing collection • Fundraisers may be held for certain organisations after students have heard a speaker e.g. Barnardos, Peter Mc Verry Trust
Wednesday Options » CRC Fast Friends » Photography » Art » Self Defence » Log on Learn
TY Committee • Students choose their own representatives. • Two from each class • Meet with Ms Molloy and we try to tailor make their programme for them.
Assessment • Work experience booklet • Attendance • Participation • TY Folder • Tutorial: oral and written presentations • Exams within each subject • Continuous assessment
Achievements • Certification from Department • Certification from school • Certification from individual areas e.g. Self Defence, CRC, Space Camp, and Gaisce
Evaluation • The students evaluate the programme on three separate occasions • Parents evaluate at end of year • Staff evaluate classes/modules throughout the year • Ms Molloy and Ms Gogarty evaluate throughout the year
Important Dates • Return to School • Carlingford • Ploughing Championships • Community Care • Work Experience
‘ Holding on to Transition Year’ Irish Times March 22 nd 2012 Sir, – I wish to express my staunch opposition to the arguments presented by Friends of the Elderly (Home News, March 19th) for the abolition of Transition Year. As a TY student, aged 16, I am experiencing the intellectual and social benefits of fourth year. As a result of TY I have become a more confident, mature and independent person in facing different challenges. I have academically progressed in all subject areas. I am better at working with other people, I have developed many useful skills such as IT, cooking and organisation and above all I am more motivated. Are these not positive and worthwhile changes that not only benefit the students, but also society? Transition year students nationwide are involved in many community service projects such as Young Social Innovators, Gaisce and the Friends of the Elderly Transition Year Programme. A compulsory community service year (a suggestion by Friends of the Elderly) would be a poor substitute for TY. It would be difficult to keep most pupils satisfied with doing community service (in other words forced labour) for seven hours a day, five days a week, over the course of a nine-month school year, as they would not be able to attain the myriad of other benefits Transition Year offers. Surely, the fundamental purpose of any school programme such as Transition Year is to develop the student’s potential? Contrary to being “self-indulgent” and “a luxury we can’t afford”, transition year is a necessity we can’t afford to be without. Indeed, were it not for transition year, I would not have had the initiative to express my strong opinions with this letter. – Yours, etc,
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