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On the 13th and the 20th of January two guest speakers came in to speak from both TU Dublin and DCU. Both of these speakers talked about how their respective colleges functioned and what courses they offered. They also talked about how the different clubs and groups that were in the colleges. The students were all respectful and listened to the speakers. They were all thankful and started to think about their futures. Páidí Malone - TY Student

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Former Olympic diver, Oliver Dingley spoke to the TY students about his career and hopefully inspired some students to go and chase their dreams.

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The TY students participated in restaurant training, and developed many new skills to help them prepare for a career in the hospitality sector.

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A number of our TY students completed in the Fingal Enterprise awards.

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Cheque Presentation to St.Francis Hospice

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Cheque Presentation to St.Francis Hospice

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The TY students presented a cheque for €639.66 to St. Francis Hospice, following the money they raised Carol singing in Donaghamede shopping centre.

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On Wednesday 3rd May, the TY students visited the National Museum of Archaeology on Kildare Street.

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They TY students visited the National Art Gallery on the 3rd May and really appreciated some brilliant works of Art.

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A massive thanks to Niall Daly, our Gaisce Co-ordinator and trained Gaisce Pal for taking the students on a hike from Bray to Greystones as part of the students Gaisce award.

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Aidan and Patrick, 2 Engineers came out to speak to the TYs about their very interesting careers in the Engineering profession.

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Sarah Kearney from the charity DePaul spoke to the students on the great work carried out by the organisation.

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Ciara Maher, a 2nd year Law Student from UCD came out to speak to the TYs about a career in Law.

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The long awaited foreign trip to Barcelona finally happened in April 2023. It was all that it promised to be and more! On arrival at Reus airport we went to visit Circo Romano in Tarragona. We saw a mix of Medieval and Roman sights such as an ancient racing arena and subterranean tunnels. Next day we took a guided city tour and got to see the Monument of Christopher Columbus, La Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Quarter and the infamous Las Ramblas, We visited the science museum CosmoCaixa which was amazing Day 3 we went to Port Aventura-a huge theme park and had the best craic ever! Even our last day was action packed, we visited Camp Nou Stadium and went shopping for the afternoon in Las Arenas. We made some fantastic memories and needed to sleep for 2 days when we got back! The sun was shining, the food wasn't bad, Ryanair didn't let us down and we all learned a bit of Spanish too!
Finn Skehill

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On Friday 26th May, the TY students will be getting training on E-scooters.

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On Wednesday 24th May the TY students will be going to do a 3 hour cycling tour of the Phoenix Park.

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On Wednesday 17th May, the TY students travelled to Belfast and got a guided tour of the Falls Road and the Shankill Rd areas, both which were effected by the Troubles. They also visited the Peace Walls, Belfast City Hall, Queens University, and the Titanic Quarter.

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The Ty students visited the Dail on the 3rd May. They got a guided tour of both the Dail and the Seanad, which was organised by TD Sean Haughey.

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The TY students enjoyed a full day of Self Defence Training and absolutely loved the experience.

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The TY students got to visit Microsoft Head Office in Dublin to participate in an event hosted by the company titled "Microsoft Dream Space".

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The TY students went Ice Skating in Swords Pavillions on January 13th as a reward for the great work they did during their Winter Fair. It was a great day out and some of the students showed very fancy footwork on the ice. The main thing was everyone made it back to school in one piece!

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The TY students visited the RNLI station in Howth on February 1st 2023 to get a tour of the station and a talk on the great work carried out by them. They were brought to the Howth yacht club and the RNLI lifeboat station. In the Howth yacht club they were given a talk about how to stay safe in the water and what you should do if you got in trouble. In the RNLI lifeboat station they were shown the small motorboat and told about several of the jobs that they had gone on. We were also shown how to put someone into the recovery position. After all of that, several students had to return to school to rehearse for the school musical, however the rest of the students remained in Howth and walked to the lighthouse and back. Páidí Malone

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On Friday the 3rd February 2023, the TY students presented a Mock Showcase of all the activities they have taken part in, along with all the work they have completed. This was judged by Ashling the Principal along with other members of the school community. This was to help them prepare for their official showcase which will take place in May.

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The TY students along with the help of their Enterprise teacher Ciaran hosted a very successful Winter Fair on Friday 16th December. There were 13 different business ventures selling various products from hand crafted tea light holders to hand crafted personalised scrabble decorations. Some of the businesses were very successful on the day and the students went home with a healthy profit. There are definitely some future entrepreneurs in the group!

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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.

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The TY students went Carol singing in Donaghmede shopping centre on Monday 19th December to raise money for their chosen charity - St. Francis Hospice.

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The majority of students are taking part in Gaisce, the Presidents award. This is a year long commitment to improving yourself in three main areas; community involvement, physically and the learning of a new skill. At the end of the year a 2-day personal challenge; hike, cycle, kayak etc. is completed to gain their bronze awards!

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Students will complete 3 separate work placements.

Students will fill in their work experience diary weekly with reflections of their experience, skills learned, interactions with people recorded and knowledge acquired. Each work experience placement lasts from 8 - 11 weeks.

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The TY musical "School of Rock" was performed in the Axis Theatre Ballymun on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd March 2023. All TY students were involved, either in acting roles, backstage, or production roles. The show was a massive success, all down to the hard work and dedication of the 2 teachers, Sinead and Andrew. We can't wait until next years show!

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Copy of School of Rock 2023 - BETSS - PERF - 145

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Teachers will provide all TY students with the opportunity to get their creative side out.

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Some students will be part of the school magazine team which will involve creating and producing the first school magazine.

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All TY students will complete a basic first aid training course which will be delivered by a trained first responder. Students will learn how to stock a first aid kit, basic first aid, deal with burns, breaks, stings, sprains, head injury etc.

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All Transition Year students have completed a taster module of Leaving Cert History over an 8 week period.

For the taster module in TY we have been focussing on “Politics and Society in Northern Ireland 1949-1993”, which is one of the 4 topics covered in Leaving Cert.
When the taster module is completed, students will have a greater understanding of the causes of the conflict in Northern Ireland and will have covered a significant amount of the topic for LC.

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All Transition Year students will be completing a taster module of Leaving Cert Geography over an 8 week period.
Leaving Certificate geography will help students develop an understanding of the changing relationships between the physical and human worlds. Through their study of geography, students will develop geographical skills that will help them to make informed judgements about issues at local, national and international levels.

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Teachers will deliver the Drivers Ed Programme to all TY students.
All students will have the option to sit the theory test to get their provisional drivers licence. The module will focus on behaviour that causes deaths and serious injuries on the road – ‘killer behaviours’. It shows students how we all share the road and have a personal responsibility to be safe road users. It covers: Seatbelts, Speed, Intoxicated driving –alcohol and drugs, Driver distraction, Driver fatigue, Passenger Safety and Vehicle maintenance. At the end of the module a company will come in to give all students a driving lesson and all students will get a chance to drive the car.

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The TY students completed a 6 week Yoga course delivered by a parent of one of our students, who is a fully qualified Yoga instructor. The students focussed on breathing techniques, stretching and the various Yoga poses.

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Students will learn the basic elements of photography and how to improve their skills using their ipads. This module will be run in conjunction with a local professional photographer.

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Also on Wednesday 8th November, our Transition Years embarked on a guided tour of Dublin’s custom house. We were given a detailed insight into the interior and an overview of the historical significance of the building. We thoroughly enjoyed this experience and would highly recommend it to anyone interested in the History of Ireland.
Jack Winkless

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On Wednesday 8th November, the Transition Years took a visit to the Natural History Museum (the so-called Dead Zoo). The museum was filled with rare, exotic and native Irish animals. They were in shock at the sight of animals who have been extinct for hundreds of years, whether that be the gigantic Irish deer or the microscopic beetles, everything there was a sight to be seen. What a trip!
Jack Winkless

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The Ploughing Championships was one of the first trips that the Transition Years attended this year. It took place in County Laois on the 21st of September. Students got to see the ploughers from different countries ploughing fields and were given a booklet that we had to complete by the end of the day. They also got to see a lot of farm animals like sheep, cows and goats. There was a TikTok stand that featured many famous Irish Tiktokers and some even managed to spot a certain Leo Varadker there too! They were given time to wander around on their own and explore everything that the Ploughing Championships had to offer. There was a fun fare with a few rides which were slightly overpriced but there
were also shops/markets where students could buy a lot of stuff for a good price. The thing they enjoyed the most was watching the farmer from Kenya ploughing the field
majestically - his skills were so much more elite than the other farmers at the championships. After a long day of being entertained, the students ended their trip with getting a beautiful picture with a tractor that will last in their memories forever.
Kamil Khan

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Another memorable trip this year was to the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin City Centre. Aisling Forde, our Spanish, Italian and Drivers Ed teacher, organised a trip to a cinema by contacting a very kind director who lent us a room for free. The Lighthouse Cinema is not like a normal cinema - it was very fancy and cool. For a less frequented cinema, it was very well illuminated, had a fantastic café and many movie rooms which were bigger than the ones in Pavillions and Odeon. The screen was also almost twice as big compared to ordinary cinema! Now, the movie was a touching story about a real person and his journey around South America. For anyone who’s never been to the continent, it was a great immersion into their lifestyle and their cultural situations especially in the 1950's when the movie is set.
Miguel Da Conceicao

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My favourite school trip in TY was Bewleys Barista training. We learned a lot about the different types of coffee and where they come from, the best ways to prepare them and the correct way to cream milk. Trying so many different grains is an experience most people don’t get to know. It was an amazing, unique opportunity to have been able to do a quick training like that. And having an exclusive tour of the factory was even more exciting! Seeing how to process coffee, the different steps it has to go through, and the distribution thought process. It is an experience we will never forget!

This is all a part of my fondest memories now. If I ever get a chance to do that in the future, I will most definitely jump at the opportunity.
Heloisa Boscovich

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On the 6th of December, the TY’s went to a career’s day at the Hilton Hotel which was organised by Ciaran, our Business and Enterprise teacher. There, we learned about the origins and founder of the franchise and then we were told about all the different career paths in the hotel, from chefs to attendants, bartender to housekeeping and even HR. For each one, we learned something about their jobs and they taught us a new skill. Afterwards, we went for a tour through the different rooms of the hotel. All the most expensive luxurious ones at the top and the smaller family rooms in the lower levels of the hotel. Overall, it was a fantastic trip and we were so grateful to Ciaran for arranging it!

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Our trip to the chocolate factory started by us putting on our lab coats and bracelets before walking into the mini cinema to learn about the history of Butlers. After a short period of time and a few samples of dark, milk and white chocolate, we set off to the museum to continue our journey around the factory. In the museum, we had to fill out a booklet with questions ranging from the inventor of chocolate, to the different types of chocolate. Then, we had a tour around the factory but sadly no photos were taken as it was prohibited in the factory. After that, we went into a room where one of the tour guides gave a demonstration of how they make the chocolate hollow inside. The tour guide also got two volunteers from our year to try and make their own hollow chocolate which worked incredibly well. Finally, we drank some hot chocolate and decorated our elephants in white chocolate before packaging them into gift bags to bring home. Overall, we learned so much from this trip and we highly recommend it for future years to come.
Susan Walsh

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Teachers will run an enterprise module with all students throughout the year. Students will compete at the Fingal Enterprise Awards. The TY students will run and organise a Winter Fair in December.

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Teachers will deliver part of LC Spanish course. Classes include oral language, cookery and culture modules. Link in with schools in Europe and organise a foreign trip in April.

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Teachers will deliver LC tasters in Biology, Physics and Chemistry and prepare students for SciFest, BTYSTE and PE Expo.

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Begin the Ethical Ed senior cycle programme, deliver a Change makers module where the students pick an issue from their local community (preferably) and find a solution to improve it and take action.

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Deliver a taster for 6 weeks on LC PE after the winter break. Teachers will create an appropriate programme to suit the needs, interests and abilities of the students.

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Delphi Resort in County Mayo was an amazing experience packed full of fun that we would recommend to all in search of a good team-building experience. We completed a variety of activities such as archery, bush craft, aerial trek, forest walks, campfires and, our personal favourite, bog-walking. The bog-walking was an unforgettable memory that we will talk about forever. The fun began when we were given our wetsuits and sent into the changing rooms. Our skills were put to the test while we struggled to get into our wetsuits but we all helped each other. When we finally got them on, we trekked out to the bogs, our guides forced us into the
cold bog water and our journey began. We faced many obstacles, the worst being the pit of doom where we were all squashed into one pit that contained decaying forest - it didn't smell great to say the least! Our trip to the bogs ended in an obstacle course where we had free reign around the course, which made for some very funny moments such as almost ten people all squished together into one floaty ring. Overall we had a great time and we are very grateful for the opportunity that we were given.
Ailish Russell

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Irish - will focus on oral language skills for the first half of the year to develop students’ confidence with spoken Irish. The classes will also include written work, and practicing listening skills. For the second half of the year, classes will be divided according to ability to prepare for LC Irish.

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English - the teachers will be delivering part of the LC course, facilitate a read aloud programme, delivering practice presentations in class and prepare two presentations during the year that they will have to deliver to a first year class or a primary school class.

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For half of the year the students will be undertaking a spatial skills development course which is being piloted in a few schools across Ireland in conjunction with TU Shannon and the University of Cincinnati. Research has shown that well developed spatial skills is a key indicator of success in STEM related courses.
For the remaining half of the year the students will be developing their understanding and capabilities in relation to algebra and functions. This is a crucial module to give the students the best possible start to the leaving Cert curriculum.