TRANSITION YEAR 2021-2022 PARENT INFORMATION - MS MARGO MCGANN PROGRAMME CO-ORDINATOR - ST. AUGUSTINE'S ...
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Transition Year 2021-2022
Parent Information
Ms Margo McGann
Programme Co-Ordinator
ty@staugustines.ie
Why Transition Year ! • It is designed to act as a bridge between Junior Cycle and Senior Cycle by facilitating the smooth transition from the more dependent learning of the Junior Cycle to the more independent self-directed learning required for the Senior Cycle. • It is NOT compulsory here in St Augustine’s College.
Mission Statement of Transition Year “To promote the personal, social, vocational, and educational development of students and to prepare them for their role as autonomous and participative members of society” (Dept of Education , Transition Year Guidelines 1994/1995 )
Transition Year Rationale
• To provide a learning structure which • To learn through networking with
promotes maturity. other schools and social agencies.
• To develop a wide range of cognitive
and emotional skills. • To encourage variety in teaching and
• To be learning led rather than exam learning styles.
driven. • To enable students to become
• To ensure breadth and balance in the independent, self-directed and self-
curriculum. regulated learners.
• To provide experiential learning.
• To encourage a more professional use
• To challenge students in all areas of of assessment.
development.
• To facilitate interdisciplinary and • To co-operate with all educational
cross-curricular links. partners in providing a broad and
• To develop life skills. enriching experience.
Pros for T.Y. from a Students Perspective
• Opportunity to mature • Get to know new people
TY can really give students the time, space and TY can help you expand your circle of friends
environment to mature and grow, which can be through working with them on projects, staying
really helpful for the following two years where in a room with them on an overnight trip and
maturity is definitely essential to success. being mixed into new classes with them.
• Work experience • Trips
This is an extremely valuable part of TY as it You get the opportunity to go on trips in TY.
shows young people the reality of the working These can be local, national and perhaps
world. It also can really help a student decide abroad. Also, if students take part in Gaisce,
what they want, or do not want to do in college they will go on a 25km walk which may sound
and adult life. daunting but is thoroughly enjoyable.
• Different opportunities • Project work
Many opportunities may present themselves in A lot of the work in Transition year is project
TY that may not arise if you go straight to fifth based. Teachers are not hounding you every
year. For example taking part in competitions, class to hand up work, it all gets handed up at
musical or debating. the end of a Rotation. This is very good
preparation for college and the adult working
life.
Cons of T.Y. from a Students Perspective
• Extra year in school • Forget things
If you are the kind of person who really just hates You know when you go back to school after the
school and can’t wait to get out into the real world, Summer holidays and it feels like you have forgotten
then you won’t want to willingly choose to spend almost everything you had learned over the course of
another year in the place you're dying to get out of. If the three months? Try that after a year of not doing
you know for sure what you want to do when you particularly exerting classwork, no homework, no
leave school, why hang around? The flip side of this is study and exams.
you may be very young graduating.
• Conclusion
• Get lazy
There are many pro’s and con’s of doing Transition
In TY you receive little to no homework every night year. Overall it all comes down to each individual
and rarely get tests in class. There are no monthly person and how they are suited to it.
tests. The opposite can be said for fifth year. Teachers
will pile on the homework and a student coming from
TY will really be thrown in at the deep end. Some If your son/daughter chooses to do TY, the advice I
people can handle this and are refreshed and ready would give them is to get involved in everything that
to hit the books. However some people may be comes their way and don’t fall behind on
overwhelmed by it all and not be able to cope, assignments and exemplars of work due at the end of
whereas people who skip TY will be used to the each Rotation. In the end it will be what they make of
workload from the Junior Cycle. it.
Monday to Friday
Thursday
9.00am to 3.55pm
Work Experience
9 classes of 40minutes duration
3 Placements during the year
Selection of
• Single
Work Experience CoOrdinator:
• Double
• Ms Anne Pender
• Triple Classes • workexperience@staugustines.ie
33 weeks
Peeling the Layers of the TY Programme
TY Subjects Offered
Core Subject Sampling Specific Module One Off
English x 3 Biology Japanese Cultural Studies First Aid
Irish x 3 Physics Media Studies
Maths x 3 Chemistry Local History Musical
French/German x 2 Agricultural Science Set Dancing
Applied Maths Tourism Workshops
PE x 2 Politics & Society Legal Studies
PE Exam
Financial Management Guest Speakers
Accounting
SPHE x 1 Road Safety
Business
Mini-Company Local/National/
Religion x 1 Economics GAA Future Leaders International Tours
Music
Cookery
Digital Portfolio x 1 Art Pottery Language Exchange
DCG
Environmental Studies
Geography
YearHead x 1 Health & Safety Competitions
Woodwork Careers
Home Economics
Work Experience x 1 Rotation Yoga
EPASMETHODOLOGIES • Active & learner-focused • Teacher as facilitator • Collaborative learning encouraged • Group work / Pair work • Role-play /Simulations • Project work /Fieldwork • Out-of-school activities • Visiting speakers • Practical work
ASSESSMENT
“Assessment should be an integral part of the learning process in
Transition Year not separate from it”
(D.E.S.Guidelines)
• Oral/Aural assessment
• Project work
• Assignments
• Self-assessment
• Peer-assessment
• Written/Practical Class tests
• Exemplars of Work
• Portfolio/Digital Portfolio
• InterviewEVALUATION
ENCOURAGED AS A REGULAR FEATURE
External –
• INSPECTORATE / Dept. of Education and Skills
Internal –
• SCHOOL – WHOLE STAFF
• TRANSITION YEAR TEACHING TEAM
• TRANSITION YEAR CORE TEAM
• INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT TEACHER
• STUDENTS
• PARENTS
• WORK PLACEMENT PROVIDERSParents – How can you help? • Encourage your son/daughter to avail of the learning opportunities provided and get involved. • Download the school app, read the news and notifications section and encourage your child to enter competitions advertised. • Show interest in their projects & activities – question. • Read and sign their school journal on a weekly basis. • Share with us your skills and ideas. • Provide a complete school uniform and ensure it is worn. • Follow us on Twitter @friarycollege #TY • Understand importance of school attendance right to the end – it is vital for the overall success of the programme.
Cost €350 As TY is not compulsory in our school this is a stand alone payment. Should your son/daughter choose to do it there is no discount for having other children in the school. The cost per head is essential to run a successful programme. €200 is to be paid with application form. Closing date 22nd February 2021. In the event that your son/daughter is not offered a place in TY this €200 will be refunded. Remaining €150 must be paid by Friday 7th May 2021
Transition Year Motto
“You will get back from T.Y.
what you put into it.”
Be Active!
Be Involved!A little snap shot of what was offered!
Guest Speakers Workshops Trips Out Competitions
Paul Darby - Gaisce GAA Coaching Theatre Royal Eurofins Essay
Ploughing Championships GAA Museum Essay
Garda Síochána Pumkin Carving
Mount Melleray ESB Safety Challenge
No Name Club Personal Safety
Comhairle AGM Euroscola Video Clip
Jonathan Earl Mini Co. French Play Onatti Concern Debating Soroptimist Public
Apprenticeships WWETB Jade Kirwan Make Up Speaking
Dáil Eireann & Claire Angus Beef
RNLI Anti Bullying Byrne Live Show
Margo Noonan – Sexual Karen Robinson – Babóg Connemara (Bonding) Enterprise
Assualt Unit. Project
RCSI Mini Med Green Schools
AIB Student Officer First Aid Student Enterprise Junk Kouture
Awards
Robin Barry BeeWise Breast Check Awareness
WIT Engineering Week Build a Bank
Paul Lennon Ervia Finance your Future
WIT Ceolchoirm SNG Future Sparks RDS
Gavin Harte – RSA Road Shuttle Munster Driving School Money Smarts Quiz
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