Transition Year
TY Students Celebrate Pancake Tuesday
Transition year students enjoying making pancakes on Pancake Tuesday.
TY Students Enter John Hooper Statistics Competition
Congratulations to our transition year students who have entered the John Hooper Medal for Statistics Competition. Students worked in teams to design a poster which summarises their findings from a statistical research project which they carried out. All students...
Prosper Meath-Disability Awareness Workshops
Prosper Meath provides Day Services to adults with an intellectual disability across County Meath. It is a ‘not-for-profit’ community organisation with charitable status, committed to improving the lives of people with disabilities and their place in society. Clara...
TY Students Visit Kilmainham Gaol
Transition year students visited Kilmainham Gaol yesterday. It is most famous for the many Irish revolutionaries, including the leaders of the 1916 Easter rising, that were imprisoned and executed in the prison. We found the history & stories of the museum so...
TY Students Hike The Spinc and Glenealo Valley in Glendalough
Our Transition Year year students enjoyed a hike through Glendalough completing The Spinc and Glenealo Valley Walk (White Route). We walked a distance of 10km and climbed to 480m. This walk leads you through some of the most spectacular scenery in Co. Wicklow. The...
TY & LCA Options
As Programmes Co-ordinator at Boyne Community School, it is my role to inform both our students and our Parents/Guardians of the opportunities our Leaving Certificate Applied and our Transition Year Programme offer. I have provided in the link below detailed...
BT Young Scientist
Transition Year Students Adam Curran and Tom Brady are representing the school this week at this year's BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition with their project "How air pressure affects the flight of a football". The exhibition is being held virtually this...
TY Pizza Party
Transition year students used fast action dried yeast to make homemade pizza. Pizzas were topped with pepperoni, fresh mozzarella, peppers and onions. Some students even made stuffed crust. Well down to the TY students!
TY Community Calendar- Sponsored by Local Businesses
TY students designed a calendar as part of their mini company in their Enterprise class. Local businesses in Trim sponsored the calendar. We would like to say a special thanks to those businesses for their support of our Transition Year Programme, especially during...
TY Students Deliver Christmas Cards to Knightsbridge Care Home, Trim.
TY students over the last few weeks designed Christmas Cards for the residence of Knighsbridge Care Home, Trim. Yesterday our students delivered the Christmas Cards to the residence of Knightbridge Care Home. A special thanks to Mrs Murphy and the TY class for their...
TY Christmas Bake Off
Transition year students researched Christmas desserts that they could make as part of the Christmas Bake Off. Well done to Jim, Cormac, Thomas and Alexandra who won the bake off with their chocolate log.
Short Film Festival Workshop
TY students just completed a two day Short Film Festival Workshop . This workshop was facilitated onsite by Create School Tutor Jeramy O' Hanlon who introduced students to the basics of film making.This included ideas generation, scripting, storyboarding, filming,...
What is Transition Year?
- This is a unique one year programme for students aged 15/16.
- It provides a bridge to enable students to make the transition from Junior to Senior cycle.
- It encourages personal and social development and recognises the need for students to grow in independence.
- Transition Year fosters academic achievement as students prepare for a Leaving Certificate programme, further study and adult and working life.
- The type of student to which Transition year is best suited is one who is an all-rounder or who wants to explore and develop their abilities, whilst learning new skills within a structured environment.
- The Transition Year programme is designed to provide pupils with the opportunity to discover their own talents, aptitudes, and abilities whilst developing skills and competencies within a well-defined academic structure.
- It challenges pupils to accept responsibility for their own learning, to improve their performance in many core areas, explore new subjects, develop their own interests, and to evaluate their progress.
- Work Experience plays a significant role in the programme as students gain first-hand experience of the world of work. Students arrange and complete Work Experience in a number of different workplaces in blocks throughout the year in areas relevant to their own interests and ambitions.
- Please note that due to an ongoing process of evaluation, review, and improvement the curriculum is subject to change
Points to consider before deciding to do Transition year
- Students have an opportunity to explore other interests and skills.
- D.O.S.S. Developing other skill sets!
- Students are older and more mature:
(i) doing the Leaving Cert
(ii) going to college
- Students who do TY have a lower dropout rate at Third Level
Application Procedure
- Application form.
- Interview
- Third Year head, AEN Department and Guidance Department consulted.
- Participation in school life and school record considered.
What Boyne Community School Leaving Certificate students’ said about the programme?
- I got to do subjects which I never did before which was class and helped me chose my subjects for the Leaving Cert
- We visited DCU and learned loads about college
- I made new friends because the class was small
- Work experience helped me to mature
- Going on trips and doing activities outside of school was brilliant
- I loved every minute of it.
- Go Karting was it for me
- I appreciated all the work we done in the Community and really learned a lot
- There was something new every week, it made the year very interactive.
- Team work was really at the centre of our activities
TY Programme Goals
- Education for Maturity and Personal Development
- Emphasis on Self-Directed Learning with focus on Process not Result
- Development of Social Conscience
- Education through Experience of Adult and Working Life.
Subjects in TY
- Core Subjects
- English
- Irish
- Maths
- World of Science
- Information Technology
- Home Economics
- Physical Education
- Career Guidance
Sampling Subjects
- Music
- Religion
- Spanish
- Mandarin
- Sign Language
- Enterprise and Construction
- Short Film Making
- Drama
- Forensic Investigation
- Environmental Studies
- Disability Awareness
- Aware Programme
T.Y. Programmes (6-8week blocks)
- GAA Coaching Course
- First Aid
- Self Defence
- Self-Development
- Enterprise Education
- Water safety/ lifesaving course
- A.I. Coaching Course
- Community Work (Sensory Garden)
- Future Leaders
- Gaisce (Presidental Award)
- Young Social Innovators
- BT Young Scientist Competition
Other Areas Students Will Experience
- Work Experience
- Outdoor Pursuits
- Fieldtrips
- Visiting Speakers
- Social Awareness Programme
- Day Trips – relevant to courses undertaken
- Voluntary work
- First Aid
Work Experience
Students arrange and complete Work Experience in a number of different workplaces throughout the year in areas relevant to their own interests and ambitions.
Assessment
Assessment is an integral part of teaching and learning in T.Y. Students are assessed using a variety of methods:
- Project Work
- Written Assessments
- Exhibitions
- Self-Assessment
- Peer Assessment
- Presentations
- Interview
- Portfolio
Meas, Mórtas, Muintearas.
Respect for ourselves and others, pride in our work, and a sense of community.