TRANSITION YEAR PROGRAMME

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TRANSITION YEARPROGRAMME

• COLÁISTE CHOILM
• SWORDS

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OVERVIEW

• Introduction
• Core Subjects
• Multiple Extra Curricular Activities
• Community Action
• Work Experience
• Application process
• Conclusion

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Introduction

• Transition Year in Colàiste Choilm is a year
  where pupils are offered a broad educational
  experience with a view to attaining increased
  maturity and independence. Pupils participate in
  learning strategies which are active and
  experiential and which help them to develop a
  range of transferable critical thinking and
  creative problem-solving skills. Throughout the
  course there is an emphasis on both the Leaving
  Cert curriculum and influence from outside real
  life situations.

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Introduction ctd..

• The Department of Education guidelines state
  that the course should not be wholly
  academic/curriculum based but should promote
  general, technical and academic skills with an
  emphasis on interdisciplinary and self-directed
  learning (D.E.S. guidelines) . In planning each
  year, T.Y. teachers are mindful of this and
  together they devise a course suitable to the
  D.E.S. and our students as well as broadening the
  capabilities and limits of each subject.

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SUBJECTS CTD

• Choice of Subjects at present
• Irish
• English
• Maths
• Sciences
• Languages
• History
• Geography
• Art

• M.T.W.(Materials/
• Technology/Woodwork)
• Business Studies
• Journalism
• Religion
• Careers
• Media Studies
• P.E.
• S.P.H.E.
• Health and Safety

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Extra Curricular Activities

• Extra Curricular Activities are a
  core element of T.Y. Each year there are standard
  E.C.A.s arranged in advance, as part of the
  course structure. As we get to know the students
  and they begin to voice their opinion, other
  activities may be organised. The following
  activities are typical of any year
• Two nights Induction in Carlingford
  Outdoor Adventure Centre
• Science Trip
• Irish Aid
• Art Trip
• Trip to the Criminal Courts and Mock
  Trials
• Circus Skills
• Careers Workshops/Mock Interview/Fujitsu
  Speed Networking
• Mental Health Awareness Programme

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Activities ctd

• Alcohol Awareness Programme
• Running Module in conjunction with Junior
  students
• 8 week course in Self Defence
• 4 week course in FAI Coaching training
• Media Studies Trips
• Sports For Success
• Forest Schools Training Programme
• Driving Theory Test Preparation/Driving
  Skills
• Order of Malta First Aid Training Course
• Memory Skills and Mindmapping Workshop
• Gaisce Programme
• Junior Achievement Ireland Programme
• Blue Shield Anti-bullying Programme
• Architects in Schools Programme
• 5k run for Pieta House..PLUS MUCH MORE

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Community Action

• In line with standard T.Y. Programmes and in
  keeping with the schools Edmund Rice Schools
  Trust ethos, all our T.Y. students undertake
  Community Action where they offer assistance in a
  community based programme, e.g. local charities,
  local voluntary organisations, caring for the
  elderly, caring for the homeless etc.
• This takes place on each Friday for two terms.
• Each student is responsible for their own C.A.
  placement. They are encouraged to research local
  needs and manage all aspects of their own
  placement.
• Report is received back from each placement
• Communication skills/Organisation
  skills/Awareness of those less fortunate/Awareness
  of life in the voluntary sector

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Work Experience

• Careers Module - Research into areas of
  suitability to each students interests/capabiliti
  es
• This takes place on each Friday of three terms
• C.V. preparation/ Application Forms/ Conversation
  Etiquette
• Each student is responsible for their own
  application process
• All employers report back on students performance
  and suitability

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Application Process

• Research into Transition Year Programme
• Application forms submitted by March 20th 2015
• Individual Interview before Easter holidays
• 24 places on offer in Coláiste Choilm
• Course fee 350 plus 120 for the Carlingford
  trip as follows
• 100 payable on acceptance of place April
• 120 payable in September for Carlingford
• 125 payable before Oct midterm
• 125 payable before Christmas
• Direct debit option available through the
  office

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Conclusion

• Transition Year in Coláiste Choilm will be the
  perfect choice for one student, it may be a poor
  choice for another. The decision to take part in
  T.Y. should be based on all you have read and
  heard and on discussion about its merits versus
  advancing into 5th yr. It is a commitment to step
  outside the norm of education and to embrace new
  things, remembering all the while that what you
  gain from it depends on what you put in.
• Mary O Keeffe
• (T.Y. Coordinator and
  Year-head)