by Sinead O'Neill | Feb 8, 2016 | OLM News, Transition Year
A group of 12 TY students took up their community care placement in the school from 8th- 12th February. During this week they started phase 1 of a massive project which involves turning a block of toilets into a new sports facility for the school. These 12 students...
by Sinead O'Neill | Feb 8, 2016 | Transition Year
Amy Ward one of our Transition Year Students attended the Royal College of Surgeons TY Mini Med Programme from 11th – 15th January. Amy has written an appraisal of her week in the programme below. During a week of January I attended the Royal College of...
by Sinead O'Neill | Feb 8, 2016 | Transition Year
This school year has been quite eventful so far in The Science Department with plenty of project work and experiments done by the students of each cycle. In October we hosted a visit from a lecturer/researcher from Trinity College Dublin in association with...
by Sinead O'Neill | Feb 8, 2016 | Transition Year
As part of the Transition Year Assessment all the students were asked to present three pieces of work in a Portfolio Interview. The students were asked to present three pieces of work that they felt proud of. The student was asked to bring evidence about the piece of...
by Sinead O'Neill | Dec 3, 2015 | OLM News, Transition Year
A huge congratulations to all the students who fought in the National Stadium as part of the boxing programme, ran through the Transition Year PE programme. All the TY students took part in the bronze and silver programme. A number of students were then selected to go...
by Sinead O'Neill | Nov 30, 2015 | OLM News, Transition Year
Youth Summit at RDS looks for action on Global Goals Mr Cronin along with 12 TY students attended this Youth Summit on Thursday 19th November. Check out the newspaper article below to see what they experienced from this day Thursday, November 19, 2015 – 15:00...
by Sinead O'Neill | Nov 30, 2015 | Transition Year
Congratulations to the TY students who helped organise the November Mass this year. TY students decorated the hall with beautiful art work, read prayers and organised a candle service. The organisation of this mass will go towards gaining the John Paul II award. Share...
by Sinead O'Neill | Nov 30, 2015 | Transition Year
Congratulations to all the TY students who have completed their first work experience placement. The feedback received from employers was nothing short of fantastic. Some comments included: The best fourth year student we’ve ever had on placement I wish he was...
by Sinead O'Neill | Nov 30, 2015 | OLM News, Transition Year
Congratulations to the 2nd students Christopher, Rasheed, Olive and Victoria who won the movie making competition ran during college awareness week. The movie advertises the Transition Year Programme in the school and illustrates why parents should send their children...
by Sinead O'Neill | Nov 5, 2015 | Transition Year
A big thank you to all the parents and students who attended the information session this evening. This session was aimed at giving the parents some information regarding the upcoming work experience placement and the much anticipated TY trip. Please see details below...
