The Transition Year Programme is an optional year. After the Junior Cert you have the choice of doing:
• Transition Year
• Leaving Cert
• Leaving Cert Applied
Transition Year gives you an opportunity to broaden your horizens, experience new things and find out more about what you want to do after school. You do the basic subjects, English, maths, Irish and French. You also do some subjects from the Leaving Cert, chemistry, biology and physics. You also do extra subjects like car maintaince, home management and art. On Tuesdays you go and do work experience
During the year there are many different courses covered like:
• First Aid
• Form and Fusion
• Young Scientist
• Food Safety
• Gáisce Award
• Driver Theory Test
• ECDL
• Drama
• Youth Leadership
• GAA Coaching
• Toastmasters
Over all it is very useful year and a great laugh. It is also a year to mature and to get ready for the Leaving Cert.
By Billy Fehin, Timothy Ahern and Denis Daly