Transition Year is a one-year school based programme, designed to act as a bridge between Junior and Senior Cycle. The Transition Year programme is designed to facilitate the smooth transition from the dependent learning of the Junior Cycle to the more independent self-directed learning of the Senior Cycle. The programme offers students the space to mature and promotes increased social awareness and social competence. The TY programme provides a broad variety of learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom.
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Transition Year Graduation Slideshow 2012 The comprehensive TY programme offered by Ballinamore Community School aims to improve skills and encourage maturity by providing a variety of opportunities to:
- Discover personal strengths
- Learn about leadership, co-operation and dealing with conflict
- Develop enterprise skills
- Sample and discover new subjects
- Make informed choices of Leaving Certificate subjects
- Build a solid foundation for the Leaving Certificate
- Gain knowledge of the working world
- Discover career opportunities
As a result students explore their own talents and abilities beyond the classroom and are expected to take responsibility for themselves and their future.
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- Zeminar 2017
- Aware Resilience Program
- TY Trip to Ploughing
- UN Declaration of The Rights of the Child
- TY Trip to Croagh Patrick
- Pella Tournament
- TY Build A Bank
- School Digital Champions
- TY Kayaking
- TY Public Speaking Workshop with Alan Devine
- TY Sky Mentoring Programme
- TY trip to Lilliput Outdoor Adventure Centre
- TY Gaisce Trip
- TY African Music and Culture Day : Wazza Wazza
- TY workshop with Wheelchair Association of Ireland
- TY Integration Day: Drumshanbo
- Visit to the Irish Aid Centre 2017
- Self Help Africa Workshops 2017
- History Trip to Strokestown House and Famine Museum
- French Students from Lycée De Ressins visit Ballinamore
- French exchange to Ressins 2017
- TY Mini Companies
- TY Radio Course at Ocean FM
- TY Science Trip
- TYs attend Student Life Summit
- Transition Year St Vincent De Paul Christmas food appeal
- Social Awareness Week. TY sports with Service Users from Rehab
- Transition Year Ice Skating December 8th 2016
- Transition Year Students receive AED training from HSE staff in Sligo
- Transition Year Students receive a tour of Croke Park Stadium