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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- TY student Aisling wins National Art Prize
- TY Graduation
- TY Rowing Competition
- TY Gaisce Adventure Journey
- TY Driver Ed Full Day Workshop
- TY School Summit
- The Youth Fund – TYs award €1000 to Castlefore Development Association
- MABS Talk for TYs
- TY Trip to Croke Park
- TY Youth Revival Day in association with The Youth Fund
- TY Radio Production and Poscasting Workshop
- Seachtain na Gaeilge and Lá Glas
- Junk Kouture
- John Paul II Awards
- Ty Reptile Behaviour and Biology Workshop
- TY Sports First Aid
- GCE Workshops
- Clothes Collection in Aid of Irish Guide Dogs
- Write for Rights 2021
- TY Cycle Against Suicide
- TY Forensic Science Workshop
- Irish Guide Dogs Talk
- Ty Garda Career talk
- TY Musical Theatre/Dance Workshop
- TY Fungus Investigation
- TY SFX Workshop
- Ty Decoupage and String Art workshops
- TY Willow Weaving Workshop
- War of Independence Commemorative Walk of Ballinamore
- TY trip to Strandhill – Surfing and Knocknarea Hike