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THE SCHOOL DAY

ACADEMIC CURRICULUM OVERVIEW

"The Transition Year should offer pupils space to learn, mature and develop in the absence of examination pressure. The school should ensure therefore that, in all areas studied, there is a clear distinction between the Transition Year programme and the corresponding Leaving Certificate syllabus.

 

A Transition Year programme is NOT part of the Leaving Certificate programme, and should NOT be seen as an opportunity for spending three years rather than two studying Leaving Certificate material. This is not to say that Transition Year programmes should lack intellectual content; it is essential that they offer a challenge to pupils in all areas of their development. Pupils entering the Leaving Certificate programme on completion of a Transition Year should be better equipped and more disposed to study than their counterparts who did not have the benefit of this year. Those who enter the world of work after the Transition Year should do so as well developed and reflective young adults.


The programme content for Transition Year, while not absolutely excluding Leaving Certificate material, should be chosen largely with a view to augmenting the Leaving Certificate experience, laying a solid foundation for Leaving Certificate studies, giving an orientation to the world of work and, in particular, catering for the pupils' personal and social awareness/development."

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- Transition Year Programmes – Guidelines for Schools, DES, 1994

CORE 

SUBJECTS

TYs will study the following subjects all year round in order to ensure that they stay in touch  with core curricular subjects in the Senior Cycle:

Gaeilge

English

Maths

Religious Education

Physical Education

Foreign Languages

 

(Students who wish to do so will be able to study one or two foreign languages)

SAMPLING/

TASTER 

SUBJECTS

TYs will also study the entire range of subjects as part of FIVE rotating academic modules. Each module will run for approximately FIVE weeks and every student will have an opportunity to experience a 'taster' of all subjects (and more) for the Leaving Certificate. 

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These are optional Leaving Certificate subjects offered to students in order to allow TYs and their families make informed decisions regarding subject choices for 5th and 6th year.

Sampling/Taster

Subjects include:

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ACCOUNTING

AG. SCIENCE

APPLIED MATHS

ART

BIOLOGY

BUSINESS

CHEMISTRY

CLASSICAL SUDIES

CONSTRUCTION STUDIES

DESIGN

ECONOMICS

GEOGRAPHY

HISTORY

MUSIC

PE

PHYSICS

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TY SPECIFIC

SUBJECTS

These are non academic subjects which aim to provides creative experiences for students to learn in a broad based curriculum.  TY education offers a holistic education across a wide variety of topics. TY Subjects include:

CAREERS

CHINESE

CRITICAL THINKING

DIGITAL LITERACY

DRIVER THEORY

ENTERPRISE

FILM STUDIES

LIFE SKILLS

PERFORMANCE

PHILOSOPHY

A SAMPLE TY WEEK

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