TY Newsletter 2nd - 6th September

TYSTMC
Aug 30, 2019
3 min read

You'll find the following information about upcoming activities below

TY Overview
Gaisce (including - Preparation for the TY Overnight Hike)
Barista Training Option
TY Scavenger Hunt
Hell & Back
TY Reps - John and Joe

TY Overview

1:35 - 3:35

3rd Sept

Lwr Study

We'll be going through all aspects of TY this Tuesday.

GAISCE

All TYs will be given three forms* on Tuesday:

Gaisce Consent Form (Deadline for return: 10th Sept)

Gaisce Record Card

Gaisce Adventure Journey Details and Checklist

* All forms are available for download HERE

There are number of Activities that will count towards the Personal Skill and Community Involvement sections of the Gaisce Award that take place in school.

There will be an expression of interest form in my office Monday and Tuesday at little breaks and lunch breaks that all TYs can fill in.

The activities include: Green Schools - taking place every Tuesday Lunch Break in Room 18. Work includes bee keeping and hydroponic farming.

Senior Debating - details of this will be confirmed asap.

121 Digital Programme - taking place after school on Mondays in the Library. This involves helping the elderly learn how to use their personal digital devices (mobiles, tablets, laptops etc). ltd capacity

Homeless Contact Work - along with the Camino Network, TYs prepare and deliver food to those sleeping rough in Dublin City Centre. ltd capacity

School Website Editorial Team - Ms Kennedy is working with a team of Snr students that will edit and produce creative content for the STMC Website. More details and times to follow. Toastmasters - "Distinguished Toastmaster" Simon Scriver (Irish, UK, European Champion Toastmaster and World Finalist Toastmaster) will run Public Speaking workshops for TYs who wish to improve on their presentation skills. All TYs who take part will be offered an opportunity to take part in an external Effective Communications Examination at the end of the course (for an extra €30) Course fee: €200 A min group of 8 must sign up to this course for it to run.

Fencing Ireland TY Programme Students are taught a series of skills that develop their fencing abilities through a mix of footwork and blade work. Sparring is an essential element and students will get to compete with one another from the very first lesson. Each lesson is 1 - 1.5 hours long and there is a small charge of approx €10approx per lesson after school. Day to be confirmed.

Barista Training

Dublin Barista Training with Dublin Barista School will take place in school with groups no larger than 5 at a time. The cost of the day's training (which includes manual handling certification and 1 day work experience in the the Dublin Barista School Cafe) slides on a scale from €250 (if 12-39 students sign up) to €225 (for 40 - 64students) to €200 (65 - 99 students) to €150 (if over 100 students sign up)

TY Scavenger Hunt

An Urban Orienteering Competition to win a €400 All in One Voucher.

The competition involves orienteering the city in a team of 4 TYs to visit 16 Dublin popular tourist/historical/cultural sights. TYs are only allowed travel by foot, bike or public transport (taxi or car is not permitted). This is a great opportunity to get to know the city a little better.

The competition will begin this Tuesday and will continue over the coming week. The first team to complete/reach all of these sights/sites will win a place on the city break. The instructions will be staggered over the course of the coming week (ie Names and locations will be released over the course of a few days so as to avoid a clash with extra curricular activities for some TYs).

Sites will include:

Teddy's Ice Cream, Dun Laoghaire

The Natural History Museum, Merrion Sq

Sandymount Green

Bunsen Burger, Aungier St or Temple Bar

The South Wall Light House, Ringsend

Merrion Square

Whitefriar Church, Aungier St

Chester Beatty Library, Dublin Castle

Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Sq

Moore St Fruit Market

Italian Quarter, Lwr Ormond Quay

Custom House Quay

Hugh Lane Gallery

Howth Pier

St Stephen's Green

GPO O'Connell St

If you are happy to allow your son take part in this competition in his own time please address a handwritten note or email to me to that effect.

Hell & Back

Wed the 2nd of October.

An 8KM obstacle course exclusively for Secondary Schools students.

The run begins at 10:30 so we will be leaving the school at 9 am approx. It takes about 2 hours to run it and then 30 mins to change etc, so we are looking at returning to the school at about 2pm approx. I have provisionally booked 100 places.

We have subsidised the cost of taking part. Entry is €25