TY Newsletter 7 - 11th October

TYSTMC
Oct 4, 2019
3 min read

Updated: Oct 6, 2019

You'll find the following in this week's newsletter:

Junior Cert Results
Activities Week Details (Times, Locations Dress Codes etc)
Spanish Exchange
BRUMUN 2020: Model UN Brussels
Homeless Contact Work
TY Event: FIFA Tournament
Hell & Back

Well done to all the lads on their Junior Cert. A great set of results all round!

Activities Weeks Details

(Locations, Times, Dress Code etc)

Activity Week 1 Oct 7th - 11th Group 1 Work Placement (WP)

Group 2 Law Group 3 Cookery

Group 4 WP Group 5 Boxing & Self Defence

All Groups are listed HERE (these are on page 2)

Group 1 & 4 are taking place in Work Placements this week. If employers are seeking Insurance Information: this can be found in the Important PDFs section of the website HERE

Groups 2 will be taking part in the Law Activity. All details of which can be found HERE Group 3 will be taking part in the Cookery Skills Activity. This will be taking place in the STMC Pavilion, start time 10am. No Uniform. Group 5 will be taking part in the Boxing & Self Defence Activity this week. All details can be found HERE

Spanish Exchange

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Each year here in St. Michael’s College we facilitate an exchange programme for

Transition Year students to Spain. We link up with two different schools. The first is

Colegio El Armelar in Valencia and the other is Colegio Santa Teresa in Alicante.

These are both mixed schools who similarly organise exchanges for their female

pupils to the Teresian School. We invite a number of their students to spend three

weeks here in St. Michael’s and they, in turn, invite our students to spend three weeks

in their respective schools in Spain.

There are no fees attached to this exchange programme. The only costs incurred by

each family are the return flights to Spain and spending money for your son. There

will also be costs associated with hosting the Spanish exchange student (food etc).

It is important to note that the role of St. Michael’s College is to facilitate the

exchange programme. It is the role of the host families, both here and in Spain, to

organise further extracurricular activities and weekend trips. The host family is

acting in loco parentis.

Numbers on both exchange programmes are limited. We usually send no more than

6 students to each school but this number may be lower, depending on what suits

each school. Demand for the programme varies each year.

It is important to highlight that students are not selected based on academic ability,

rather their attitude to their studying of Spanish and their overall behaviour and

conduct in St. Michael’s College.

The dates for this year’s programme are yet to be confirmed but we aim to host the

Spanish students here around November / December time and our students will

travel to Spain in early Spring.

We ask families who are interested are to email Ms.McKay (omckay@stmc.ie) so we

have an idea of numbers. Once the dates have been finalised parents and students

will be notified.

Kind regards,

Orlagh McKay

BRUMUN 2020

31st March - 3rd April

Brussels

'PROGRESS IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD'

Right in the centre of Brussels, this week has been one of the highlights of the TY for many students. A real challenge that (in my opinion) is one of the best school experiences you could hope to take part in.

This is an excellent opportunity for students to work on their critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, networking skills and public speaking skills at a high level.

Numbers are very limited this year. Academic grades will count towards selection.

Any student interested should fill out this expression of interest form HERE

Homeless Contact Work

Thanks to the first group of TYs for all their work and good spirits last week. An hour and half spent working and talking with some of the many homeless in Dublin. Thanks to Salim for his short reflection on his experience below:

The Homeless Contact Work that took place on Tuesday was a real eye-opener. Six TYs including myself met at Trinity College at 6pm, and not five minutes later did a homeless man approach us for tea. When we were out on the street and were actively looking to engage people, I truly saw the conditions that many live in. And it’s evident, that most of the people on the street had some type of addiction or mental illness. Attending the session showed me the reality of living on the street, that you’re living hour by hour, and meal by meal. It felt good serving the homeless food/drinks, and definitely something worth doing again.

FIFA Tournament