Transition Year
All students are offered the opportunity to take part in our fourth-year Transition Year Programme following the Junior Cycle. Our Transition Year Programme is a unique one-year programme and promotes the personal, social, technical and educational development of students, preparing them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society. Transition Year provides a bridge to enable students to make the transition towards the more independent learning environment associated with Senior Cycle. Transition Year encourages the development of a wide range of transferable critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills.
At Tyndall College, our Transition Year programme offers work experience opportunities, as well as real-life business and enterprise projects. We organise special trips and visits, and visiting speakers who work directly with our Transition Year group. Assessment in Transition Year is based on project work and portfolios, and students are encouraged to lead and improve their own learning through regular feedback on their work.
The Transition Year programme includes the following study areas:
- Art, Craft and Design
- Agricultural Science
- Careers
- Construction
- Development Education
- English
- Enterprise Education and Mini-Company
- Friends for Life
- Home Economics
- Irish
- Mathematics
- Modern Languages
- Music
- Physical Education
- Sciences
- Social Education and Leadership
- Tutorial
- Volunteering
- Young Social Innovators
For more information on the Transition Year programme please click here
