Updated slides (June 2013) for Transition-year in Portmarnock Community School. There will be further updates throughout the year - Constantly check the school website... http://www.portmarnockcommunityschool.ie/
2. PLEASE NOTE!
The 2013 /2014 Transition-year is still in
development.
There will be an online aspect to the year
that is yet to be finalised
You will be informed once decisions are
made!
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3. TRANSITION-YEAR
Teacher says! “The opportunity of a lifetime to
be used with the lifetime of the opportunity”
Student says! “…get involved in as many
things as you can, the year will be so much
better…”
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4. WHAT IS TRANSITION YEAR?
Optional first year of a three-year Leaving
Certificate Programme
Strongly subscribed to by students, staff
and parents of Portmarnock Community
School
Programme varies from school to school
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5. WHAT IS TRANSITION YEAR?
…a unique one year programme that
promotes the personal, social, vocational and
educational development of students and
prepares them for their role as autonomous,
participative and responsible members of
society.
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6. WHAT IS TRANSITION YEAR?
…a bridge to enable students to make the
transition from the more dependent type of
learning associated with Junior Cycle to the
more independent learning environment
associated with Senior Cycle.
…encourages the development of a wide
range of transferable critical thinking and
creative problem solving skills.
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8. T.Y. Year Head - Mr. Maynes
Tutors: Ms. Dixon, Ms. Clynes, Ms.
Richardson, Ms. Bolger, Ms. D. O‟ Brien
T.Y. Co-ordinator Mr. O‟ Mahony
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9. SOME KEY DATES
Exams – 2nd and 3rd December 2103
Exams – 15th and 16th May 2014
Work-experience 9th Dec. „13 (two weeks)
Community-care 3rd Feb. „14 (two weeks)
TY Night Monday May 26th ‟14
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10. Work-experience Diary due date: Monday
13th January 2014.
Community-care Diary due date: Monday 3rd
March 2014
3% less per day – after one week (zero i.e.
loss of 45% of marks)
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11. Planned week for Play
- Week of November 18th 2013
Planned week for Musical
- Week of March 24th 2014
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12. WORK EXPERIENCE - AIMS
To experience the nature and realities of
working life…
To identify skills and abilities required for
particular jobs…
To achieve a realistic knowledge of their
own interests, abilities and social skills…
To achieve a knowledge and
understanding of job application and
selection...
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13. THE WORK PLACEMENT
• Students are advised to begin their search
for a placement as soon as possible…
• During the work experience students keep
a diary of each days work...
• They are monitored by teachers through
telephone calls to their employers…
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14. COMMUNITY CARE
...TO GIVE STUDENTS A GREATER
UNDERSTANDING OF VOLUNTEERING
IN THEIR COMMUNITY…
...A TIME SET ASIDE TO IN THE
TRANSITION YEAR CALENDAR FOR
PUPILS TO GIVE BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY…
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15. EVALUATION
Initiative in finding a placement 10%
Full completion of diary 25%
Presentation of diary on due date 15%
Report from employer 30%
Oral presentation to class 20%
Your Tutor is responsible for this evaluation
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16. WEDNESDAY MODULES
1. Animation – Ms. Tynan
2. Digital photography – Mr. Higgins
3. Heritage - Mr. Dempsey / Mr. Curran
4. Film-studies – Mr. Clarke
5. Life-skills – Ms. Clynes First-aid – Civil
Defence
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17. TY REPORTS
Irish / English / Maths / Continental
European Language
You will sit two formal examinations
(Christmas and Summer) and receive two
reports with a percentage grade in each
subject
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18. MAY TY REPORT
Divided into three parts:
The Modules (except life-skills / First-aid) =
400 marks
Academic options (six subjects plus I.T. and
P.E.) = 800 marks
Participation
= 300 marks (Work-experience, Community,
Care, Portfolio)
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19. 1050 - 1,500 - Distinction
825 – 1049 - Merit
600 – 824 - Pass
1 – 599 - Fail
You teacher will clarify with you the nature of
this assessment and its due date - this may
be online or as a verbal presentation or a
poster, etc
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20. TY Reports – as usual in January and June.
This will include your absences.
May TY Report – on the TY “Celebration”
night
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21. GAISCE
There are 4 different challenge areas. To earn an award, you will need to
participate in each of the 4 challenge areas. You might decide to build on
an activity you‟ve tried in the past.
Each participant must participate in at least one new activity to earn an
award.
The 4 challenge areas are:
1. Community Involvement
2. Personal Skill
3. Physical Recreation
4. Adventure Journey
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22. GAISCE
Presidents Award Leader: Mr. Dempsey
Face to Face and Online requirements with
both Mr. Dempsey and Gaisce
Deadlines are deadlines
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23. INTERNAL PROGRAMMES
Various Talks e.g. Garda road-safety
Aptitude Tests
Thinking Outside the Box
Law Day
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24. CHANGE THIS YEAR
Students undertaking Gaisce will be available
for their overnight at Glendalough
on
Thursday and Friday
April 10th and 11th 2014
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25. OTHER ACTIVITIES
Mini-companies, mentored by Fingal
Enterprise Board
AIB Build a Bank
An Gaisce Award (€10 extra)
The Play “Twelfth Night”
The Musical “Guys and Dolls”
Fundraising – Walk in my Shoes (St. Patrick‟s
University Hospital) / Oesophageal cancer /
RNLI
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26. OTHER ACTIVITIES
Song-school (Up to twenty students - Small
fee)
GAA coaching with local Primary-school
Pupil participation in the Arch Club
Rotary Club – youth leadership
Variety show
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27. LINKS WITH THIRD-LEVEL
DCU Compute TY (thirty places 2013)
UCD – Physics workshop (one place)
RCSI – Mini-Med (one place)
RCSI – Innovations exhibition (thirty places)
St. Patrick University Hospital (Two places)
Physics Department TCD – nanotechnology / Astrophysics (1 place
each)
DIT Computing academy (five places)
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28. THE WAY STUDENTS (YOU) ARE GOING
TO COLLEGE IS CHANGING
DCU: Degree in Problem Solving & Software
Development (2013)
General DCU entry requirements plus Maths – not an
accumulation of points
We still encourage students to do well in their Leaving
Certificate exams, but we will select students based on
their passion, experience and ability
Subjects + Portfolio + Interview
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29. DCU PORTFOLIO IDEAS
Had appropriate computer-based experience
during transition year inside school
Developed a web site
Programming, participated in initiatives
outside school e.g. ComputeTY, DIT
Computing Academy etc
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30. DCU PORTFOLIO IDEAS
Built their own computer (e.g. the Rasberry
pi)
Been involved extracurricular activity using
computers CoderDojo
Doing own work and opening badges in
codecademy
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31. TCD & THE CAO – TRIAL FROM 2014
...a new system will take into account Leaving
Certificate results, a student's performance
ranking in their own class, and a personal
statement written by the student.
...want to get a raw honest enthusiastic
assessment or account of why the person wants
to study these particular things, who they are
and the context in which the results were
achieved
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32. TRINITY & THE CAO – TRIAL FROM 2014
History (TR003), Law (TR004), and Ancient
and Medieval History and Culture (TR028)
Full details
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33. Consider the Centre for Talented Youth
Ireland, correspondence courses (2012/13
link – will be updated in Autumn ‟13)
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34. SPORTS PROGRAMMES
…emphasis on Coaching
…emphasis on skills development
…Dance / Frisbee
…possibility of Diving (extra cost)
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35. P.E. ASSESSMENT
Students will use….technology to present or
display information on the skill component,
psychology, or nutritional aspects of
Physical Education. There will also be a
unit on Sports Science.
Deadlines are deadlines for submitting
projects…
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37. EXTRAS
Ski-trip to Switzerland (participants
selected in Third-year)
Lesotho experience (participants selected
in Third-year)
Surfing in Mayo (with an marine
awareness module) -
Sailing with Malahide Yacht Club –
certification – excellent value for money
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40. PORTFOLIO
The Portfolio is the purposeful collection of
your work
To show your effort, progress and
achievement in ten areas of learning
You will select the pieces of your work that
best show learning, not necessarily the
best pieces
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41. CONTENT OF PORTFOLIO
One exemplar piece of work from Five
subjects you studied (5)
Photographs and accounts of two school-
organised activities that took place outside
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Reflection on one outside school activity
that you undertook yourself (1)
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42. One reflection on an activity you volunteered
for in school (1)
One reflection on your experience of TY – a
Written Report, a song, a poem, be inventive!
(1)
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43. PRESENTATION OF PORTFOLIO
A folder
With a table of contents
Use dividers for the ten pieces of work
Individualise it – but don‟t make it
“dazzling” – you may need to show this
folder elsewhere
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