Transition Year 2018-2019

St Kilian’s Community School Transition Year (TY) 2018-2019

The following is a summary of some of the principal dates and activities for Transition Year students. Other events, activities and key dates will be added as the school year progresses.

Trips/Activities are an integral part of the TY Programme and are compulsory for all students.

2018-2019	Transition Year Activities
September	Bonding Day National Ploughing Championships (County Offaly)
October	Activity Day (mostly Outdoor) Gaisce Walk (to be confirmed).
November	^**Work Experience Week 1 (November 12^th – 16^th) Tests
December	Ice Skating Christmas-related activities
January	Activity Day (mostly Indoor)
February	**Work Experience Week 2 (February 4^th – 8^th)
March	*Killary Adventure Centre (March 27^th – 29^th) Junk Kouture Student Enterprise County Awards
April	TY Parent Teacher Meeting (April 9^th)
May	Portfolio Interviews (May 7^th – 10^th) Sci-Fest Tests TY Parents’ Night (May 29^th)
*You have received a copy of the full School Calendar which is also available on our website (www.stkilianscs.com). This calendar carries up-to-date listings of all planned school and TY activities.*

Note 1: ** Work Experience:

Before their return to school, TY students must organise their two sessions of Work Experience for the coming year. Details must be given, on the form provided, to the TY Coordinator, Mr Kelly, by Friday, September 7^th.

Note 2: Transition Year Fee:

The TY Fee is payable in full. It includes the usual Brennan Insurance, Journal and other costs payable by students in other Year Groups.
*The Killary Adventure Centre trip costs €180-€200 (depending on numbers) and the Ploughing Championship trip costs approximately €25. These costs are covered in full by the TY Fee.
Other, but not all, activities are also fully funded by the fee. Students will have to make a contribution towards some trips/activities.
If students have not paid the €250 TY Fee in full at the time of a trip/activity, they will have to pay the cost in full.

Transition Year Curriculum 2018-2019

(A) Core Curriculum – followed by all students

Maths, English, Irish
RE, PE, Personal Development, Work Preparation, Music/Choir, IT/Design/Japanese

(B) Optional Academic Subjects – students have already selected their subjects. Students will continue with four Option subjects for Leaving Certificate.
*Line 1*	Construction Studies	Geography	Physics/Chemistry	Music
*Line 2*	History	Engineering	Biology
*Line 3*	Business	Construction Studies	Geography	Art
*Line 4*	Biology	Accounting	Art
*Line 5*	Business	Home Economics	DCG
*Line 6*	European Studies A	German	European Studies B	French

(C) One Module chosen from the list below

Environmental Project (Green School)
Junk Kouture
Enterprise Studies
Sci-Fest (Biology/Ecology)

(D) Special Modules

Street Law: Students have the opportunity to gain a Law Society of Ireland qualification, under the direction of local solicitor, Ms. Annie Egan.
Japanese: All students take a module in Japanese Language and Culture, taught by Japanese native, Ms Mika O’Loughlin (Post-Primary Languages Initiative). Interested students can study Japanese in 5^th and 6^th Years, and can take it as an extra subject in their Leaving Certificate.

NOTE:

In Transition Year, students have access to a larger than usual selection of subjects.
At the end of Transition Year, students will choose their four Leaving Cert optional subjects.
The availability of a subject in Transition Year is not a guarantee that this subject will be available to students for their Leaving Cert programme. The final subject choice depends on the number of students in a year group and the popularity of the different subjects with those students.

John Murphy,

Principal. July 2018

St. Kilian's Community School, Ballywaltrim, Bray

Transition Year 2018-2019

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