Welcome to the Transition Year Class of 2021-2022
Welcome to the Transition Year section of our school’s website, which provides students and parents with up-to-date information and calendars of events for our vibrant Transition Year Programme.
TY is an opportunity to nurture your talents, discover new talents you never knew you had, explore new ways of learning, engage in new experiences, have fun, mature and learn, all of which will better prepare you for senior cycle. You will gain life skills, friendships and memories that will stay with you throughout your life so enjoy and embrace every second.
We value two key things in Transition Year in Sacred Heart:
You get out of TY what you put in and
With great freedom comes great responsibility.
Sacred Heart Secondary School is your school. Take pride in it and work hard for yourself, your classmates, teachers and parents.
During the year:
Create learning opportunities.
Sign up for EVERYTHING
Don’t set limits for yourself
Aim high!
Embrace the motto for Transition Year here in Sacred Heart…….
“KNOW THYSELF”
The Transition Year Opportunity
Transition Year can give you opportunities to:
ü Develop a variety of new skills
ü Discover more about your own personal strengths - what you are good at
ü Learn more about the working world through work experience
ü Catch up on learning missed out during the Junior Cycle
ü Discover more about job and career opportunities beyond school
ü Explore the possibilities offered by computers and information technology
ü Sample and discover new subjects
ü Build a solid foundation of skills for a Leaving Certificate programme
ü Take part in outdoor pursuits
ü Learn about working as part of a team
ü Practice and develop oral communication skills
ü Hear adults talk about their career experience
ü Learn through meeting people beyond the classroom
ü Develop your own natural skills and talents
ü Undertake projects on topics which interest you
ü Make informed choices about Leaving Certificate subjects
ü Practice meeting deadlines for assignments
ü Engage with civic, social and political issues
ü Visit third-level colleges and other workplaces
ü Improve your skills of relating to people
ü Become a more independent learner
ü Become skilled at planning and doing homework on our own
ü Develop more understanding and confidence about yourself as a person
ü Develop more mature student-teacher relationships
ü Learn about leadership, co-operation and dealing with conflict
ü Become more motivated for the Leaving Certificate programme
ü Add a valuable set of experiences to your CV
ü Become a more mature person
We hope you have a great year, productive and full of fun.
