THE TRANSITION YEAR PROGRAMME

Transition Year provides a bridge between Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate. It offers broad educational experiences promoting the personal, social, spiritual and vocational development of each pupil. Transition Year provides a unique opportunity which is of benefit to every pupil who participates.

In Muckross Park College all pupils are obliged to take Transition Year after completing their Junior Certificate Examination.

• The Transition Year offers pupils space to learn, mature and develop

• The Department of Education and Science encourages each school to design its own Transition Year programme to meet the needs of its pupils.

• The Transition Year programme in Muckross Park College offers pupils a broad variety of learning experiences inside and outside the classroom.

• Throughout TY, our teachers are encouraged to promote activity-based, research and self-directed learning.

• Transition Year, like each other year of a six-year cycle through second-level schooling, has its own unique contribution to make to each pupil’s development and education.

• Pupils are encouraged to see TY as providing opportunities to discover personal strengths and to develop their potential.

• In addition to traditional style homework, TY pupils are also asked to undertake projects, assignments, interviews, research and other demanding tasks.

• The Transition Year programme assists the pupils in connecting with adult and working life through the provision of work experience and fundraising activities.

• While TY presents opportunities to learn without the pressure of external examinations, assessment is an essential part of our TY programme. In Muckross Park College we use varied forms of assessment such as: written, practical, oral and aural, portfolio or project displays, exhibitions of work, personal logs, etc. Pupils themselves have input into the assessment procedure.