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Transition Year at Loreto Secondary School: A Pathway to Personal Growth and Academic Success

Explore the benefits of the Transition Year (TY) programme at Loreto Secondary School, Fermoy, Co. Cork. This valuable year allows students to navigate social, personal, and economic challenges while enhancing self-awareness, esteem, and confidence. With 45 timetabled classes weekly, individual syllabi, and varied teaching methods, TY helps students sample Senior Cycle subjects, guiding informed subject choices. Incorporating core and specific subjects alongside assessments such as project work and peer reviews, our TY programme fosters an environment of growth, discovery, and achievement.

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Transition Year at Loreto Secondary School: A Pathway to Personal Growth and Academic Success

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  1. TRANSITION YEAR PROGRAMME. LORETO SECONDARY SCHOOL, FERMOY, CO. CORK.

  2. TRANSITION YEAR Why opt for Transition Year ? • social, personal & economic challenges facing our young people. • changing attitudes to education & skills based learning in the workplace. • age profile of Irish students. • time to mature and develop greater self-awareness, esteem & confidence. • opportunity to sample Senior Cycle subjects to inform your daughter’s decisions and subject choices.

  3. T.Y. IS SCHOOL BASED • 45 TIMETABLED CLASSES PER WEEK. • TEACHERS’ EXPERTISE IS USED WITHIN AND BEYOND SUBJECT SPECIFIC AREAS. • INDIVIDUAL SYLLABII WRITTEN WITH SENIOR CYCLE SKILLS PRIORITISED. • VARIED TEACHING & LEARNING STRATEGIES. • VARIED METHODS OF ASSESSMENT. • SCHOOL-BASED CERTIFICATION. • INSPECTORATE MONITOR T.Y. WITHIN ALL SCHOOLS:

  4. PEELING THE LAYERS OF A T.Y. PROGRAMME. • CORE SUBJECTS. eg: English, Irish, Maths 2. SUBJECT SAMPLING. eg: Geography, Biology, Physics, Art 3. T.Y. SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. eg: Film Production, Student Enterprise, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Social Innovation 4. CALENDAR OF EVENTS. Curricular and extra-curricular activities, workshops, trips and events throughout the academic year.

  5. ASSESSMENT. ‘Assessment should be an integral part of the learning process in Transition Year not separate from it.’ (D.E.S. Guidelines). • Oral /Aural assessment – beyond just language subjects. • Project work – written and creative - variety. • Self-assessment by students through interviews. • Peer-assessment through evaluation and discussion of learning outcomes. • Written /Practical Class tests. • Skills assessment – practical demonstrations of learning. • Regular written evaluation of activities and learning outcomes from trips. • Christmas and Summer reports. • Certification at end of Transition Year.

  6. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF T.Y. BENEFITS. LEAVING CERTIFICATE 2013: Those students who completed our T.Y. programme achieved an average of 85 points more than those students who had moved directly from 3rd year to 5th year.

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