Transition Year
Transition Year is a one-year school based programme, designed to act as a bridge between Junior and Senior Cycle. The Transition Year programme is designed to facilitate the smooth transition from the dependent learning of the Junior Cycle to the more independent self-directed learning of the Senior Cycle. The programme offers students the space to mature and promotes increased social awareness and social competence. The TY programme provides a broad variety of learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom.
The comprehensive TY programme offered by Ballinamore PPS aims to improve skills and encourage maturity by providing a variety of opportunities to:
- Discover personal strengths
- Learn about leadership, co-operation and dealing with conflict
- Develop enterprise skills
- Sample and discover new subjects
- Make informed choices of Leaving Certificate subjects
- Build a solid foundation for the Leaving Certificate
- Gain knowledge of the working world
- Discover career opportunities
As a result students explore their own talents and abilities beyond the classroom and are expected to take responsibility for themselves and their future.
