The 2021-2022 school year saw our first Transition Year Programme in Firhouse ETSS.
We have continued to build and improve our TY Programme and are having a great time as we develop the programme.
Parent/Guardian Information Evening 2023-2024
Wriggle Link - TY Bundle Options
Work Experience/Community Placement documents and dates
- Work Experience/Community Placement dates 2024 / 2025
- 21st October - 25th October (Monday - Friday)
- 10th February - 14th February (Monday - Friday)
- 07th April - 11th April (Monday - Friday)
The process to begin looking for work experience starts in April of 3rd Year. Students prepare their CVs so they can spend the summer looking for work experience. It has been suggested to students that they are probably more likely to get success if they go into places and present themselves looking for work experience rather than sending emails.
The following work experiences have been suggested:
Every student will need to have work experience sorted as attending school instead is not an option. We allocate 3 weeks over the year as part of the Transition Year programme.
Work experience outside these dates
If a student has an opportunity to do work experience outside of these dates the student should do the following:
- Email Claire Matthews and CC Eoin Houlihan, John Dinneen and the relevant Tutor on the email
- The email should have the dates and the organisation for which the work experience is being requested
- The email should have the reasons and benefits of doing the work experience.
Insurance
- Insurance Letter for Work/Community Experience - this was updated after 19th October 2024
Garda Vetting
- Garda Vetting (only required in specific work experience placements, not all)
Work experience diary
This is the link to the diary for the first work experience before the Halloween midterm break:
Work Experience End of Year Evaluation.pdf
Assessment in Transition Year
To keep reporting in TY as regular as possible, there are going to be reported assessment moments throughout the year. This means that there will be no Winter check-in and Summer check-out. Instead, there are 5 reported assessment moments. It is hoped that these regular assessment moments can serve as a motivation for TY students. More regular reporting means that the TY team and parents/guardians can get a clear overview of how the year is going for a student.
Most subjects in TY will have 3 assessment moments over the course of the year. Shorter courses have 1 or 2 assessment moments. As these are completed, teachers create their own ‘Class Assessment’ on VSware and provide rich feedback as part of this process. This feedback is available to students via VSware.
To view the feedback from Assessment Period, please do the following:
- Step 1: Login to VSware
- Step 2: Click your child's name
- Step 3: Click 'Assessment'
- Step 4: Click 'Class Assessment'
- Step 5: From the dropdown menu choose the subject
