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

• TY Information Evening PowerPoint 2023-2024

Wriggle Link - TY Bundle Options

• Transition Year Wriggle Bundle Options

Work Experience/Community Placement documents and dates

• Work Experience/Community Placement dates 2024 / 2025
  • 20th October - 24th October (Monday - Friday)
  • 09th February - 13th February (Monday - Friday)
  • 23rd March - 27th March (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:

• Ask family and friends
• Go to local shops and businesses
• Dundrum Shopping Centre
• The Square shopping centre
• Charity shops
• Local libraries
• Local primary schools
• Local crèches
• Local Community Centre
• Find a career area that they are interest in e.g., architecture or law and contact a local architect or law firm
• TY.ie
• Together FM

Learning Waves Media Programme

Ballyroan Library

The library will run two weeks of TY work placements in autumn 2025, week one runs from the 20 to 24 October and week two from 3 to 7 November. We request that students interested in a work placement during these dates complete an application form, indicating their preferred week.

The form will open for applications from 10am Sept 8 and will close at 6pm Sept 14 (please see link to application form here)

Once the application submission deadline has passed, applications will be reviewed, and we will contact students with an update.

Please be advised that demand for TY placements is very high and spaces are limited. The library will offer further work placements in the spring and applications for those weeks will open in the New Year.

Defence Forces Application

• Application forms must be completed in full, if there is a question that is not applicable, please insert N/A in to the question
• Parental consent forms must be filled out in full, if there is a question that is not applicable, please insert N/A in to the question
• The schools insurance is needed indemnifying the minister for Defence
• The location preference form filled out, if you have more than 1 preference please number in order of preference
• A one page letter from the student highlighting why they want to attend the Ty programme
• Applications will be selected on a first come first serve basis and unfinished applications will not be considered

Please click the following link to download and fill in the formTY 2025

Transition Year Mini Health Sciences Programme

If you are a student interested in medicine and health sciences then this might be something you would be interested in.

Please note you must email Eoin, Transition Year Coordinator, if you are interested.

Copy and paste the following link for further information RCSI.com-Dublin Undergraduate Meet-Mini Health Sciences-Programme

Every student will need to have work experience sorted as no timetabled lessons will be scheduled. We allocate 3 weeks over the year as part of the Transition Year programme.

National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI)

TheNational Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) is delighted to share a TY event designed to support students in exploring careers at sea and ashore in the maritime, energy and supply chain sectors.

More information about the college can be found here Careers Portal

Transition Year Work Experience Week

• A week-long immersive programme for TY students.
• Hands-on exposure to life at NMCI and careers in the maritime industry.
• Limited spaces available – early applications encouraged.
• Students contact Eoin if interested

STEPS Engineering Your Future Virtual Work Experience

Now Open : Engineering Your Future with Springpod- Virtual Work Experience

Secondary school students are invited to take part in this online work experience. The STEPS Programme, Engineers Ireland together with Springpod have created this bespoke experience for secondary school students.

Students can register anytime from 15th September 2025 to 18th January 2026 and complete the virtual work experience in their own time. This is entirely free and open to ALL students aged 13 and over on the island of Ireland.

This online work experience will focus on various disciplines of engineering and features interviews with Irish engineers who speak about their careers and how they got interested in engineering. The experience will give an overview of engineering and then focus on mechanical, chemical, electrical and civil engineering disciplines.

The virtual experience will involve reading, video, and interactive content, as well as recorded webinars and activities.

Copy and paste or click this link Schools/Engineering Your Future/Engineering Your Future Virtual Experience

Your TY Students are Invited to Join

NCI's Young Future Leaders Programme

Hosted by National College of Ireland, the award-winning Young Future Leaders Programme offers your TY students a unique opportunity to experience college-level learning, develop essential skills for their future, prepare for work experience and connect with peers from around the world.

Why should TY students join?

• College Experience: Students can get an early taste of life in third-level education by learning directly from NCI's top professors.

• Global Network: An interactive, global classroom allows students to connect with peers from across the world to grow their international network.

• Work Experience: Participate in sessions with NCI's award-winning careers team to prepare for work experience during Transition Year

Classes for this programme will run from October 2025 to May 2026 and will include diverse topics such as Career Advice, Public Speaking, Mental Health Tips, Project Management, Branding and Marketing and much more.

All sessions will be delivered online using Microsoft Teams and students will gain a certificate upon successful completion of the programme.

How can students register?

Individual TY students can register by completing this form on our website.

A parental consent form and code of behaviour will be requested prior to the start of the programme, this will be sent to students directly. Consent from the school for the student to participate during class time will also be requested.

Please share this exciting opportunity with your TY students so they can register before classes begin on Tuesday 14th October

Taster Days 28th-30th October - IADT

Work experience opportunity with Senator Teresa Costello

Details:

Working in her Tallaght office Monday 20th and Friday 24th of October

Working in her Leinster House Office Tuesday 21st - Thursday 23rd of October

Students please contact Eoin, Transition Year Coordinator, by email if you are interested in this work experience

• Standard Operating Procedures
• Safety and Emergency Procedures
• Aviation Security
• Aviation First Aid
• Dangerous Goods carried by air

Sky People training event Transition Year five-day Introduction to Aviation Course/

Trinity College Transition Year programmes

TCD-CAO Programmes

Gate Theatre Transition Year Work Experience Programme

In case the online form link does not work click or copy and paste this link https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfV7E-MXXhNIVYgFqBHb_d343SuRy_TuuMygQUrfqwuJykCdw/viewform

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, Niall Halpenny 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.
• Completing work experience outside of these dates does not exempt a student from participating in the school-assigned work experience dates.

Insurance

Insurance Letter for Work/Community Experience - this will be updated in October 2025 once renewed

• • Insurance Letter 2025-26

Garda Vetting

Garda Vetting (only required in specific work experience placements, not all)

In relation to the work experience/community placement weeks, should Garda Vetting be required for a specific work experience, please complete the following form Garda Vetting

Once completed please return along with the proof of identity to Julie in the front office.

Work experience diary

Currently working on this in class.

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 2 assessment moments over the course of the year. Shorter courses have 1assessment moment. 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.

Each week during Studio time, students work on their portfolio. After the spring break each student will have a Transition Year checkout interview where they will present their portfolio and talk about their experiences during the year. This will be their 5th assessment.

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