TY Summer Newsletter 2024 (1)

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SUMMER

NEWSLETTER

TRANSITION

YEAR

2024

And so, just like that, our students end their

Transition Year journey and head into their

Leaving Cert cycle. Here is a snapshot of what

they were up to in the last few busy weeks.

Teachers were hugely impressed with the

standard of the end of year interviews. The effort

put into the e-portfolios was outstanding and it

was nice for students to share their experience of

TY with their teachers. Students have improved

hugely in confidence this year and hopefully it will

stand to them when applying for jobs in the near

future.

Following online training from Bank of Ireland, the

school bank team opened their branch in May.

They had a marketing campaign throughout the

school in the lead up to some busy days. The

team were Bank Manager: Giorgi Herterich, Sales

& Marketing Manager: Tommy Griffin, Operations

& Audit Specialist: Aine Groves, Customer Digi

Advisors: Faye O’ Mahony & Rian Dalton.

We were thrilled to have the opportunity to

complete a second Summit Sister’s programme

this term. Another 12 girls got to experience three

hill walks up the Comeraghs incorporating art

and photography into their trips.

With a 4am start on day 1, we had some very tired

heads as we crossed the Irish Sea for our trip to

Manchester. Along the way we stopped at Cheshire

Oaks for some food and shopping. The evening

destination was bowling and laser tag in the Trafford

Centre. They somehow managed to have the energy

to keep going with games of pool and board games

at the hostel. The next day, the students had a

fabulous day in Alton Towers where some students

conquered their fears and went on rollercoasters. For

those not into the wild rides, there was plenty on

offer in the beautiful setting beside the old ruins, with

some oversized teddies making their way back to the

bus. Sunday saw the group go to the Science and

Industry museum, the Imperial War museum and

finally Old Trafford. There was something for

everyone and even ABU fans enjoyed walking onto

the pitch to the sound of the crowd. The trip was

great fun and new friendships were formed. We had

so many compliments from the museums and

restaurants that we went to about the manners and

behaviour of the group. It certainly was a memorable

trip for all.

Manchester

HELL & BACK

The

TY

group

travelled

to

Kilruddery, Wicklow for a fun (and

torturous) trip to Hell and Back.

The sun was splitting the rocks

throughout the course, where the

students had to help each other

get past obstacles and encourage

each other to keep going. The

highlight of the day was sliding

down at the end of the course

into muck and dirt - the muckier,

the better!

Environmental Leadership

Award &

Active Travel Group

There have been so many highlights

this year. All of the students have been

outstanding

ambassadors

for

the

school

and

the

Environmental

Leadership Development Programme.

The EDLP students were rewarded for

their work all year on their visit to

Sanofi. They were presented with a

beautiful trophy each to acknowledge

their

journey

they

have

made

throughout the year.

We'd like to give a big shout out to our

amazing

permaculturist

Damian

Nicholls and Mr. Kirwan who have done

a tremendous job training the TYs in

our Outdoor Classroom.

Our Active Travel group were worthy

winners of the overall group prize at

the Waterford Division Garda Youth

Award this year. They have been

present every week and have shown

great commitment to their cause. They

were rewarded with a trip to Mount

Congreve to finish the year.

Well done to all 47 TY students who

participated in the Bronze Gaisce hike

and cycle in May. Students who had

completed three key challenge areas of

community involvement, personal skill and

physical recreation went on to face the

tough challenge of the adventure journey.

They combined hiking and cycling on the

Greenway over two days. The weather

was horrific so they all truly deserve their

President’s Award. It shows the great

commitment and dedication of those who

received the award and we would like to

encourage students to continue on the

Gaisce Journey with the Silver award.

GAISCE AWARD

John Paul II award students were very busy after

Easter completing their JPII reflection and record

cards. The students worked very hard throughout

the

year

in

the

school

community

and

volunteering in the local church. Well done to all

the students who received their medals in the

cathedral from Bishop Alphonsus.

Three of our JP II students had the pleasure of

travelling to Medjugorje on a pilgrimage with the

Waterford Lismore diocese. It was an amazing,

enriching and spiritual experience for all

involved.

JOHN PAUL II AWARD

COMPETITIONS

Well done to Conor Lanigan, Rory

Downey and Connor Slattery who won a

communications award at Scifest. Their

project was ‘Does colour affect the

perception of taste?’.

Ruairi O’ Byrne, Finn Rogers and Tommy

Griffin should also be proud of their

entry with their project ‘Will plants grow

in different liquids?’. Thank you to Ms.

Dunphy for her help in the lead up to the

competition.

Freddie Brazil, Alfie Dunphy, David Twomey

and Cian McCarthy attended the final of

the Young Environmental Awards in Dublin

with their project "Flying High". Their idea

of a bird house beside the nursing home

with a camera caught the eyes of the

judges in qualification. Well done to our

other teams, with Green Tramore getting

their whole class involved in a beach

clean.

Students had their showcase for Junk

Kouture. After months of work, students

displayed their costumes to students in the

school. All their costumes were made from

recycled material. They displayed amazing

creativity. Well done to the winning

costume which was created by Mia

Costello, Evie Burke, Laoise Murphy, Áine

Power and Ella Power.

During

career

guidance

class,

students had access to medical talks

from UHW. These included areas such

as

pharmacy,

radiography,

occupational therapy, physiotherapy

to name a few.

Students

completed

the

‘Looking into Law’ course run by

the Bar of Ireland this term.

Students were shown the route

to becoming a barrister, looked

at the variety of careers in law

and delved into criminal and

civil law, finishing up with law

and social media.

FUTURE CAREERS

Local Grace O Sullivan spoke

to TYs about her career so far

in

Greenpeace

and

the

European Parliament. It was

lovely to see the connection

with Tramore and to see the

paths that students might

take when they leave school.

A number of students completed the

Safe pass course and aim to use it

when they are working on a building

site over the summer.

ACTIVE TERM

It was great to get the

opportunity to sample some of

the local facilities this term.

Students were welcomed to

the golf club. For most it was

the first time to play golf and

hopefully not the last.

This year Water Safety Ireland

created a programme called ‘Get

Wise’. Some of our newly qualified

lifeguards, along with the PE

teachers, ran the course with 1st

Years.

The

TYs

used

the

opportunity

to

show

their

knowledge and teach students

basic life saving skills in case of

emergency

Golf

Water Safety

Rugby

Our newly qualified coaches,

along with some Future Leader

students, helped run a rugby

blitz for all the Tramore primary

schools. It was no mean feat,

with close on 500 children

played on the school pitch

We have a multi talented group in Transition Year

and this was particularly obvious during our

production of 'The Audition'. Along with our

fabulous actors and actresses on the stage, we

had

the

choreographer,

students

working

backstage, running the tuck shop and much more.

All of them combined to make a fantastic show.

The Audition

Following the Dare to Believe programme in SPHE, we

received a visit from Olympian Marcus Lawlor. Marcus

spoke to the group and had a practical workshop

outside.

Dare To Believe

The history department organised a trip to

Dublin to the Epic museum. In the museum,

students got to see the story of Irish

emigration

over

the

centuries.

They

discovered why people left Ireland and saw

how the Irish influenced the world they

found.

Well done to all students who were

acknowledged for their excellent behaviour

this year at the end of year party.

Congratulations to the 31 students who

completed the Future Leaders Award this

year. Students spent time completing their

tasks

in

Coaching,

Refereeing,

Event

Management and Performance Analysis and

put all their skills to use in the running of

their events. Well done to all the students

who completed all the required modules and

were awarded with the full Future Leader

Award. We were thrilled to find out that we

have been awarded a Silver award from the

GAA for the work that has been done by this

group. Thank you to Mr. Cleary and Ms.

Curran for their work with both groups.

We are very proud of our YSI group for the

connection they have made with the nursing

home and its residents this year. They

finished up just before the holidays with a

lovely group meet up and presentation.

Hopefully they will continue their visits over

the summer.

EPIC MUSEUM

Excellent behaviour

Future Leaders

YSI

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