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Portmarnock Community School
Transition Year 2014 - 2015
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Transition-year
Teacher says! “The opportunity of a lifetime to be used with the lifetime of the opportunity”
Student says! “…get involved in as many things as you can, the year will be so much better…”
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Key Information for your child
From June 2014 on the transition-year section of the
School website
www.portmarnockcommunityschool.ie
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WHAT IS TRANSITION YEAR?Optional first year of a three-year Leaving
Certificate Programme
Strongly subscribed to by students, staff and parents of Portmarnock Community School
Programme varies from school to school
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WHAT IS TRANSITION YEAR? Professional development Service for Teachers:
…a unique one year programme that promotes the personal, social, vocational and educational development of students and prepares them for their role as autonomous, participative and responsible members of society.
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Professional development Service for Teachers:
…a bridge to enable students to make the transition from the more dependent type of learning associated with Junior Cycle to the more independent learning environment associated with Senior Cycle.
…encourages the development of a wide range of transferable critical thinking and creative problem solving skills.
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Why TY?Promotes personal and social
developmentPromotes self-esteem and self-confidenceImproved results in the Leaving
Certificate (E.S.R.I. 2005)Wide range of subjectsExperience of the work environmentPositive approach to educationExposed to new learning skills
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T.Y. Year Head - Ms. Norris
Tutors: Ms. O'Dea, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Maher, Ms.Woods, Ms.McDonald
T.Y. Co-ordinator: Mr. O’ Mahony
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CORE SUBJECTS IrishEnglishFrench or German or SpanishMathematicsInformation and Communications TechnologyPreparation for Working LifeReligious / Moral Development / Life-skillsPhysical Education
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Optional Subjects (1)Design and Communication GraphicsEngineeringGeographyHistoryHome-economicsPhysicsWoodcraft and Furniture
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Optional Subjects (2) Art, Craft, design Beginners Music Biology Business Studies ((Accounting, Business
Organisation and Economics) Chemistry Continuation Music Craft- Textiles
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The Form
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The Form
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Activity Fee €230 – Due mid-September 2014
Has not increased in recent years
Set by the Board of Management
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27th January 2014
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Some key datesExams – December 2014Exams – May 2015
Work-experience Dec. 2014 (two weeks)Community-care Feb. 2015 (two weeks)
TY Night May 2015
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Work-experience Diary due date: January 2015.
Community-care Diary due date: March 2015
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Planned for Play - November 2014
Planned week for Musical - March 2015
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Aims of work-experienceTo experience the nature and realities of
working life.To identify skills and abilities required for
particular jobs.To achieve a realistic knowledge of their own
interests, abilities and social skills.To achieve a knowledge and understanding of
job application and selection.
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Aims of Community-care
To give students a greater understanding of the nature and value of their local communities
To allow students to give something back to their community
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The placementStudents are advised to begin their search for
a placement as soon as the dates are confirmed
Students keep a diary during both their Work and Community Care placements
Students are monitored by teachers through telephone calls to their employers
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Can I do (extra) Work-experience outside these dates?
Yes – in a small number of circumstances
Where e.g. a Hospital / Business / National-body has a set week and you get a place on it. You will inform the school with the letter of offer from that organisation
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Where you get an exceptional offer of work experience from a Company (two recent examples were offers from a University and a computing multinational). You will write to the Principal requesting permission to
take up the offer stating who is offering you the
position, why is has to be undertaken outside the
set-dates and what you hope to achieve from it. Please allow the Principal five working days to make a decision. The decision will depend on the disruption it causes to your progress in T.Y. – that will obviously depend on the commitment you have shown to the year, to date.
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EVALUATION
Initiative in finding a placement 10%Full completion of diary 25%Presentation of diary on due date 15%Report from employer 30%Oral presentation to class 20%
Your Tutor is responsible for this evaluation
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Wednesday Modules1. Animation – Ms. Tynan2. Digital photography – Mr. Higgins3. Heritage - Mr. Dempsey / Mr. Curran4. Film-studies – Mr. Clarke5. Sports Science: Mr. McNeive & First-aid:
the Civil Defence
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Formal reporting to parents / guardians
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Traditional school reportsStudents will sit two formal examinations
(December and May) and receive two reports with a percentage grade in each subject
Irish / English / Maths / Continental European Language
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May TY Report Divided into three parts:The Modules (= 500 marks)Academic options (Six subjects plus I.T. and
P.E.) = 800 marksParticipation
= 300 marks (Work-experience, Community, Care, Portfolio)
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1050 - 1,500 - Distinction 825 – 1049 - Merit 600 – 824 - Pass 1 – 599 - Fail
You teacher will clarify with you the nature of this assessment and its due date - this may be online or as a verbal presentation or a poster, etc
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TY Reports – as usual in January and June. This will include your absences.
May TY Report – on the TY “Celebration” night
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GaisceThere are 4 different challenge areas. To earn an award, you will need to participate in each of the 4 challenge areas. You might decide to build on an activity you’ve tried in the past.
Each participant must participate in at least one new activity to earn an award.
The 4 challenge areas are:
1. Community Involvement 2. Personal Skill 3. Physical Recreation 4. Adventure Journey
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GaiscePresidents Award Leader: Mr. Dempsey
Face to Face and Online requirements with both Mr. Dempsey and Gaisce
Deadlines are deadlines
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Internal programmesVarious Talks e.g. Garda road-safety
Aptitude Tests
Thinking Outside the Box
Law Day
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Other Activities Mini-companies, mentored by Fingal
Enterprise Board AIB Build a Bank An Gaisce Award (€10 extra) The Play “Taming of the Shrew” The Musical “possibly Bugsy Malone” Fundraising – Walk in my Shoes (St. Patrick’s
University Hospital) / Oesophageal cancer / R.N.L.I.
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Other Activities Song-school (Up to twenty students - Small fee)
G.A.A. coaching with local Primary-school
Pupil participation in the Arch Club
Rotary Club – Intel Ideation Competition
Variety show – 30th April this year
Promote SciFest
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Possible links with Third-level Beaumont Hospital / RCSI (Five places 2014)
DCU Compute TY (thirty places 2014)
UCD – Physics workshop (one place)
RCSI – Mini-Med (one place)
St. Patrick University Hospital (Two places 2013)
Physics Department TCD – nanotechnology / Astrophysics (1 place each)
DIT Computing academy (five places)
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Portmarnock Community School
The way students (you) are going to college is changingDCU: Degree in Problem Solving & Software
Development (2013)
General DCU entry requirements plus Maths – not an accumulation of points
We still encourage students to do well in their Leaving Certificate exams, but we will select students based on their passion, experience and ability
Subjects + Portfolio + Interview
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DCU Portfolio ideasHad appropriate computer-based
experience during transition year inside school
Developed a web site
Programming, participated in initiatives outside school e.g. ComputeTY, DIT Computing Academy etc
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DCU Portfolio ideasProgramme their own computer (e.g. the
Rasberry pi)
Been involved extracurricular activity using
computers CoderDojo
Doing own work and opening badges in codecademy
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TCD & the CAO – trial from 2014...a new system will take into account
Leaving Certificate results, a student's performance ranking in their own class, and a personal statement written by the student.
...want to get a raw honest enthusiastic assessment or account of why the person wants to study these particular things, who they are and the context in which the results were achieved
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Trinity & the CAO – trial from 2014
History (TR003), Law (TR004), and Ancient and Medieval History and Culture (TR028)
Full details
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Consider the Centre for Talented Youth Ireland, correspondence courses (2013/14 link – will be updated in Autumn ’13)
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Sports programmes…emphasis on Coaching
…emphasis on skills development
…Dance / Frisbee
…possibility of Diving (extra cost)
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P.E. Assessment
Students will use….technology to present or display information on the skill component,
psychology, or nutritional aspects of Physical Education. There will also be a unit on Sports
Science.
Deadlines are deadlines for submitting projects…
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ExtrasSki-trip to Switzerland (participants selected
in Third-year)Lesotho experience (participants selected in
Third-year)Surfing in Mayo (with an marine awareness
module) - Sailing with Malahide Yacht Club –
certification – excellent value for money
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Opportunities will arise...Film
Student Council
Fundraising
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Motivation
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PortfolioThe Portfolio is the purposeful collection of
your work
To show your effort, progress and achievement in ten areas of learning
You will select the pieces of your work that best show learning, not necessarily the best pieces
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Content of PortfolioOne exemplar piece of work from Five
subjects you studied (5)
Photographs and accounts of two school-organised activities that took place outside Portmarnock Community School (2)
Reflection on one outside school activity that you undertook yourself (1)
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One reflection on an activity you volunteered for in school (1)
One reflection on your experience of TY – a Written Report, a song, a poem, be inventive! (1)
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Presentation of PortfolioA folderWith a table of contentsUse dividers for the ten pieces of workIndividualise it – but don’t make it “dazzling”
– you may need to show this folder elsewhere
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Portfolio Interview
Portfolios submitted Friday May 2nd 2014
Interviews:
Wednesday – Wed 14th and Wed 21st May
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Motivation
Make Transition-year – your year!
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Evaluation
You will be asked to evaluate TY by post
Students will evaluate TY online
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RecapThese slides are on the school-website
You and you child fill out the application form
In August you will receive a calendar and permission forms by post
Return those forms with Activity-fee
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