Transition Year

Transition Year offers students the opportunity to develop new skills, explore subjects, and gain valuable life experience.

The focus of Transition Year is to give students a chance to develop and mature, try new things, explore their world and learn about themselves and to gain confidence. It is ideal for students who are not ready yet to start studying for their Leaving Cert. It gives them a chance to undertake projects, try out different subjects and gain some work experience.

• Core subjects of Maths, English, Irish and PE and shorter courses in other subjects.
• TY may include doing the Driver Theory Test, the Gaisce President’s Award, being on the KCS School Show team, and helping produce the School Magazine Penpoint.
• Students will come to school for classes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday & Friday.
• On Wednesdays, students will undertake community involvement e.g. volunteering in childcare, in an old people’s home, with St. V. De Paul, or teach technology to others.
• Students will do 2 weeks of work experience in a workplace of their choice.
• Students will still get homework and do exams in some subjects to ensure they don’t fall out of the habit of studying.