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T.Y. EXPERIENCES

Transition Year Life

Transition Year is a year where you can get involved in film during their time studying the Performing Arts module,
various committees, explore new subjects and bond as a they entered the short film, which can be found on the
class throughout the year. school website, into the Fresh Film Competition and a Drugs
Awareness Competition run by Drugs.ie. These too were
At the start of the year we all went on a 3 day camping trip
to Lough Key Forest Park, we rafted down the Boyle river successful and made it to the national final of the Fresh Film
and on to the river Shannon and this helped us achieve our Competition held in Limerick.The results of the Drugs.ie
Bronze Gaisce Award. It put us all out of our comfort zones competition are yet to arrive but we have high hopes for the
and it was an experience we will never forget. young budding filmmakers among us.
All of the TY students took part in the business enterprise
All through the year there has been various programmes
the TY students can get involved in for example…..We have awards programme, we formed small groups, developed
been working on the musical “Footloose” since October innovative ideas and so created our very own mini
along with the TY students in Loreto Cavan. The production companies. The school had massive successes in the
dates are on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th May. Taking part in the Student Enterprise Awards competition and also in the
musical has been an amazing experience, it has boosted all Griffith College Business Enterprise Competition.
of our confidence, helped us meet new people, taught us A group of 5 TY students embarked on the Certified Irish
how to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and lastly it Angus Beef Competition. They have made it to the national
has helped many of us discover new talents. finals and will soon receive feedback on their success.

I, along with 4 other students, was involved in The AIB Another one of the incredible amount of opportunities we
build a Bank Challenge. This was a huge success and also had this year was the chance for 4 of us to attend the Peer
an amazing experience. Throughout the competition we Educators Programme. We received 5 full days of training
had to organize and run different events, speak in front of about substance abuse and how to correctly inform others
judges and hundreds of people, work with charities and on how to avoid this. We then taught first year and TY
organizations, attract customers to our bank and retain students what we learned.
previous ones.
We have also embarked on a mass of hugely beneficial
Taking part in the competition has taught us countless trips such as Zeminar, BT Young Scientist, visiting college
lessons and skills which we will most certainly use as we campuses such as Trinity College, UCD, and Monaghan
embark on new journey’s in our lives. We smashed it at the Institute.
Regional Final in Athlone, getting through to the National We are going on a two night trip to London where we have a
Final in the RDS in Dublin, where we were 1 of 48 schools schedule full of exciting adventures such as a trip to Thorpe
out of over 200.
Park, attending a West End Show, and the London Eye.
Throughout the year students engage in 9 different modules
in order to explore new topics and learn new things about By Carla Van Der Laan.
the world around them. A group of 12 students created a

RCSI Transition to Health Programme

After the midterm break I attended a Transition to Health On day two of the course, I learned
Programme in the RCSI, Dublin based on physiotherapy. It about the different types of job
was an extremely enjoyable two days as I learnt lots about professions in the healthcare industry.
the work of a physiotherapist but also other healthcare We sat in on many different talks from
careers. many different lecturers describing
their field of work. This was such a
On the first day of the course I learned all about the tendons,
ligaments, bones and arteries in our hands and feet. I also valuable experience as not only did it teach me about all the
learned important information about the work involved in different healthcare careers available to me but I also made
becoming a physiotherapist. many new friends who I am still in touch with.
By: Megan Smith

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