Transition Year 2009-2010

Our Schools Got Talent

Our Schools Got Talent is in aid of Special Olympics. There were auditions in Quayside last Saturday and ten acts took part. Pearse Maloney, Darragh Devaney, Robert Butler and Dylan McCrumlish are in the group 4play from the Grammar who got through. The finals are on the 16th March and we wish them all the best.

Ty retreat day

 

On Tuesday 26th January a retreat day was scheduled for all of the TY students. A group called 3Rock Youth and a C.I.Y.D. youth officer came to the school. They are based in Dublin and lead exciting retreats for young people in secondary school. They use games, personal stories, discussion groups and interactive exercises to explore the deeper themes of personal faith, a relationship with God and life skills. It invoked a lot of thought and was a spiritual day for everyone involved.  

 

 

 

Film study workshop

 

 

On Monday 25th there was a film studies workshop open to any TY students who wanted to go. It was a very productive day and they learnt how films were made and developed, how sound and colour are later inserted into films and how how to splice movies. All who attended really enjoyed the day and who know we might have some budding new movie makers!!!

 

 

 

 

Trip to Dublin

 

All TY students went on a trip to Dublin. The trip was divided into multiple sections. The dance class went to a dance workshop in the dance workshop on Foley Street. The HE class did a Dress and Style workshop on Pearse Street. And all other students went on a tour of Croke Park.

Afterwards, every single TY student went Ice-skating in Liffey Valley shopping centre Dublin (pictured). All students really enjoyed this trip to Dublin!!

 

 

TY annual sponsored swim

 

 

 

Transition Year students took to the water in Rosses Point for the Annual Sponsored Swim. All of the proceeds went to charity as usual. We collected €920 in total. Well done to all involved!!

 

 

 

 

 

Visit to Boda Borg

 

 

 

All Transition Year students visited the Boda Borg Adventure Centre in Lough Key Forest Park. Here we did different puzzles and activities to unlock the various levels. It was thouroughly enjoyed by all involved. 

 

 

 

 

creative writing workshop

 

 

 

All TY students did a Creative Writing workshop, in which we wrote creative pieces on different topics. We were given various headings and wrote on them. We created some great pieces!

 

 

 

 

killary adventure centre

All TY students visited Killary Adventure Centre. In Killary we all did a canoe race. We also jumped into the water from a high distance, went gorge-walking (walking up a stream) and the Killary challenge. The Killary challenge
consisted of many things such as fitting through ropes, moving on planks of wood, and finally, jumping into the bog. You can see what a mucky experience it was!

 

 

 

Visiting concert

 

 

 

A band called 'The Odd Couple' came to visit our school on the 12th October 2009. The band included Kieran Quinn, Eddie Lee and Sinéad Conway who is a past pupil in Sligo Grammar School.

 

 

 

 

surfing module  

 

 

 

This year every Transition Year student did a four week surfing module with the Strandhill surf school. We have some great surfers here in Sligo Grammar School!  

 

 

 

 

Poetry workshop 

 

 

 

The Transition Year students all did a poetry workshop earlier on this year. We all produced some great poems, which really impressed our English teachers! Some of the poems have been kept safe on the school computers and might be published into the school magazine later on in the year.

 

 

 

Transition Year 2008-2009

This information has been left here in order to give you a taste of last year's TY activities.

public access to law 

 

All of transition year recently took part in a PAL workshop. This workshop meant that students got to take part in a court case against each other. students enjoyed the event as it gave them an insight into what a court case is really like. After the workshop a team was chosen to represent the school at the Mock Trials in the Four Courts in Dublin on the 25th of April. the team consisted of 2 barristers, a solicitor, a registrar, 4 witnesses, 2 reporters, an artist and a photographer. Also 6 jurors. They performed really well and won two out of three cases. The photographer came in second position in the photography competition.

 

 

Bridge Competition

 

 

Some TY classes recently took part in a bridge competition against the Mercy College Sligo and of course all the students preformed to the best of their ability. Everyone enjoyed the event. 

 

 

 

 

sim-2-learn

 

 

 

Some members of TY recently took part in a Sim-2-Learn driving course which seen them learning the basics of how to drive before taking to the high roads. Sim-2-Learn is a great opportunity for all people leaning to drive and all the students thoroughly enjoyed the event.

 

 

 

 

try-a-dive

 

 

 RRecently as part of a busy year twelve intrepid TY pupils headed to the local pool and enjoyed an evening "trying-a-dive.  Learning first how to snorkle they were later kitting up with the full equipment and completed a dive within the pool.  Each got a certificate to prove their bravery!!!