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Transition Year

At Scoil Muire agus Pádraig we offer an innovative and broad ranging programme to our transition year students.

The programme is designed to provide our students with the opportunity to discover their own talents, aptitudes and abilities while at the same time developing skills and competencies within a well-defined academic structure.

We hope it challenges our young people to accept responsibility for their own learning, to improve their performance in many core areas, explore new subjects, develop new interests and to evaluate their progress. Our Transition Year Programme gives our students an opportunity to develop skills that they may not know they had.

It provides our students with new opportunities to develop themselves socially, personally and academically. Transition Year aims to help young people for adult life, especially through contact with work places and career interests. There is a significant emphasis on confidence building, group work and leadership skills.

Subjects

Students study the following:

Core Subject Layer

  • Irish
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • RE
  • PE
  • Microsoft Office Suite (MoS)
  • French
  • Wellbeing

Leaving Certificate Subject Sampling Layer

  • History
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Physics
  • Agricultural Science
  • Engineering
  • Design, Communication and Graphics (DCG)
  • Construction Studies
  • Music
  • Art
  • Home Economics
  • Business

Transition Specific Layer

  • Mini Company
  • Speech and Drama
  • Digital Safety
  • Law
  • Psychology
  • Boxercise
  • Self Defense
  • First Aid
  • Coaching course in GAA
  • Drama
  • Jiving
  • Community Work
  • Work experience