The Transition Year Opportunities in Scoil Mhuire & Íde

• Make informed choices about Leaving Certificate subjects.
  
• Develop a variety of new skills
  
• Learn more about the working world through work experience.
  
• Catch up on learning missed out during the Junior Cycle.
  
• Take part in outdoor pursuits.
  
• Learn about working as part of a team.
  
• Undertake projects on various topics.
  
• Practice meeting deadlines for assignments.
  
• Develop more understanding and confidence about yourself as a person.
  
• Learn about leadership, co-operation and dealing with conflict
  
• Learn through meeting people beyond the classroom.
  
• Awareness of social issues.
  
• Discover more about your own personal strengths – what you are good at.
  
• Discover more about jobs and career opportunities.
  
• Enhance ICT skills.
  
• Become a more independent learner
  
• Add a valuable set of experience to your CV
  

Assessment and certification

There is no end-of-year state examination in the Transition Year - a decision made by the Department of Education and Skills to ensure that the focus of the year was learning-led rather than exam-driven.

The activity-based learning ethos of the year requires each school to engage in school-based assessment, which helps students to identify their own strengths and weaknesses, as well as develop the skills of self-assessment and reflection.

Assessment is ongoing, with portfolio assessment, project work, and exhibitions of students' work. Oral aural, practical and written activities all form part of this assessment process.

Students who have successfully completed the Transition Year Programme are awarded a certificate of participation by their school.