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Having read Alice Sebold’s The Loveyl Bones our Transition Year students enjoyed a special screening of the movie in the Gaiety Cinema in Arklow. The students enjoyed the opportunity of seeing how the novel was adapted for the big screen. Many thanks to the staff of Gaeity Cinema who facilated this viewing on Thursday morning.
Rathdrum Tidy Towns Committee
Our Transition Year students will be joining the Tidy Town Committee in the coming weeks. They will be planting some new trees in the area in preparation for the upcoming Tidy Towns Competition
Irish Film Production
Babg is a film written, directed and produced by Ms. Lambert's Irish Class. On Thursday the transition year students were busy preparing this Irish horror film for production. We look forward seeing their work in the coming weeks.
On Friday the Transition Year students enjoyed a DJ Workshop in which they acquired essential DJ skills and learned how to mix their own music.
TY and the Community
A Buddy System with Young Adults from our local Centre for Autism is up and running in the school. Those partaking in this programme are paired with a Transition Year student and participate in a number of sports and recreational activities.
A number of Transition Year students are involved in a Childcare Programme in which they offer their babysitting services to enable parents in the community to partake in a Cookery Course. The programme is running well and our students are enjoying the experience.
LOG ON AND LEARN
Ten of our Transition Year students are volunteering for the The Log on and Learn Initiative, a community based project that involves Transition Year Students joining up with older members of their community in order to teach them computer and internet skills. The Project which is known as TY LOL will run for 8 weeks starting on Wednesday March 4th 2 - 3PM
Senior Citizen Coffee Morning
A number of Senior Citizens from our area enjoyed a Coffee Morning organised by our Transition Year Students. Entertainment was provided by way of music and the students also prepared a visual presentation of life in 1950’s. Our guests enjoyed chatting and reminiscing with the students about their experiences of the fifties. Many thanks to Ms. Downey’s Home-Economics class, who prepared the refreshments and to all those involved in organising this enjoyable event.
Work Experience
Our Transition Years have recently returned from their work experience placements. This week as part of LCVP (Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme) our Fifth Year students began their work experience. Best wishes to our students, who we hope are working hard at this time. Many thanks to all the employers who provided them with work experience.
Yoga, Aromatherapy, Soccer and much more!
From Tuesday’s Yoga to Thursday’s Aromatherapy our Transition Year students have been busy enjoying many interesting events this week. Those less interested in the above (namely our male students) took part in a soccer league. The students are also looking forward to swimming in Wicklow on Wednesday.
ICT Skills / ECDL
Several of our Transition Year students have successfully completed their 4th Module: File Management. Congratulations to one and all.