Transition Year is an essential bridging year between the Junior and Senior academic cycles. At Villiers, we strongly believe that students must maintain and enhance their academic skills in the core subjects during Transition Year. The year provides students with an invaluable opportunity to sample Leaving Certificate subject options and to make decisions regarding their subject choices for their final two years of second level education.
This ensures that when students begin Fifth Year, they have chosen their subjects, in areas that relate to their own cognitive strengths. Students will have also made essential decisions relating to the level at which they will be examined in each subject. For students in Villiers, fifth year begins with a clear understanding of their own personal work commitments for the Leaving Certificate.
During Transition Year, students continue to enhance the skills they have acquired at junior level and are introduced to some of the new skills, which will be required at senior level. While it is not permissible, that Leaving Certificate course work is covered during Transition Year, it is possible to practise and develop the pertinent skills in all subject areas and in particular in the core subject areas.
Assessment in Transition Year has recently been reviewed and it was decided that a more formalised system of continuous assessment should be introduced. Transition Year students are required to compile a portfolio of work in each subject area. Much of the learning is self directed, while at the same time, concentrating on valuable Leaving Certificate skills. We have found that this approach enables students to engage fully with all aspects of Transition Year, to participate in the many and varied activities that take place during the course of the year, while at the same time maintaining their academic focus and standards.
This ensures that when students begin Fifth Year, they have chosen their subjects, in areas that relate to their own cognitive strengths. Students will have also made essential decisions relating to the level at which they will be examined in each subject. For students in Villiers, fifth year begins with a clear understanding of their own personal work commitments for the Leaving Certificate.
During Transition Year, students continue to enhance the skills they have acquired at junior level and are introduced to some of the new skills, which will be required at senior level. While it is not permissible, that Leaving Certificate course work is covered during Transition Year, it is possible to practise and develop the pertinent skills in all subject areas and in particular in the core subject areas.
Assessment in Transition Year has recently been reviewed and it was decided that a more formalised system of continuous assessment should be introduced. Transition Year students are required to compile a portfolio of work in each subject area. Much of the learning is self directed, while at the same time, concentrating on valuable Leaving Certificate skills. We have found that this approach enables students to engage fully with all aspects of Transition Year, to participate in the many and varied activities that take place during the course of the year, while at the same time maintaining their academic focus and standards.
All TY students interested in doing Spanish for the Leaving Certificate are strongly advised to work on their Spanish right through the year even when they are not attending the 'sampling' Spanish classes.
If students are absent from school, out of the country etc. they are very strongly urged to keep in touch with the class and follow the course work they are missing. With this in mind please see the attached copy of TY year's work as explained in the TY Induction. Should anybody have any queries please mail or Facebook (John McCrohan Villiers).
If students are absent from school, out of the country etc. they are very strongly urged to keep in touch with the class and follow the course work they are missing. With this in mind please see the attached copy of TY year's work as explained in the TY Induction. Should anybody have any queries please mail or Facebook (John McCrohan Villiers).
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