School Newsflash
St. Mary's Search
Transition Year
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2011-2012
Important Notice
Work Experience for Transition Year, 2011-2012
will begin on Monday 14 November and
end on Friday 25 November.
Students organise their own work placement and it is important that students begin this process as soon as possible as there may be limited opportunities in the chosen career field.
St. Michael's House
All Transition Year students received a talk in the Study Hall from 9.35 am to 10.45 am from Ms. Isobel Ryan on volunteering for working in St.st. Michael's House. Organised by Ms. Maureen Kearns.
La Verna Day Care Centre, Baldoyle
Transition Year Students have volunteered to attend on a rota basis La Verna Day Care Centre, Baldoyle, on a weekday morning (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and/or Thursday) from 11.15 to 1.15pm.
Organised by Ms. Maureen Kearns.
St. Vincent’s Elm Park
A group of T.Y. students attended a Seminar on Careers in Medicine in St. Vincent’s Hospital. The careers covered include Medicine, Social Work, Nursing, Physiotherapy etc. The girls received a D.V.D. which can be used in Career’s class
St. Annes' Parish Centre, Portmarnock
Introduction to Voluntary Work in St. Ann'es Parish Centre.
Students meet there on Tuesday 4 October for an introductory talk.
This type of voluntary work can be used for those students working towards the President's Award.
Organised by Ms. Martin.
An Gaisce - The President's Award
Stephen Peers, Development Officer, visited St. Mary's on Monday 7 October 2011 to introduce the President's Award to the Transition Year students.
The Award is given to those students who complete tasks in community work, sport, ventureand developing a skill.
Stephen also spoke to a group of last year's Transition Year students who are working towards the Silver Award.
Organised by Ms. Martin.
Public Relations Module
Some Transition Year students visited RTE, 10 October 2011, to attend the Frontline programme hosted by Pat Kenny.
Organised by Ms. O' Toole.
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Psycho Spaghetti
Transition Year students attending the comedy show "Psycho Spaghett" in the Olympia on Tuesday 11 October.
The comedy was developed for Transition Year students and takes a look at their lives. The show is designed to get them thinking positively about the year ahead and is a great way to get a new group to bond together.
Students make their own way to the Olympia to arrive around 11 as seating is first come first served. The show runs from 12 pm to 1.30 pm without an interval and the cost is €8
Psycho Spaghetti - A Review
Aisling Dennis
Psycho Spaghetti was definitely worth going to see. The show was aimed at TY students, and it was funny because it was relatable to everyone, so everyone could enjoy it.
The comedian, Ger Carey, did impressions of teachers and the different types of people you meet in secondary school. He put everything you go through as a teenager in a funny perspective in a very lighthearted manner, and said things that people think, but never really say out loud. He acted out situations on his own that everyone goes through as a teenager, like day-dreaming in maths class and then being asked a question by the teacher, and not having a clue what the answer is, or being really sarcastic with your parents, and he even did a parody of the type of music that most teenagers listen to. The impressions Ger did were very good and true, and were funny even to the people that he was impersonating, so he didn't offend anyone. Even the teachers that were there found it funny, because they could look back to when they were at school and they come across the situations he was acting out everyday.
Overall, it was a brilliant show and everyone came out of the theatre with smiles on their faces, and we still quote it in school often. I would love to see it again.
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Sailing in Dun Laoghaire,
Transition Year students visit the Irish National Sailing School and Club in Dun Laoghaire. Students travel to and from Dun Laoghaire by DART.
The cost is €23 and students should bring a packed lunch with them.
Wetsuits and suitable personal buoyancy aids will be provided
Organised by Ms. Martin
Visit to take place on Tuesday 20 September 2011
Aromatheraphy and Stress Management Workshop
On Monday 17th October 2011 a Workshop in Aromatherapy & Stress Management was organised for Transition Years. The workshop includes a talk on Stress Management along with the introduction to and History of Aromatherapy.
Students will learn basic therapeutic massage to relieve muscular tension and associated aches and pains in the form of Neck and Shoulders Massage and Indian Head Massage (time permitting).
The fee for this Workshop is €5 per student.
All students are advised to were a cami style top under their school shirt.
Land Use Survey
Ms. Doran's Transition Year's Geography class, St. Louise, are doing a land use survey of Baldoyle on Wednesday 7 December from 9 am to 11 am.
Ms. Doran will be accompanied by Ms. Dunne.
Public Relations
Ms. O' Toole has organised for Mr. Ross Weldon to speak to the Transition Year students on "Social Media in Public Relations". The talk takes place on Friday 2 December in the Study Hall.
Diamond Innovations
Transition Year students to receive a Engineering Presentation from Diamond Innovations. The Presentation will be in the Study Hall from 12.35 pm to 1.15 pm on Tuesday 6 December 2011. Organised by Ms. Martin.
Meeting for Parents
Meeting for Parents of Transition Year Students, on 7 October 2010,
outlining the arrangements for 2010-2011
with special emphasis on Work Experience.
Meeting to be in the Study Hall from 7.30 pm to 9.00 pm.
Workshop/Seminars 2010-2011
Transition Year Musical - Annie
Important Dates
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Monday 23rd May
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In school until 3.05pm/ Dress rehearsal 7pm – 10pm
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Tuesday 24th May
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Rehearsal until 1.15pm
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Wednesday 25th May
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Students will need to be present for End of Year School Assembly at 10.00am
To be followed by rehearsal at 11.30am until 3.45pm
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Thursday 27th May
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Rehearsal all day
Show at 8pm
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Friday 28th May
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Show at 8.00pm
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Monday 30th May
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After show clean-up
Students Must be in school at 9.00am
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Tuesday 31st May
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T.Y. Graduation
Presentation of Presidents Award at 11 O’Clock
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St. Michael's House
Transition Year students as volunteers start visiting St. Michael's House, formerly St. Mary's Hospital, Baldoyle, from September 27 on Mondays from 10.20 am to 11.55 am. The visits are organised by Ms. Kearns.
Educational Workshop
Educational Workshop for Transition Year students on Motivation, Organisation, Study and Revision Skills on Thursday 10th February 2011
The cost is €8 per student and this workshop includes:
Motivation / StudySkills /Study Timetables
Attention/ Concentration in Class
Memory Techniques/Revision Skills
Revision/ Exam Technique
The workshop will last about two hours and will be of great benefit to Transition Year students.
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Visit to the Irish Film Institute on March 8th
to see "The Social Network"
This is being screened by IFI Education Dept. The film commences at 10.30 and students will be back in school for the afternoon. The film feeds into English, Personal Guidance, Film Module and SPHE.
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Andrea Walsh reported on this visit.
On Tuesday, March 8th, both Transition Year classes, St. Casilda and St. Clare departed on our trip to the Irish Film Institute to see the movie ‘The Social Network‘. We were accompanied by Ms. Cremin and Ms. Dillon. We met at the I.F.I. In Temple Bar at 10 a.m.
"The Social Network" tells the story of how Mark Zuckerberg came to invent ‘Facebook’ when he was just 19 years old and how he came to be the youngest billionaire in the world today. We also see in this film how he was sued by people who accused him of their idea of ‘Facebook’, as well as his best friend who accused him of trying to force him out of the company.
I think this movie was interesting, especially to teenagers as they can see the story behind the social network that most of use everyday.
Junior Achievement Awards Programme
Friday March 4th
Transition Year Students attending a seminar on interview skills and techniques by Accenture Ireland, Management Consulting.
Thursday March 10th
Transition Year Students attending Accenture Ireland, Management Consulting in Dublin Docklands for mock interviews.
Classes in Genealogy and Family History
with Denis Moloney
The classes deal with the process of setting up a family tree.
We look at the information which is needed
The family members to ask
The important questions to ask that will help to create a family tree.
Where to look for records at home
The important information that can be found on a Birth, a Marriage and a Death cert. How this information can be used in formatting a family tree.
Different types of families
Places to go to find the different kinds of records
Internet sites where genealogical records can be found
Finding out the history of
A family name
Thee different spellings
The areas where the name came from.
A talk on heraldry and looking for a family crest.
Irish Museum of Modern Art
Tuesday 29 March, Art Trip
Students leaving school at 12.20 to visit
Tennis Coaching Thursday Mornings, March and April
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Transition Year students playing tennis in Trackside Courts in Bayside.
Coaching is from Ms. Fiona Jones, Tennis Ireland.
Organised by Mr. Fennell.
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Leinster Driving Campus, Maynooth
Transition Year Students will visit the Leinster Driving Campus in Maynooth on Monday 4th April 2011. Students will come to school as normal and will travel by the 9.20am Dart to Connolly Station where they will then get the 9.50am train to Maynooth. Students will be accompanied by Ms. Halligan and will arrive at Maynooth train station where they will be met by one of the driving instructors from the campus at Maynooth train station.
The cost of this half day course is €50. For this, the students get 4 hours driving experience from 11am to 3pm. Lunch is also being provided at a cost of €2.
Enjoy the Experience.
Irish Heart Foundation
Tuesday, April 5th
The Irish Heart Foundation will give a presentation to
Transition Year Students in the Study Hall from 12 to 1.
Organised by Ms. Griffin
The Sound of Music
Visit to the Grand Canal Theatre to see the Sound of Music
on Thursday 14 April.
Accompanied by Fifth Year Music Students.
Organised by Ms. Martin
Criminal Courts of Justice
Students meet at 8.45 am at Luas terminus at Connolly Train Station for departure to the Criminal Courts for a tour from 9.30 am to 1 pm. This is an unique opportunity to observe what happens in court and to learn how court business is conducted inside and outside the courtroom.
The visit was organised by Mr. Moore, Ms. Martin and Ms. Konsiberry.
A barrister provided an outline of the Irish legal system and the structure and operation of the courts. Students also observed a court in full session. Many thanks to the Courts Service for facilitating the tour.
Bag Pack - Fundraising for the
Transition Year Musical Annie
Transition Year students and their parents will be bag packing in Dunnes Stores, Donaghmede on Friday 22 April and Saturday 23 April.
Many thanks to Dunnes Stores for their assistance.
DATs Test, Tuesday 3 May
The Differential Aptitude Tests (DATs) are designed for use in educational and vocational guidance and are used by school guidance counsellors, personnel officers, psychologists and all persons concerned with assessing the intellectual characteristics and educational or vocational aptitudes of adolescents.
The rationale behind the Differential Aptitude Tests is that since different kinds of abilities are useful in different jobs and in different school subjects, a range of evaluations or tests giving measures of several abilities is likely to be more useful than a test giving a single general ability score. There are eight subtests in the DATS: Verbal Reasoning, Numerical Ability, Abstract Reasoning, Space Relations, Mechanical Reasoning, Clerical Speed and Accuracy, Spelling, and Language Usage.
Scores can be used to produce a profile showing a pupil's strengths and weaknesses. The results of these tests together with interest inventories are helpful in making careers and course choices in the future.
The results of these tests are confidential and will only be seen and used for Guidance purposes by Ms. Cremen.
The cost of the testing is E5, this covers the answers booklets and correction which is carried out in the Education Research Centre, Drumcondra.
Gaisce
Transition Year students are completing their Bronze President's Award on Wednesday 11 May and Thursday 12 May.
This involves an overnight stay in Glendalough International Hostel during which students will participate in a 30 Km hike over Wednesday and Thursday.
Led by Ms. Rosney, a past pupil of St. Mary's and who is herself the holder of Bronze, Silver and Gold President's Awards. Ms. Rosney was accompanied by Ms. Padden.
Workshops/Seminars 2009-2010
Medicine/Nursing Seminar in St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park, 9.30 am to 1.30 pm, 12 October 2009
President's Award, 14 October
Special talk in Study Hall from 10.10 am to 11.15 am
Aromatheraphy Modules, 19 October
St. Matthew, 11.15 am to 1.15 pm
St. John and St. Martin: 1.45 pm to 3.45 pm
Visit to the Cinema, Wednesday 21 October
WEEE Recycling Seminar in conjunction with the REHAB Recycle, 25 November 2009, Ms. Martin, 11.30 - 12.40, Study Hall. Emphasis on Battery Recycling
All Transition Year students attending Driving School on Monday 30 November. Ms. Martin.
Drug Awareness Talk, 15 December 2009, 12.35 pm to 1.15 pm, Study Hall. Ms. Martin.
Visit to Fighting Words, Creative Writing Centre, Ms. Kearns, 3 December and 17 December 2009.
Work Experience from 1st February to 5th February inclusive - Ms. Martin
Transition Year Students have a RSE Talk from the nurse from 9.30 am to 10.55 am, 12 March 2010.
