TY News

Love was in the air in the Colaiste this week! Mighty well done to our Transition Year students who organised the sale of roses in our school where all proceeds went towards The Cliona Ring Foundation.

Our Transition Years students enjoyed a bonding session with a trip to Ballyhoura Biketrails. The Students enjoyed mountain biking and a guided walk.

Ella, Kate, Aishing, Saidhbh and Aisling are fundraising for Cliona's Foundation this year.

TY students took part in a forensic science interactive workshop which investigated all the evidence around the shooting of JFK and the subsequent arrest of Oswald. They were presented with many small activities which they had to conduct themselves including taking fingerprints, testing for gunshot residue etc.

Our T.Y. Students have completed a “First Aid Course" over the past week. They will each receive a First Aid Cert to add to their final year portfolio or CV. 

Huge well done to our TY team Reuben, Aidan and Billy who had their interview in Thomand Park earlier Thursday as part of the Certified Irish Angus Beef Project

Huge well done to Kate & Ruby on a fantastic day out in Dublin!

Congratulations to Ruby and Kate for their winning entry in the Bord Bia Food for Thought Programme. 🎉 

TY Business completed a Mini-Company Workshop with Mr Garry Lowe from Student Enterprise Awards Cork. He gave the students an outline of the competition in the coming weeks and how to design their portfolios.

Our T.Y. student’s presented Joyce and Mary two volunteers from the local branch of St Vincent de Paul with over €1500  from proceeds of both their sleepover and bake sale. A fantastic donation to a very deserving organisation.

Well done to the  transition year french class raising almost €400 for the local St. Vincent de Paul! Bravo à tous!

Thank you to everyone who donated food to this year's SVP food appeal that was organised by TY class 4C.

TY students went to the local primary school for paired numeracy. The students prepared the lessons to promote numeracy skills through games and other activities.

Our T.Y. Students took part in a sleepover fundraiser at the Colaiste in aid of a very worthy cause - St. Vincent de Paul.

TY students enjoyed a goal setting workshop delivered by Stephen Kiernan on Tuesday.

On Monday morning all senior year groups (TY, 5th and 6th years) took part in a breast cancer awareness talk. This was facilitated by Juliette O’Connell from Breast Cancer Ireland.

We woke up on the third day in Paris and went straight for the beautiful Montmartre region. Here, students climbed a *few* steps up to Sacre Coeur (church of the sacred heart).

The TYs have been doing great things this year on their Social Media module with Ms. Cogan, drawing the attention of UCC who reached out to collaborate in an EU funded project to harness all their skills!

We got up early Tuesday morning and headed to EuroDisney. The students enjoyed a day of thrilling rollercoasters and finished it off with a beautiful firework display.

TY students travelled to Paris last Monday on their foreign school tour. On arrival, they visited the gardens around the Louvre museum and went on a boat tour down the River Seine.