Transition Year students perform “Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears” with Seán Keane
On the 15th of January, Seán Keane the Irish traditional musician and singer visited our school for our civic trust project. For this project we interviewed him where he told us about his interesting music life and afterwards performed a song with us, ‘Isle of Hope’. We had a great time and are very grateful […]
TY’s go Crackers for Make a Wish Ireland
Patricia came to talk to Transition Year students about the work Make A Wish Ireland do. Make A Wish is worthy cause that raises funds for children with terminal illness or life changing medical conditions. We decided as a TY group that we would raise money for Make A Wish. We have done this by […]
This Years Transition Year gets off to a busy start!
This year’s Transition Year students have already embarked on what will surely be an exciting year. Already the months of September and October have brought many new adventures and competitions. To give a brief timeline; we began our TY experience with the yearly Killary trip from the 4th to the 6th of September. (3 days […]
Transition Year class host their very own Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
This October, the gym was transformed into a wonderland, full of colour, music, a little bit of magic and of course… tea! Yes, the 2016 – 17 Transition Year class hosted their very own Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. The American-style tea party, is one of the first major annual Transition year fundraiser events, it is […]
It’s a sign!
Our TY students embarked on a new learning adventure this week; they began a ten week sign language course with Martin from the Center for Sign Language Studies (CSL), Galway. It was fabulous seeing such excitement for learning among the girls and to be honest, it was the quietest hour in the TY block since […]
Transition Year students have a great day out at the TY Expo
Our Transition Year students had a great day out at the TY Expo at Punchestown. They bounded back to the Pres with bags full of freebies and ideas for TY activities galore. What a fabulous bunch of girls they are, ready and willing to embrace all TY has to offer!
Wild, Wet & Windy, Killary can’t dampen the Transition Year’s Spirits
As part of the Gaisce award, this year’s Transition Year students travelled to Killary Adventure center to complete one part of the four key challenge areas to achieve the award. This involved the students themselves planning and organising, a thirty kilometre hike in Connemara, and finally taking part in a challenging activity on the final […]
Transition Year’s “A Walk through Time” exhibition is a must-see for History & Art Lovers
This year’s Transition Year students unveiled their exhibition, “A Walk through Time” at Tuam Library on Thursday, 21st of April. The exhibition is the school’s contribution to the 1916 Commemorations. The students chose ten major Historical events which have impacted on the life of Tuam town. The students researched these events and represented their work […]