Transition Year:
St Ciarán’s Community School offers Transition Year as an optional one year programme designed to bridge the gap between the Junior and Senior Cycles and to prepare students for adult life. The overall aim of Transition Year is to give the students an opportunity to develop themselves through a wide variety of experiences. Students will develop their life skills as they will be involved in a number of group projects over the course of Transition Year. These include Young Social Innovators, setting up a mini-company, organizing events for new and existing students, and working with the local community in a number of voluntary groups. At the end of the year, students will be awarded Transition Year Certificates based on the following categories; Distinction, Honours, Pass. Assessment marks are based on the student’s academic work, individual portfolio, group portfolio, work placement report, and personal development.