T.Y. Programme 2010-2011

 

Transition Year 2010-2011

 

 

Ballydoyle and Coolmore

On Monday the 16th of May the Transition Year students went to the world famous Ballydoyle and Coolmore Stud. We were greeted at the gates of Ballydoyle by a very friendly Polly Murphy; she was to be out tour guide at Ballydoyle. Throughout the entire tour she was exceptional, keeping everyone’s attention throughout and really telling and showing us everything we needed to know and see about Ballydoyle. We were all stunned at the large scale of Ballydoyle; it is on just under 650 acres of land and it’s truly amazing and picturesque to see. We began our tour by seeing the horse’s stables where the likes of famous horses such as “Cape Blanco” and “Misty for Me” are kept with horses worth over 30 million we were truly shocked. Every horse has an exact routine that is done everyday; even the most minute detail can make a difference to the horse. For example the amount of water a horse drinks is measured by hand, they have to have rubber walls and floors in their stables in case of injury and an exact amount of hay is required per stable, and it is changed at least twice a day.  Each horse’s stable has cameras, an air conditioning system, air vents, special lighting and even a mirror so they can see the other horses and not feel lonely. Ballydoyle is fascinating, to say the least.

The professionalism involved is astonishing and the animal welfare needs of the horse are paramount. In a rare opportunity we got to see a horse swim in the Ballydoyle swimming pool and spa. This was truly incredible to witness and was so critical to the horse’s development. The setup in Ballydoyle is really brilliant; they have special woodchip areas in case of large rain spells; there are two racecourses, each over a mile in length; they have a water drainage system in case of lack of rain and they reproduce everything from food, to hay and fertilizers. It was a great grounding for budding entrepreneurs, to say the least. I didn’t realize the intensity in making a horse a champion; even the smallest detail has to be perfect or it could be disastrous to the success and well being of the horse. In Ballydoyle we were given an outstanding tour and it really gave us a great insight into the success and work in Ballydoyle.

We then went to Coolmore for the second part of the day. Jason Walsh was our tour guide in Coolmore and yet again we had a brilliant guide: as soon as we set foot off the bus we were made at ease. We were shown the stables of the stallions and the stallions themselves, such as “Rip Van Winkle”, “Rock of Gibraltar”, “Montjeu” and of course “Galileo”, probably the best sire in the world. With 23 horses in Coolmore, the horses’ fees vary: they start at 4,000 for “Strategic Prince”, go to 75,000 for “Montjeu” and to an astonishing 125,000 for “Galileo”. This really opened my eyes to the money that’s made in the horse breeding business. We were told the procedure for a mare to have to undergo and the details into how the whole system works. Overall the trip to Ballydoyle and Coolmore was really worthwhile and interesting. It gave us all a great insight into the business of horses and the work involved in every aspect of the horses. Our sincere thanks to Ballydoyle and Coolmore.
Aoife Purcell

 

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Visit of John Lonergan
On Tuesday the 1st of March, John Lonergan, the former governor of Mountjoy prison, came into Rockwell to talk to the Transition years and 5th years about life in prison, the type of people in our prisons and talent versus opportunity.  He began talking about the increasing problem of drugs in our society and within the prison system. He said that 97% of inmates in Ireland are drug users; I was amazed at this fact and also the lengths to which people go to in order to smuggle drugs into the prison itself. John told us a story of how one prisoner attempted to smuggle in the contraband and a mobile phone in his five year old son’s birthday cake. He made us ask ourselves what are the benefits to drugs, to taking drugs and why people do take them. He also gave us an insight into the effects it has on us and the people in our lives, and he gave us a greater insight into the world of drugs and drug pushers. He continued explaining life in prison and how unimaginable it truly is and how it is designed to be a gruelling detention for its inmates. John spoke about how the prisoners have little or no education and how the areas in which they have been brought up play a major role in why they are now in prison.  He then went on to the point of talent versus opportunity; is it better to have the talent, and no opportunity? Or to have the opportunity, with no talent? He explained how having talent is great but without the opportunity to display this talent it is worthless, but to have the opportunity without the raw talent gives us the chance to develop and attempt to become talented. This point is relevant within our prison systems; so many of them have the talent to achieve great things but with no opportunity their talent is wasted. I thought that John’s speech was very interesting as I learned so much that I had little knowledge about before. He really made us think about where our lives are going and how lucky we are to have the lives we have, but to be careful in the dangerous world that awaits us.

On behalf of Transition Year, I want to say "Thank you" to John Lonergan.

Driving school
Transition Years were delighted to have an incredibly beneficial and enjoyable day of “Driving School”. On Monday January 31st Ty A embarked on their driving school experience and the following Monday, February 7th Ty B anxiously followed. Some of us had previous driving experience but for many of us this would be a daunting first time experience. Each class was divided into two groups; one half would have the morning enduring theory while the other half began driving around the grounds of Rockwell. The groups would then rotate, ensuring everyone got two classes of theory and two sessions of driving with a fully qualified instructor. In the theory classes we learnt all about the impacts of crashing, the risks, preventions and the actual horrific facts about crashing and road accidents.  We were also introduced to the rules of the road and road safety. We were soon to learn that full attention was needed in the morning’s class as our newly inherited knowledge was put to the test as we had to do a fake theory test. The test proved difficult and only two people in my group managed to actually score 35 or more. The driving aspect of the day was truly unforgettable; we each got about 45 minutes driving around the grounds of Rockwell. There were four cars and four students per car with an instructor. The cars were certainly full of laughter and jokes as we all found each others’ faults extremely entertaining.  At the end of the day we could each start the car, go into second or third gear, reverse and successfully drive. Overall, I thought that driving school was truly brilliant and that we all gained so much from the experience. I can now say that I can actually drive a car and have substantial knowledge about road safety and the rules of the road. “Driving school” was undoubtedly a great day that everyone enjoyed.

 

HOPE

On Monday February 14th the T.Y. class were delighted to welcome Mrs Maureen Forrest (Founder) and Mrs Madeleine Cummins (Manager) of The Hope Foundation.  The purpose of the visit was to show appreciation to the Rockwell students who have worked so hard over the past 9 months to raise €30,000 for the foundation.  All €30,000 raised will go towards educating up to 20,000 young people and providing primary healthcare for up to 80,000 of the most severely underprivileged children in India. Having accepted a cheque on behalf of the Hope Foundation, Mrs Forrest and Mrs Cummins  presented the students with specially made Hope Foundation T-shirts to be worn on their visit to Calcutta.
In the early hours of Thursday February 17th, all 10 Rockwell students, together with their teacher Ms Elaine O’Sullivan flew from Cork via Dubai to Calcutta. The students  will visit many of the 60 projects in Calcutta that include drug rehabilitation and residential care.   We look forward to giving a full report of the students’ visit upon their return.
Back row from left to right: Madeleine Cummins Hope Manager, Ause Abdulhaq (Clonmel), Aoife Purcell (Grange), Selena Quinn (Thurles), Jane O’Donovan (Cahir), Maureen Forrest (Hope Founder)
Front row from right to left: Michael Purcell (Boherlahan),  Áine O’Dwyer (Cashel), Elizabeth Rafferty (Tipperary Town), Lily O’Donnell (Grange) and Kate Heffernan (Cashel)  Sally Enright (Currow) is absent from the picture.

 

 

Make-up Day!
On the 14th of January all the T.Y. girls got to do a make-up day with Mary Quirke. At the morning session we met Mary, who is the mother of our classmate Russel. Mary is so nice, she was very friendly and this made the day even more enjoyable. She started off our day by teaching us about skin care and hygiene,; she showed us what our daily routine should be, which is cleanse, tone and moisturise. She demonstrated this on Caitriona. She then showed us the exfoliation on Ashley, which should be done once or twice a week, depending on your skin.
Also she showed us the face mask which is supposed to be done once a week;she demonstrated this on Jane. Finally she showed us the eye balm which is really good to take off your eye make-up. She demonstrated this on Jane while her face mask was still on. Then we got to do it to each other, which was good fun. Garance and Ashley had mascara on so Mary brought them up to show how easy it is to take the eye make-up off.
 In the second session we learned how to clean our brushes and learned about the dangers of sharing make-up. She showed us what eyelash tinting was by demonstrating on Lily and Sally; you have to do a 48hr skin test to make sure the subject does not have any allergies. Lily and had already done this. She then moved on to the 24hr eyebrow tint. For this she did everyone’s eyebrows individually and she analysed everyone’s skin type. This was really useful for us; it will help us when we are purchasing make-up. Mary put a 30 day tint on Mairead’s eyebrows to show us how that option works.
 After lunch we came back and Mary did three make-up looks – one for natural everyday make-up, one for evening wear and one for the Debs. The three girls who volunteered were Aoife , Rachel and Lily. Mr. Egan took photos of the end look, which we all learned how to create. We all got free samples at the end of the day. Overall everybody definitely enjoyed the day and we all came away with a new understanding of how to care for our skin properly and how to apply make-up correctly.

We would like to thank Mary for such a great day.

 

R.D.A.I. Open Day

 

 

Ice Skating

On the 2nd of December all the TY’s went ice skating at Mahon Point, Cork. It was icy and snowy out and we were afraid that we wouldn’t get there; thankfully we did, and it turned out to be an amazing day.
On the bus we were all looking forward to going ice skating, lots of people had gone before but many of us hadn’t. Before long we arrived at Mahon Point, we were a bit early so we were allowed to wander around the shops for a while. Then we got back on the bus to bring us over to the ice rink which was setup in a huge arena. Mr. Egan had booked the ice rink for us, which meant that we were the only ones to be on the ice.
As we walked into the arena the cold hit us immediately even though it was freezing outside. We all had to line up to get our ice skates and, as you can imagine, we all wanted to be first. We handed in our shoes and in return they gave us ice skates. After getting geared up we were ready to face the ice; excitement doesn’t even come close. What seemed to us like ages probably was only a few minutes of us having to wait for them to open the ice rink. As the gate was slowly opened we all stepped onto the ice; you immediately knew who had done it before, as the ones who had were all skating around gracefully while the rest clung to the edges for fear of falling. Soon people were getting the hang of it, as the beginners got a bit more confidence they slowly edged themselves away from the sides; you could tell they really didn’t want to fall over as they went around the ice rink holding onto someone in desperation. That was when the fun began because everybody started to go around and they also began to fall which looked quite funny, but it must have been very painful. On the side lines we could see Mr. Egan taking photos; looking at them now, he got some really funny ones and they are also great memories to keep.
When they told us we had to get off the ice we all wanted one more round of the ice rink; we were disappointed we had to get off but we knew we had to. As soon as we were ready and got our shoes back we were back on the bus and heading over to Mahon Point. Here we all got something to eat as we had worked up quite an appetite  ice skating. We also went around shopping; you could see some people had started their Christmas shopping and others were just looking around.
On the bus on our way back to Rockwell we were all laughing and talking about the great day we had and all the things that happened at it. I think everyone enjoyed themselves and it’s a day in TY that we won’t forget.

 

Italian for Beginners

Italian by Áine O’ Dwyer

During T.Y.  I did a ten week course of Italian on every Monday for an hour during study. In those ten weeks I learned a lot of basic Italian, which will be very beneficial to me if I ever go to Italy.
We learned how to greet people and talk about our families and about ourselves. We learned numbers, how to tell the time and how to read timetables at a train station. We learned about food and how to order food at a restaurant. We also learned how to say our pastimes and the days of the weeks. One of the basic greetings we learned was “Ciao, come stai?” which means “Hi, how are you?” This is only one of the many different greetings we learned.
I enjoyed learning Italian. We did role plays which made it more interesting and easier to learn the language. After the ten weeks I now have an idea of what Italian is like. If I ever go to Italy I will be able to make my way around because, after this ten week course, I feel I know a lot of the basic vocabulary.

Car Safety

On Monday 15th November TY classes A & B attended a car safety demonstration. As we attended the class in a trailer with a crash car inside, we were greeted by Michael who kept us laughing throughout the demonstration.
     
We began by first going around and introducing ourselves and saying whether we could drive or not. Then Michael made two students, J.J. & Tiziana, sit in the crash car. He showed us how to correctly wear a seat-belt, “From shoulder to hip and flat”, and what could happen in a crash situation if you were wearing it incorrectly.

Then we moved on to airbags and the steering wheel. We learned that you should be 11” away from the steering wheel and it should be level with your chest because if the airbags were to be activated and it was directed towards your face the impact would damage your face.

Then we learned about the car battery, the engine oil levels, windscreen washer and the engine coolant etc. We learned all about Road Safety, as well as hearing some stories of how drink driving is criminally stupid and affects everybody’s family.

Overall, I think we all came away from car safety with a new understanding of the car and how to be a safe driver.

Indian Night for The Hope Foundation

On Wednesday the 27th of October there was an Indian night held in “Planet Spice” in Clonmel in aid of the Hope Foundation. The ten TY students who are hoping to go to Calcutta organised this event. It turned out to be a great night.
On the night I was greeted at the door by the TY students who showed me to my seat. After discussing the contents of the menu with my friends I chose samosa for starters and chicken tikka masala for main course. We were all enjoying ourselves, talking about our midterm break. Before long the food was served to us, it looked delicious and it tasted even better.
After the meal, Mr. Egan showed us a presentation on what the Hope foundation does and what the TY students will be hoping to do when they go over to Calcutta. They were also selling “The Big Book of Hope” which is a variety of short stories about giving hope to people. The TY students wen atround selling raffle tickets, for which there was a collection of great prizes to be won; unfortunately, I didn’t win anything.
As we were leaving the TY students were busy preparing for the second sitting of the night. Overall, I think the night was a great success and not only did everyone enjoy themselves but they also managed to raise over €1500 for this brilliant cause.

 

 

 

 

Rockwell College
Transition Year Programme
2010 – 2011

 

 Aims of Transition Year

• To prepare students for the Leaving Cert cycle by giving them a good academic grounding and allowing them to make informed decisions about their future  by giving them a taste of the subjects on offer in Fifth Year.
• To promote the self confidence of all students by encouraging them to express themselves in new ways.
• To promote a healthy lifestyle among students by encouraging them to develop and maintain good fitness levels.
• To achieve education for maturity with an emphasis on social awareness, and preparation for adult and working life.

To ensure all students enjoy their Transition Year.

 

Special Programmes
Overseas Aid Project: Each year we hope to raise a significant amount of money to help with a development project overseas.  This year we have chosen to raise money for the Hope Foundation in Calcutta.  On February 18th it’s planned to send ten students and a teacher out to Calcutta for a week of work with street children.  Each student has a target sum of at least  €3,200.  This money will raise enough money to keep schools, hospitals and orphanages open in Calcutta for a year while highlighting the plight of those less fortunate than ourselves.
German Student Exchange: Our students will be given the opportunity to study in a German school for up to four weeks as part of the exchange programme.  Students will subsequently host a German student for a similar period.  This is a very cost effective way of developing the linguistic and social skills of our students.
French Exchange: Students are given the opportunity to study in French school for two weeks as part of the exchange programme.  Students will subsequently host a French student for a similar period.  This is a very cost effective way of developing the linguistic and social skills of our students. 
Gaisce: Each student will be given the opportunity to enrol for a Gaisce Presidential Award.  To achieve this, students must learn a new skill e.g. public speaking, get involved in regular physical recreation e.g. play on a team, complete an endurance task e.g. walk 30km over two days and undertake community service e.g. work with the elderly.  Each of the aforementioned tasks are an intrinsic part of our T.Y programme.
Three day visit to Kerry: The highlight of this trip is the visit to the Skellig Islands.  We also visit Banna Strand for two surfing classes as well as swimming.  Paintballing takes place on the final day.  Evening activities include a visit to the cinema and surfing.  These activities encourage teamwork amongst students and helps new students of the college to integrate with their peers.
Song School: This is a two day music workshop where students are encouraged to bring in their own musical instruments and write and record their own music onto a C.D.
Dance School: This programme is designed to encourage non dancers to be comfortable on a dance floor for any occasion while also challenging accomplished dancers to further improve their skills.
Driving School: This one day driving course teaches students the very basics of driving.  Students are given the opportunity to drive a car around the college grounds in the presence of a qualified instructor.
Car Safety Awareness: This two hour course highlights the safety features of modern vehicles while giving practical tips for driver and passenger safety e.g. how best to wear a seatbelt.  It also highlights dangerous driving practices and their consequences by looking at case studies.
Social Awareness: Students will visit Scoil Aongusa, Scoil Cormac and The Nagle Centre for an hour and a half each visit over a period of eight weeks.  This gives the students the opportunity to work with people less well off than themselves in a classroom environment.  This is of particular value to students may be considering a career linked to the humanities or the caring professions.

Riding for the Disabled Association of Ireland (R.D.A.I.) This gives the students the chance to work with younger students who have either physical or psychological difficulties.  The students help a child to ride the horse and encourage it to be more self sufficient both improving confidence and core strength.

Work Experience: This will commence from Monday April 4th to Friday April 15th.  Students will get the opportunity to gain experience in the workplace with a view to deciding on the chosen career.  Student are obliged to report on their experiences while employers are encouraged to give feedback to the students under their care.  This will take place on the two weeks before the holidays to give the students up to four weeks work experience.

Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers: This programme,  adapted from the bestselling book of the same name,  helps students to deal with the challenges being faced by teenagers on a daily basis.
Law Education: This is a two day course that deals with the law as it applies to the student.  Topics covered range from consumer to criminal law.  It also deals with law as a career and it culminates in a mock trial whereby the students participate in all of the various roles involved.

Portfolio Development: Students are compelled to keep a record of all activities completed during the year.  This will include both academic and extra-curricular activities and will be part of overall assessment at the end of the year.

 

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
GAEILGE:
Transition Year offers an opportunity to focus upon improving spoken Irish in the Classroom.  Pupils are encouraged to develop aural and oral Irish skills while they prepare for interviews similar to the Leaving Certificate Programme.  We visit the Gaeltacht during the final term to facilitate the experience of conversational Irish in everyday life.
We also use the TURAS TEANGA language programme to prepare students for essay writing, vocabulary and literature studies at the core of senior cycle.

ENGLISH:
Content:  Comprehension, Creative writing, Literature, Media Studies and analysis, Oral work.
AIMS:  To increase the pupil’s awareness of language and communication in a variety of forms, to increase proficiency in writing and comprehension. 
A Transition Year Newsletter is also produced while a solid grounding is given for Leaving Cert cycle by studying a major Shakespearean work

MATHS:
We aim to develop the pupils’ knowledge of maths on a functional level. 
To demonstrate the practicalities of maths to the pupil in such topics as probability and differentiation while giving a solid grounding for Leaving Cert cycle.

MODERN LANGUAGES: Students will get the opportunity to study any two of the following languages

• Spanish
• German
• French

We aim to promote an awareness and understanding of modern European language and culture, to assist pupils in the practical application of language skills, to develop ability and a confidence in their use of languages.  This gives the students the opportunity to make an informed choice for Leaving Cert cycle.

HISTORY:
We conduct a study of key figures in history, including Arafat, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Lech Walesa, while studying the political climate faced by of each of the personalities.
We also do a study of Northern Ireland 1922 – present. ‘Genocide in the twentieth century’ we cover three case studies.  This gives an invaluable insight into the Leaving Cert syllabus.

GEOGRAPHY:
We study natural disasters, their consequences and causes.  We complete a major field study while sampling topics that occur on the Leaving Cert cycle such as geoecology.

MUSIC:
We aim to develop musical awareness and ability through the Production of a school musical. It’s hoped to encourage participation and a positive attitude to musical performance, to develop social skills and team work through the production of the musical.  We also learn to play a Bodhrán.  This syllabus is designed to give the student a good grounding for music at senior cycle.

ART:
Students learn the skills of clay moulding, self portrait, bag making,  set design and construction for the college musical.  Students are given an appreciation of the many facets of Art and Art History.  This gives students a good grounding for Leaving Cert Art.

RELIGION:
To heighten awareness of issues affecting young people and society in general, to examine social responsibility, to apply information gained on world religions in the Junior cycle to practical examples in modern society.

COMPUTERS: 
To facilitate pupils in the use of computers on a practical level, to develop skills of word processing, to introduce the practicalities of spread-sheets and basic accounting, to facilitate the use of computers as an effective research tool.  This will give students the basic skills that will be needed in the workplace in the future.

PHYSICAL  EDUCATION:
We aim to develop skills in a range of sports, to develop a confidence and a willingness to engage in sport, to gain an understanding of the importance of P.E to general health and well-being, to develop social and interpersonal skill through the medium of sport.

CAREER GUIDANCE:
We aim to prepare pupils in choosing their work experience placement through the creation of a personal profile, to introduce pupils to aspects of responsibility and professionalism in work, to facilitate in career investigation.

Modulated programmes
 (Students will rotate between these subjects)
Accountancy
The students get an introduction to the subject by studying double entry accounting, bank reconciliation statements, marginal costs and interpretation of accounts.

Economics
This provides an introduction to the subject by examining demand and supply, elasticity, the factors of production and national accounting and measurement. 

Business Studies
We study seven of the twenty four topics on the Leaving Cert syllabus.  These include the skills of modern management, enterprise, international trade, taxation, insurance, globalisation and business in general.

Students will rotate between Biology, Agricultural Science, Physics and Chemistry.
Biology and Agricultural Science
These 2 subjects while combined in TY science are separate subjects in the Leaving Cert which have a major amount of overlapping material.  Areas covered in this 9 week programme are:

• Cells →plant and animal cell ultra structure

         →experiment examining and preparing such cells

• External structure of animals parts such as cow (beef & dairy), pig, horse and sheep.
• Microbiology detailed study of bacteria and growing of such bacteria in the lab.
• Genetics involving genetics crosses.
• Overview of Rockwell Farm.
• Detailed study of 1 type of animal production on the farm i.e. pigs or calves.

The aim of the TY Science Programme is to provide the students with a brief introduction in to the 4 leaving science subject to ensure that they make a well informed choice when selecting Leaving Cert subject.  To improve their handling of lab equipment while doing experiments to improve their practical work.
Physics
This programme covers 3 main areas from the Leaving Cert Course which are:

• Mechanics involving
• Speed and velocity
• Acceleration and the 3 equations of motion.
• Force and Newton’s laws of motion.
• Electricity involving
• Current electricity
• Potential difference
• Ohms law
• Theoretical Physics involving
• Matter and anti-matter
• Radioactivity

Broken into 3 areas 1) Chemistry 2) Physics 3) Biology & Agricultural Science.  Each area is broken into a 9 week programme.  So each student will cover each area for 9 week block.  Each area has 1 single & 1 double class per week.
Topics covered within each area are as follows:
Chemistry

• Revision of atomic structure & periodic table from Junior Cert.
• Calculations to obtain relative atomic and molecular values.
• Detailed study of the mole

Calculating mass values of the mole
Calculating number of moles from mass.

• Stoichiometry

Determining reactants or products based on Chemical equations (this includes 3 experiments).

• Acids & Bases

Revision from Junior Cert followed by techniques used in acid/base titrations and making up solutions of known concentrations.
Students will rotate between First Aid, Toastmasters and Kickboxing
First Aid (10 weeks)
This course trains pupils to demonstrate an effective level of skill and knowledge in the diagnosis and management of choking, bleeding and shock.  It is examined in a practical assessment and divided into three parts:
Test 1: Rescue breathing, action for vomiting and the recovery position on a live casualty.
Test 2: Single rescuer C.P.R. using an adult or mannequin.
Test 3: Knowledge and understanding of basic life support and related conditions.
Toastmasters (10 weeks)
This encourages students to perform various roles which require public speaking.   For the duration of this course students will learn how to prepare and deliver a speech, to chair a meeting, to evaluate colleagues, time speeches, set up a room for a meeting and learn to speak off the cuff.  This culminates in an open night for students to hold a meeting which parents are encouraged to attend.  On completion of the open night students are awarded their Youth Leadership Cert.
Kickboxing (10 weeks)
This is particularly beneficial as it helps develop core strength and cardio vascular fitness.
Students will rotate between Film studies and Sports Science
Film Studies (15 weeks)
Over the duration of this course we learn about the business of film production from the writing of the screen play – the distribution and promotion of the film.  Each class will write a screen play – appoint a cast and eventually produce their own fifteen minute film.
Sports Science (15 weeks)
Over the duration of this course we study the physiology of the body, the importance of a good diet and the psychology of sport.  Through multiple case studies we get an understanding of the requirements for participation at all levels of sport. 
Students also build up their fitness in successive weeks eventually culminating in all students completing a 10km run.

Evening Programme
Evening study takes place between 5.45pm -8.15pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and Wednesday 3.30pm -5.00pm and 5.45pm – 7.15pm. Every effort is made to ensure that a good balance is struck between giving students time to complete their assignments and get time for personal development.  Activities such as debating, piano and guitar are available to all students in the college however the following activities are organised with T.Y. in mind.
School Show – Westside Story (01/09/10 – 23/10/10)
 All T.Y. students are encouraged to take part in the production of this show.  This involves acting, make up, and set design, ticket sales and front of house management.
Speech and drama – Every Wednesday (Jan 12 for 10 weeks)
The programme is devised to encourage first timers and to develop students with prior stage experience.  Each week a new aspect is developed and explored from comedy to improvisation.  
Italian - Every Monday from 13/09/10 to 29/11/10
This ten week course focuses on basic Italian vocabulary with a strong emphasis on conversation and role play.  The aim of the course is to enable students to ‘get by’ in Italy while also giving a taste of the language with a view to further study.
Pilates – Every Tuesday from 2/11/10 for 10 weeks
The aim of this programme is to improve core strength and stability amongst students.  This is crucial for all as it helps to avoid injury especially for those playing sport at a high level.
Chinese – Every Monday from 8/11/10
Students will be given the opportunity to learn Chinese as part of the Confucius Programme. With the world economic climate changing so rapidly it’s very important to give the students a taste of the language and gain accreditation.

 

 

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