Transtion Year students at Offaly school have a very busy year

TY (Transition Year) is a very busy year with loads of fun activities, day trips, class activities. Below, you will find a snapshot of just some of the activities that we have taken part in this year so far:

Lilliput
Where we went through a bog, climbing through tunnels and going through bog water. We also went rock climbing, trying to see who could go the highest on three different stages. Paddle boarding where the boys and girls competed to have all their team standing for the longest and capture the flag; a competitive team game through the woods to see who could find the flag first

Birr Adventure & Canoeing
Where they did fun team activities in the centre, one of the activities was to be blind folded and walk through an obstacle course the trick was they could not let go of each other and had to guide each other without taking off the blind fold and then they travelled to Banagher where they cannoned around the river and then went pier jumping.

UL College Visit
Where they went around the college sat in on different lectures and get to see what a day of college would look like. We also went on a tour around the grounds and got food at the shops.

Mountain Biking And Tag Archery...
Where they went around the mountain down the different tracks on the bikes some harder than others with amazing views and learned how to shoot and play tag archery which was extremely competitive.

There were also loads of activities in school including decorating Christmas doors each group creating their own looks for the doors and hanging them up. The annual Christmas Fair is where every group from the TY cohort sold their own products which they made themselves, science week with loads of different experiments that were shown to the first years

And The Musical Disco Inferno
Which took weeks of planning and practicing, the TY group really enjoyed it even though they did not think they would. There was practice for weeks and loads of preparation including getting costumes and props setting up the stage and lights also learning lines and dances and lyrics for the songs

TYs (Transition Year) also did two weeks of swimming in Birr.

There is more stuff planned like learning sign language and learning riptide in Irish and the Gaisce trip, going to Croke Park, holding a blitz for the first years also organising sports day and the 5k run for the school so they are remarkably busy.