Transition Year Schedule of Events 30th September – 4th October
Monday 30th Sept
Students travelling to Royal Hospital, Donnybrook No school for all students Final week of Academic Block 1
Tuesday 1rst Oct
2 Selected students making their way to take part in Living Well With Dementia initiative.
Wednesday 2nd Oct
No activities
Thursday 3rd Oct
4 Students participating in a STEM course with DLRCoCo All activity groups travelling to The Vaults for an interactive play/historical recreation of key scenes from Dublin history. Students will make their own way to “John's Ln W, The Liberties” (beside Vicar St. 15mins walk from College Green Luas Stop) for 1:30 pm to meet staff. Student’s will be released from class at 11:50, and the vignettes should finish circa 3:30 pm.
Friday 4th Oct
09:30-10:10 - First Friday Mass for all of TY. Students will host mass in our chapel. Parents are more than welcome to join our community and celebrate the coming year. 11:50-12:30 – Presentation of Junior Cycle results in the concert hall. Students will gather in the concert hall to privately receive their results (see attached letter), and will then be free to leave school to enjoy their weekend.
Future Activities
Oct 10th – Zeminar – Wellbeing seminar (all day)
Oct 9th, Oct 16th, Dec 4th, Dec 5th – Driver theory experience for groups
Oct 17th – Zeeko Internet Awareness talk, walking tour of Dublin, Dáil Éireann
Other Information
Groundlings Please see attached letter pertaining to the Mount Anville theatre-going society The Groundlings. We encourage our busy TY cohort to engage with the dramatic arts in this venture and to engage in extra-curricular opportunities which may appeal to them.
First Friday Mass On behalf of our Chaplain, Mr. Mallon, and all here at Mount Anville, we cordially invite all parents to attend our TY first Friday mass in the chapel on Friday 4th Oct @ 09:30. This is a great opportunity to witness the lived ethos of the school, and to build our sense of community between parents, students, and staff.
Junior Cycle Results Please see attached letter from Ms. Caffrey outlining our aims with regards to the presentation of Junior Cycle results. Please note that there will be a further Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement ceremony, to which parents are invited, which will take place later on in the year.
End of Block 1 We enter the final week of block 1 this week. Students should have all assignments completed in good time to ensure that they are not under excessive pressure with regards to deadlines. I will outline the reporting procedure for these results in next week’s communication.
Insurance Forms The updated insurance forms have arrived. Many thanks to all those who have waited patiently for our updated policy. To those I placed on the long finger, if you contact me again, it would be most appreciated.
Minimed 2 students have been chosen from MTA for the Minimed programme in RCSI. Interested students were asked to express in a 200 word essay their rationale for selection to the programme. From these entries, a shortlist was constructed, and a random selection of the final number was made. We would love to be able to nominate all of the applying students, but unfortunately, this was not to be. I am sure that the 2 chosen students will represent our entire cohort with dignity, grace, and passion.