The Story of Your Stuff.

2019/2020 Announcement Coming Soon                   

The EPA runs a video competition for second level students called The Story of Your Stuff. To enter, students get creative and visually tell us about an everyday object and its life story - how it's made and what it becomes when it's recycled.

YAOTY Award 2020

Registration is open NOW.      Closing date is 31st January 2020            

Animation Dingle are delighted to announce their continued sponsorship with Disney Channels UK and Ireland for the YAOTY Award 2020. Secondary school students from all over the Island of Ireland are invited to submit their short animated films to the national YAOTY awards. Entry is FREE. The competition is open to 4th (Transition Year), 5th and 6th year students in the Republic of Ireland.
The theme for YAOTY 2020 is "THINGS IN THE SEA".

GAA Museum

Closing Date: 17th January 2020          

The GAA Museum is inviting secondary school students to show off their writing prowess with an essay, short story or poem using the theme ‘’A GAA Legend”. Entries will be judged by a panel of talent-spotting experts, including writer Paul Howard.

Six West and the Atlantic Flight Training Academy

Deadline: 8th January 2020        

Six West and the Atlantic Flight Training Academy (AFTA) have jointly organised a Student Initiative Competition for students from 4th year (transition year) to 6th year to create awareness about Ireland’s thriving aviation industry. The competition is designed specifically to encourage and motivate students to consider an exciting career in aviation when thinking about their future. 

The Generation €uro Students' Award

Register by 1st Dec 2019          

The Generation €uro Students' Award is a leading economics competition for transition and 5th year students. It is run by the Central Bank of Ireland in conjunction with the European Central Bank (ECB) and is conducted simultaneously by other national central banks in the euro area.

They are searching for Ireland’s brightest young economists to enact the role of the European Central Bank’s Governing Council, perform their own analysis of the economy and set what they believe is an appropriate interest rate for the euro area.

Students enter the competition in teams of three to five, with a nominated teacher acting as mentor. Participants are tested over three different rounds – an online quiz, a written analysis and a presentation.

https://www.generationeuro.eu/

Logo Competition

Logo Competition

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 Closing Date: 06 December 2019          

The Minister of Education and Skills has announced a competition to select a design for a logo that represents Wellbeing in Education. This will be used on materials to support the good work being done on wellbeing in schools in Ireland. Senior Cycle students (including Transition Year) are asked to submit a drawing, painting or digitally-produced design. The winning entry will be selected by a panel of judges including design professionals and representatives of the Department of Education and Skills.

 More Information               Competition Poster

Ocean FM

Ocean FM are reaching out to schools across the region to offer a unique learning experience to your students.

We're accepting a maximum of 3 students per school (15 students total) to take part in the Ocean FM TY Media Week. This week long placement will take place from Monday 20th to Friday 24th January 2020 at the Ocean FM studios in Collooney, and is an ideal learning opportunity for students considering a future career in media.

There is no fee for taking part in the course, but we are expecting a high volume of applications! If you have any students interested in this placement just have them fill out the form attached & return to john.lynch@oceanfm.ie - the closing date is Friday December 13th at 5pm.

Ms. Farren has the forms for interested students. 

STEPS Engineering Your Future Programme 2020.

We would like to invite any Transition Year students in your school who have an interest in pursuing engineering to apply for the STEPS Engineering Your Future Programme 2020.

The full list of programmes and dates are available here: https://www.steps.ie/eyf.aspx

Applications are now open at this link:

https://steps.smapply.io/prog/2020_engineering_your_future_-_transition_year_programme/

The deadline for applications to be completed is Wednesday 11^th December 2020.

Please all students attending a DEIS school will not have to pay the fees for this programme.

We will be in touch with successful candidates by the end of January 2020.

What is Engineering Your Future

STEPS Engineering Your Future (STEPS EYF) is designed to inspire Transition Year students to study engineering.

STEPS EYF is an engineering experience programme that gives Transition Year students a hands-on, fun and practical insight into engineering at third-level and as a career.

During the programme, which is run over three to five days, students attend interactive talks and presentations; get hands-on experience with group-based activities; visit local industry and meet engineers at various stages in their careers.

STEPS EYF is coordinated by the Engineers Ireland STEPS programme and is hosted by third level institutes and industry around Ireland. Entering its 8th year, the annual Engineers Ireland Transition Year initiative has grown from five programmes in 2013 to 18 programmes in 2020 and has engaged over 1,700 students.

Simon Community Sleep In

Well Done to the the TY students who raised €220.50 in aid of the North West Simon Community.
See Thank You letter on TY Notice Board from Colette Ferguson.

TY Correspondence Courses

https://www.dcu.ie/sites/default/files/ctyi/ty_corr_brochure_2018-2019.pdf
CTY Ireland’s Transition Year Correspondence Courses offer students an opportunity to experience third level subjects in a supportive and encouraging learning environment. Over the course of six assignments, students will gain a deeper insight into their chosen subject, dealing firsthand with some of its core topics. The courses are also designed to help develop the skills in academic writing necessary in third level study. Students will learn to research, to handle difficult topics and to formulate their own opinions to construct their own piece of work. Over the course of the six assignments, these skills will advance and develop with the help and guidance of the tutors and course organiser. By the final assignment, participants should have a good feel for their chosen subject, which should assist in their future educational planning

TY Programmes

https://www.tcd.ie/study/other-courses/ty-programmes/
Find out more about TY progammes and Work Experience

STEM

https://www.smartfutures.ie/explore-discover/ty-opportunities/

Transition Year is a great time to try out different STEM subjects and to experience what it would be like to work in science, technology, engineering and maths jobs. 

Below you can find a number of resources that can give Transition Year students the chance to experience STEM first hand!