Transition Year has been part of Ballincollig Community School for 14 years and each year it evolves in new and different ways. TY is compulsory in BCS and currently we have 96 students participating.

Well over two thirds of secondary schools in the country offer TY and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) say that TY is intended to allow students time and space to mature and to explore their talents without the pressure of exams.

Transition Year gives students a more rounded education and an additional edge in the Leaving Certificate and is possibly the first real experience of the wider world.

There are many benefits of TY, namely it promotes:

• Personal development -Maturity in outlook and behaviour
• Social development -Social awareness
• Educational development -Academic work
• Vocational development -Work experience

Activities in which students partake include:

• Work Experience
• Retreats
• Outdoor Pursuits
• School visits to and from Our Lady of Good Counsel School
• Eurofoot
• School Tour
• Dance
• Tennis
• Self Defence (Cert)
• Swimming
• Rugby
• Soccer
• First-Aid (Cert)
• Pre-driving
• Golf
• Horse Riding
• Self Presentation (Cert)
• ECDL (Cert)
• Photography
• Food Craft
• Film Studies