Transition Year:

Transition Year is a most important year in the school life of a pupil.  The benefits to pupils who    participate fully and enthusiastically are enormous.  The gain in confidence, maturity and independence, can be seen clearly by teachers over the course of a year .  It is a year when students are able to take time out from the normal pressure of exams and are given the opportunities to develop their personalities, and their talents, and many new skills.  It is also a year where students can take stock of themselves, look   outside of the school at the wider community and the world of work, and begin to plan and see where their future lies.

Full and active participation in Transition year also leads to better performance in the Leaving Cert. Teachers readily acknowledge that there is no comparison between the performance of the 5th year and Leaving Certificate of those who have actively participated in Transition Year and those who have not.

For these reasons  parents should actively encourage their children to participate fully and positively throughout the whole of Transition Year.  The very many benefits can only be gained by full time attendance and a positive attitude to all the work on hand.

Parents therefore have a vital role in ensuring that their son/daughter gains the maximum benefit from a year that will reap rewards for them well into their future lives.

Carmel McSweeney

Co-ordinator.

· Wide Variety of modules   · Educational Outings   · Work Experience (Two weeks)   · Emphasis on Personal Development   · Oral Communication, Debating   · External certification for many modules   · Magazine Production   · Skills  Acquisition   · Computers   · Art   · First Aid   · Horticulture   The 2010/11 Transition Year Sudents are pictured on the right in their class groupings.

The programme is based on ten week  modules. Classes rotate between these three times a year. The special modules offered may vary from year to year. There is a module on all the subjects offered at Leaving Certificate level within the school which include; Accounting, Agricultural  Science, Art, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Geography, Home Economics Soc. & Scientific, History, Physics, Technical Drawing.  This gives each Transition Year pupil an opportunity to sample each Leaving Cert. Subject.  This is designed to help pupils choose their Leaving Certificate subjects at the end of Transition Year. Pupils are expected to complete a diary of their activites. Samples of students work are retained by them in portfolios, one portfolio to be completed for each of the ten week blocks.  Pupils are assessed on their portfolio and diary. Students undertake two weeks work experience and complete a written report on their experience.  Students may be visited in their workplace by teachers from the school. Pupils are encouraged to participate in as wide a range of activities as possible.  Activities include: G.A.A.  Skills   First Aid  Course   E.C.D.L.   Fundraising-Charity Activities   Trips to Outdoor Adventure Centres   Hillwalking   Magazine Production,   Visiting performances, e.g. Chemistry, Magic Show   Horticultural visits   Trips to Career Exhibitions.   Many of these activites are optional but we would prefer all students to participate.

Below you will see a small selection of pictures of some of the activities that Transition Year Students take part in each year.
Cappanalea - looking cool??	Cappanalea- Ready for action!	Cappanalea - On the water
ECDL Scholars	Jamming at Song School!!	Cappanalea - having a laugh!
Brogan's Best Editorial Team 2009	Self Defense Classes	A visiting speaker

You can download more details on all our transition year modules by clicking here: >>>> Transition Year Module (further information) This document is in PDF format and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to open. If you do not have this installed, you can dowload it free from the Adobe website by clicking on the link below. Adode Acrobat Reader

The annual school magazine was first produced in 1993 by our Transition year students under the expert guidance of teacher,  Ms. Anne O Donovan. Below are the original covers of each magazine ( designed with the help and guidance of the Art department) and also the centre pages are available to view. These are currently being added so please check back again to see the full listing.  1993  1994  1995  1996  1997  1998  1999 2000  2001  2002  2003 2004 2005  2006  2007 2008  2009 2010
Brogan's Best 1993	Brogan's Best 1994	Brogan's Best 1995
Brogan's Best 1996	Brogan's Best 1997	Brogan's Best 1998
Brogan's Best 1999	Brogan's Best 2000	Brogan's Best 2001

Brogan's Best 2002	Brogan's Best 2003	Brogan's Best 2004
Brogan's Best 2005	Brogan's Best 2006	Brogan's Best 2007
Brogan's Best 2008	Brogan's Best 2009	Brogan's Best 2010

St Brogans Transition Year nurtures the GAA mentors of the future For many years now St Brogans has hosted a very popular GAA skills module during Transition Year. Mr Tom Nott is the Tutor and guides the students with the use of A clearly set put log book to get student to understand some of the technical issues in GAA. The feedback is always very good and Mr Nott has always complemented the enthusiasm of St Brogans students.

ODM Encourages a spirit of enterprise in Transition Years Here we see Transition Years who got involved in the new initiative sponsored by ODM Bandon. It is a great idea which encourages students to think of business ideas and follow through with the idea. The Transition years are carrying on a great St Brogans tradition which encouraged students to be innovative. In the present economic climate we all agree that young people will have to be inventive!! Hopefully St Brogans will impress the judges though we all agree that students have already got a lot out of the competition as they have learned so much.

Transition Years 'warm up' to Drama with Ms Nora Scanlon Thanks to a great Drama module Transition Years are getting a chance to put their acting skills to good use!! The editor notes that all of them are very good actors around the school !!!

Total Found: 6  

New Year 2010.... New Class ready for the Brilliant year ahead.

Finbar O Mahony at The Childrens Charity Shop

Ernies Incredible Illucinations'

Law Module

Final preparations for the Final of the Dragons Cave Enterprise Competition on Tuesday in Bandon

Transition year bank goes forward to the final for second year in a row.
		Into the Final in Croke Park for the second year in succession.!! What an achievement for the students involved with Mr Stephen Gilbert in this project.It is a great privilege to get to a final but also a sign of very hard work .The students this year like last year were a very committed bunch of young men who gave up a lot of time to maintainig very high standards of customer care. The final was held in Croke Park . Mr Mawe travelled with the team and Mr Gilbert. Like last year it was a very memorable day. Well done to all the Bank team and Mentor Mr Gilbert.

Total Found: 6  

Ola and her family Ms Mairead Sheahan(Art teacher in St Brogans) was over the moon to hear that her very talented art student ,Ola Fudali ,was a prizewinner this year.Transition year offers students the opportunity to focus on skills they have and make decisions on what subjects to keep on for the Leaving Certificate. We are quite sure that Ola will not have any hard decision about doing art!!

Brogans Best celebrate successful magazine completed A fantastic meal was arranged by Ms O Donovan in 'The Lodge' for all the students involved in the production of the magazine. This is always a great night as it gives students an opportunity to talk about the ups and downs of producing the magazine.Mr Philip 'O Crowley and Declan Clancy both past pupils of St Brogans put on a fantastic meal for all who attended.All agree that the magazine is a great learning experience in so many ways.Roll on next year!!?????????????

Display of students work

Graduation Night It is fantastic to see the display fo work presented on Graduation Night by transition years . Here we can see the high standard of work that each student presents at each table. It gives an opportunity for all to fully appreciate the skills that are learned during the year.

What a great opportunity to learn how to put on a mouth watering display. Transition Years doing the Home Economics module work hard in the run up to the open day to bake and freeze a wide variety of goodies.

Very hardworking Transition Years 2010/11 Evelyn and Marie are pictured here taking a rest from all the help they have been giving during the year . As they say ask a busy person if you want to get a job done so that is what everyone does......Ask these two very talented young ladies who are very artistic as well .

Roy Lordan,Ross Moynihan,James Galligan and Chris Harrington