Transition Year students took part in a workshop run by James Fahy from Re-design Ireland. The aim of this workshop was to get them to become more environmentally conscious about their consumer choices and to be aware of their daily carbon footprint. This course is designed to aid students in applying their learning to real-life …
Read MoreCongratulations to the winners, participants, and organisers of the TY DCS Halloween Covid-19 Mask Competition.
Read MoreWe are delighted to announce that the 17th edition of the Journal of the Old Tuam Society will be in shops on Friday 6th of November. This year we have five students from Dunmore Community School whose articles were chosen to be published. Earlier in the year we entered Break the Seal competition and as …
Read MoreTransition Years are organising a Covid-19 Compliant Halloween Face Mask Competition for Friday 23rd October. Make your own Halloween Covid-19 Compliant face mask Prizes for the best homemade and decorated mask in your year and the best male and female masks in the school overall. There will be a prize for the best staff mask …
Read MoreOn Tuesday 13th October our Transition years took a leap of faith and participated in a virtual poetry slam workshop. Working with Stephen Murray via zoom made the workshop interesting and challenging and has hopefully highlighted to them the importance of developing their online communication skills. For further information please see www.inspireland.ie
Read MoreOn Tuesday 6th October Transition Year students worked with Katie and Yvonne from Adaptable Solutions. They took part in an interactive workshop where they gained valuable insights into the challenges that individuals with disabilities face on a daily basis.
Read MoreOn Thursday 1st October Ms. Scarry and Ms. Grehan accompanied DCS TY to BaySports, Athlone. On a beautiful, sunny day the students engaged in the activities available at Ireland’s largest inflatable waterpark spread out over 1400 sq metres. Among the inflatables, they took on Tír na nÓg, the world’s tallest floating slide with plenty of excitement.
Read MoreBest of Luck to our Transition Year Students who will organise various sporting events for our staff & students this week as part of European Week of Sport.
Read MoreWell done to Amy, Jessica and Laura on getting through to the finals of the Break the Seal Competition, we are very proud of you all. Their excellent presentations were played online at the finals of the Break the Seal on Thursday. We are delighted to announce that Jessica was placed 3rd overall in the …
Read MoreTransition Year Review 2019-20 This linked article is a summary of some of the events that were organised by Ms. Scarry and the Transition Years. Its is a shame that due to an international health pandemic our year had to end so abruptly. This article was written to remind our students of all the amazing …
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