Transition Year Trip to the Zoo

The Zoo- 7^TH May- Christina Anderson

On Wednesday the 7^th of May an excited group of T.Ys, joined by an equally excited group of teachers, headed to the Phoenix Park for an Environmental Studies trip to Dublin Zoo.

            We arrived at the Zoo at around 10 o’clock and were split into groups for talks. After that we were allowed go off on our own and tour the Zoo ourselves. The weather was mixed going between the two extremes of heavy rain that turned into beautiful sun. Maps in hand we visited each enclosure and marvelled at the wonderful animals.

            We were lucky enough to have a talk by an actual Zoo Keeper at Dublin Zoo who talked to us about the History of the place but mostly about conservation and what is happening to the lives of rare and endangered species worldwide and what Dublin Zoo is doing to protect these animals. It was an interesting and informative experience.

            For lunch the T.Y 2014 group were sat around together enjoying the brief moments of sunshine on the grass. It was a completely different scene than at the start of the year when everyone kept to their own group of friends but now you could clearly see the development everyone had made as we all sat as one, talking together and sharing sweets. As the end of Transition year approaches, it was a lovely trip to spend time together and I have a no trouble saying everyone had a fantastic day.

Transition Year Manual

Transition year Manual 2013-2014

Newgrange 2014

On our first day back in the New Year, 4F accompanied by Mr. Dillion and Mr. Maguire travelled to Meath to visit the ancient and famous site of Newgrange. The class were given the opportunity to explore the inside of the historical passage tomb of the Boyne Valley and learn more about it in the museum on the site. It was an extremely windy and wet day but the tomb lived it up to the story and not a drop of water entered Newgrange. We walked around the site and the sun came out long enough for us to enjoy the beautiful view of the Boyne River. As we finished early we were lucky to visit Liffey Valley shopping centre as a treat and had some lunch there. It was an enjoyable and interesting day and I think we all learned a lot.(Christina Anderson)

TY Gelling Trip 2013

The Gelling Trip was a very highly anticipated event for all the girls of Transition Year, and what a great start to the year it was! Our adventure began when all 120 students of Transition Year gathered together at 6am on 4th September 2013 outside our school to set off for a 3-day trip that would be well remembered by all involved, including the 7 brave teachers who brought us. Sleepy-headed teenagers filled up three buses which departed the school at 6.10am, all bound for Dublin port.