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More than 380 transition year students from all over the west including students from Balla, Ballyhaunis, Castlebar, Louisburgh, and Westport recently took to the stage in Breaffy House Resort a part of the Awakening concert. The event was a celebration of both modern church and contemporary music that had been described by many as Glee meets the X-Factor meets church music.

Transition year is the year after Junior Cert and before the beginning of the Leaving Cert cycle. It is different from typical school years in that it is not examined and therefore aims to develop a student’s maturity and to promote personal growth rather than purely focusing on academics. Transition year is not compulsory in most schools, but it is becoming more and more popular and in demand with many schools starting to offer TY programmes to its students.

Rehearsals for Our Lady’s Bower’s 2014 musical are already under way since the beginning of term. There are 90 transition year students involved in this ambitious production directed by Aishling Withers.

The transition year class at Balla Secondary School are hosting a business networking morning in the school assembly hall on Tuesday, February 26, from 9.30am to 11am.

To cut the transition year programme from the school curriculum would be to deny secondary school students the opportunity of gaining a truly holistic education which will stay with them throughout their lives.

Students in transition year are no doubt aware of the great opportunities that this year has to offer. As far as French is concerned, there is no better way to learn and appreciate the language than to spend some time in the country.