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St Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush
Europe's first CFES School of Distinction

Transition Year

Transition Year

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the St Joseph’s Rush Transition Year (TY). TY is an optional year that takes place after 3rd Year, once students have completed their Junior Cycle exams, and before they enter the Leaving Certificate programme in 5th Year. The vast majority of students opt for TY.

The TY curriculum in Rush is built around the needs and interests of our students . It capitalises on the talents and expertise of our teaching staff and seeks to develop links with our local community, enabling students to strengthen their sense of connection with where they live. The focus is on building skills that will be of benefit to our students in their day-to-day lives and better prepare them for their educational journey going forward. TY in Rush targets and aims to improve the skills of communication, creativity, managing myself and working with others. I hope you find this page useful and informative and that it will give you a taste of what Transition Year in Rush is all about. You will find information on the TY curriculum, links we have developed with partners and friends in our community, articles written by students on the different events they’ve been involved in, our photo gallery and TY student blog for 2019-2020.

Ciarán Reade
Transition Year Coordinator


Transition Year 2019/2020 in Review

A selection of TY Student Work Experience Reports and reflections on different opportunities, experiences & trips are available to read here: http://www.stjosephsrush.ie/page/TY-Student-Reflections-Work-Experience/69005/Index.html

Below find a link to the TY 19/20 Graduation Video and an interactive book of more TY pictures & reflections on the year that was had.

Feb 03
2026
Mock Exams 3rd & 6th Yr students
Feb 09
2026
TY Work Experience
Feb 13
2026
TY Module 2 ends
Feb 16
2026
Feb Midterm break
10-Feb-2026
Med Day is a workshop day dedicated to giving 2nd Year students studying Junior Cert Science an insight into what it's like to pursue a Health Sciences-style course at third level.
10-Feb-2026
TY EU Studies students attended a Zoom call with MEP Nina Carberry . This was an engaging question and answer session. The second EPAS teachers’ seminar took place hosted by EPLO at Europa Experience. Visit to Europa experience and The Dail.
29-Jan-2026
Congratulations to our team of four TY students who have qualified for the finals of the 2026 Certified Irish Angus Schools' Competition. This will take place in Croke Park on March 6th 2026. Best of Luck in the Final.
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