European Studies
Transition Year Module
St Attracta’s Community School
Tubbercurry, Co Sligo
Transition Year – what is it?
• Year 4. [post Junior Cert]
• Non academic year.
• Students offered new opportunities to explore
and engage with many tasks without exam
pressure.
• TY students at St Attracta’s may participate in
dramas/musical, work experience, driving,
charity work, numerous competitions.
European Studies
• European Studies is a TY module in our school.
• 3 x 40 minute classes per week.
• [Tuesday – 40 minutes
• Wednesday – 80 minutes]
• 83 students – divided into 4 eight week modules.
• Each TY student offered opportunity to
participate in European Studies Programme.
European Studies
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Using map of EU countries – students working
in groups of 4 teach each other about 28
countries.
Students must learn:
location of each country.
its capital city.
its flag
its currency and its population
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• Students must be
able to recognise
each flag, and give
information about
the relevant
country.
European Studies
• http://www.sheppardsoft
ware.com/European_Geo
graphy.htm
• Teams can compete
against each other using
these websites.
• http://www.lizardpoint.co
m/fun/geoquiz/euroquiz.
html
• Students can compete at
various levels, recognising
countries, their locations,
capital cities etc.
• [Found on European
Studies website, games
section]
• Prizes given to best team
at end of module.
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Name the country?
Where is it located?
Name its neighbours?
Population.
Language/s.
Capital city.
European Studies
• Classroom is filled with
information on
European Countries
and the workings of the
EU
• Each student must pick a country within EU
and do a short project on chosen country.
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Project work
• Specific headlines are given:
• Choose an EU country.
• Capital city, language, population, religion,
culture, flag....
• Students must translate phrases such as
• Hello how are you? I’m fine, thank you.
• What’s your name? My name is______
• Where do you live? I live in __________
Project work
• Students present their project to the rest of
the class and teach each other about the EU.
• Projects are presented in Power Point and
students take down information and practise
the phrases with each other working in their
groups.
• Native speakers
(German/Italian/Lithuanian/Polish students
are invited to class to help practise phrases)
Competitions
The EU Institutions
• Students are taught about the workings of the
EU institutions and students invited both local
MEPs Marian Harkin (Sligo) and Jim Higgins
(Mayo) to visit our them.
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Marian Harkin
Jim Higgins
Links with other schools in Europe
• We have set up links
with other schools in
Europe.
• Secondary school in
N.E Sweden
Bergskolefroken,
students email, skype
and ‘snapchat’ each
other.
Links with other schools in Europe
• The students of Lulea and their teacher Sari
have made a short video clip of their school
and their area for us. We are currently
working on a similar project.
• https://www.dropbox.com/s/hsynwbcndtw7a
e2/Sweden.m4v
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Links with other schools in Europe
• On March 26th 2014 we
will hold a ‘skype music
session’ with our
partner school in
Sweden.
• Swedish students play a
selection of songs for us
for approximately 20
minutes and we played
a sample of Irish tunes
for them.
European Studies
• Mr Jim Horan runs the
local ‘Europe Direct’
office at the Library
building in Tubbercurry.
Europe
Direct Office
at
Tubbercurry
• He has visited our
classroom and invited
students to visit the
office. Students can
access information locally
on EU.
European Studies
• Thank you for listening.
• I hope you found it somewhat useful.
Martina Roddy
St Attracta’s Community School,
Tubbercurry, Co Sligo