Class Teacher: Mollie Henshaw
SNA's: Eimir
The transition from school to adult-life is extremely challenging for all young people. For young people with learning disabilities the challenges are significantly greater and these young people require varying degrees of support from all the significant adults in their lives (parents, family, teaching team, support services etc.).
At age 16, students leave the ‘formal’ stage of their education in St Brigid’s and enter a two-year programme of preparation for life after school.
An outline of this programme is as follows
Communication & Literacy
Numeracy
SPHE
Career Preparation
Health and Safety
Extra subjects include;
Personal Effectiveness, Music, Drama, Religion, P.E, S.E.S.E and Gaisce Awards
We also follow QQI -Level 2 which students will work towards and will receive formal accreditation on successful completion. Here, the students will have the opportunity to learn new skills that may have a personal relevance to them.
The main focus of this class is preparation for leaving school. Therefore all subject matter has practical application for use in the outside world. While the class room is our base, a lot of learning involves our community and we use it to the student’s best advantage. Social training is an integral part of the student’s development. We are ideally situated to put the theory into practice .
As part of the Career Preparation, each student participates in the WALK PEER Programme. Our WALK facilitator helps the students to make informed decision about their next steps in life and to bridge gaps to mainstream further education, training, and employment.
Their role is:
• To support the student to develop your goals, confidence, and independence
• To support the student to make informed career choices.
• To help the student to prepare for, find and stay in paid employment
Welcome to class of 2023/2024
Students in Secondary Yellow tell you about all our class
Our halloween decorations in woodwork with Mr Maloney
We found a hedgehog in the school garden!