Transition Year Personal Statement Hello my name is Aoife Woods, I am 15 years old. I live with my mom, older sister, younger brother and dog. These are some points in which I want to and feel like I am best suited for transition year. Why I want to do transition year? The main reason why I want to do transition year/ty is because of the opportunitys I feel it will give me, I think I will benifit from the work experience since I’m not very sure what I would like to do after school. My second reason for wanting to do ty is because of the public speaking opportunitys I will have throughout the year within the musical and the debating team. The last reason for wanting to do ty is because I want to have a year to find myself and have time away from the stress of study and exams. I would also like time to mature for awhile. My aims for the year are to: - Get more involved in school activities and events such as the ty musical, debating team and feel good week. - As a person I want to be more outgoing and confident. - To make more life long friends. - Try new subjects and learn an instrument and a language. - Have more hobbies. - Get a part time job. My 5 objectives for the year are: - I would like to become more confident in public speaking by getting on the school debate team and taking part in the musical. - make more friends and long term relationships and too make life time memories. I can do this by getting to know new people. - try new subjects, learn an instrument and a new language because of the wide range of subjects and activities I will be doing in ty I feel that I will accompilish this. - I want to have more hobbies going on from this year and I feel like with the little extra time I will have more time to get back into the hobbies I use to love. - I want to have a part time job for the ty year because I think it will benifit me for later life and it will give the skills I will use at some point in my life. I am suited for transition year because: I am in the same boat as every other person in the year because most or nearly all of the students in ty don’t know what they want to do after school or want a less stressful year after the junior cert. Thank you for taking the time to read my personal statement. Aoife Woods