The Junior Cycle places students at the centre of the educational experience and offers students more active ways of learning. Over the three-year Junior Cycle students will engage in a number of classroom based assessments that will help develop life-long skills. While there will be a final summative assessment, set and marked by the State Examination Commission, the new Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement that each student will receive at the end of their three years, will capture all the areas of learning that students have been engaged in.
Subjects Studied for Junior Cycle
- Irish(Core)
- English(Core)
- Maths(Core)
- Religion(Core)
- P.E.(Core)
- Modern Foreign Language(French OR German)**(Core)
- History(Core)
- Geography(Core)
- C.S.P.E.(Short Course)(Core)
- Business Studies*
- Science(Core)
- Home Economics*
- Visual Art*
- S.P.H.E.
- Music*
- Applied Technology*
- Wood Technology*
- Engineering*
- Wellbeing (First Year Only)(Core)
- Digital Media Technology (First Year Only)(Core)
* First Year students sample these subjects for 12 weeks before selecting which two subjects to study for Junior Cycle
** First Year students will sample both French and German for 8-10 weeks before deciding which Modern Foreign Language to continue with for Junior Cycle.
After First Years select their two Option Subjects and one Modern Foreign Language, they will study 9 Examinable subjects(English, Irish, Maths, History, Geography, Science, Subject Option 1, Subject Option 2 and French or German), and 1 Short Course in CSPE for the Junior Cycle Examination at the end of Third Year.