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St Pats Junior Cert Class

2019 9 & 2020 Pa Paren rents ts Information

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Even ening ng

What's Changing?

• 2. Subjects

JC 2018 JC 2019 JC 2020 JC 2021 JC 2022

What's Changing?

• 3. Assessment Methods

1.Junior Cert/Cycle Exams

(June 2019/2020)

How will students be assessed in Junior Cycle?

2019

• Business Studies
• Science

2020

• Art Craft & Design
• Modern Foreign

Languages(No final exam)

Common Level Papers

• 1. English (JC 2019 & 2020)
• 2. Gaelige (JC 2020)

3.Maths (JC 2021)

Higher & Ordinary Level

Assessment

How will exam papers be graded in the Junior Cycle?

• 3. Assessment Methods
• 2. Classroom Based Assessment

(CBA) How will students be assessed in Junior Cycle?

CBA 1 – 2nd Year (All JC subjects) CBA 2 – 3rd Year (Most JC subjects)

CBAs will be undertaken during a defined time period within normal class contact time and to a national timetable. It will be an option for schools to use CBA results to replace school Summer or Christmas exams depending on time of year the CBA is completed .

CBAs will be reported on using the following descriptors:

• Exceptional
• Above Expectations
• In Line with Expectations
• Yet to Meet Expectations

• 4. Assessment Methods
• 3. Assessment Tasks

How will students be assessed in Junior Cycle?

Will be undertaken during a defined time period within normal class contact time and to a national timetable. Based on findings from CBA2 in most subjects Sent to State Examinations for correction The Assessment Task is based on the student’s CBA 2 and will involve the student completing the written Assessment Task in an exam style booklet. Worth 10% of overall JC result in most subjects

Junior Cert Profile of Achievement

December 2019/2020

What's Changing?

• 5. JCPA

JC JC Res esul ults ts Da Day

11th September 2019

JC JC Resu esult lts s

But what is an ‘

Other Area of Learning?’

Oth ther er Ar Area eas O s Of Lea earni ning ng

The most important thing to remember is that an OAL is School related.

So it happened here; While you were wearing a variation of this; OR

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uitable table Achie ievement ements s for inclusion lusion as s an OAL;

Took part in the shoebox appeal in Religion

Specific Awards you have won for sporting or cultural achievements at the end of year award ceremonies in first, second and third year. Winning a prize for attitude, behaviour or attendance at a school award ceremony Being part of a schools sports team/panel Member of the Students council Entered a competition – BT Young Scientist/Art Competition Taking part in the organisation of a charity fund-raising event in school Taking part in the Business entrepreneurial competitions Member of the Green school committee Actively involves in setting up and helping to run a lunchtime club Member of the school debating team Member of the school choir Involved in a school mass in first, second and third year. Played a leading role in the JC CSPE project

OAL AL Ho Home mework

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Achievement /Activity Date/Year Completed

What you did, learned and benefitted from this Teacher/Facilitator comments & signature

• You must have no less than 2 and no more

than 5 OAL’s on your JCPA

• This section of the JCPA has a limit of 150

words or 760 characters,