Junior Cycle Blog
Wellbeing: Student Voice
It is acknowledged that the Wellbeing of young people is enhanced when their views and suggestions are sought and there is a meaningful response to them (Flynn, 2014). Listen to two Stratford College students give informed feedback on their experience with Digital Portfolios and their Digital Grade Profile as part of their Junior Cycle English learning. read more →
1st Year Science students working on stem cell project
Over the past few weeks, the 1st years have been doing a project on stem cells for Science. read more →
Are Students Happy? PISA 2015 Results: Students’ Well-Being (published April 2017)
On average across OECD countries, 15-year-old students are satisfied with the life they are living: they report a level of 7.3 on a scale of life satisfaction that ranges from 0 to 10. But around 12% of students, on average, are not satisfied with their life:they report 4 or less on the scale. read more →
Junior Cycle: Publications for Parents and Guardians
Parents and Guardians can download publications about the Junior Cycle from the Junior Cycle website - www.jct.ie. read more →
2nd Year English students participate in debating module
Since early February, Ms. Reynolds and her 2nd Year English class have been preparing for their new oral assessments by participating in a debating module. read more →
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Wellbeing in Junior Cycle
The Framework for Junior Cycle 2015 provides for a new area of learning at Junior Cycle called Wellbeing. read more →
1st Year English students produce their own Stratford newsletters
Throughout September and October, Ms. Gordon's 1st Year English class were working industrially to create their own newsletters. Most of the work was done collaboratively and online using OneNote. read more →
1st Year English Students work collaboratively online for their Bob Dylan project
Times are a changin' in the 1st Year English classroom with Ms Gordon. 1Y have spent the early weeks in November not only examining Bob Dylan's lyrics but are using their OneNote class notebook to collaborate online to capture their work. read more →
New Junior Cycle Science
Ms O'Sullivan and her 1st Year Science students are working on a project about Stem Cells as part of the new Junior Cycle Science curriculum. read more →
New subject specifications for 1st Year Business and Science students starting in September 2016
1st Year students starting this September will be taught Business Studies and Science according to new Junior Cycle subject specifications. These new subject specifications are part of the current Junior Cycle curriculum reform. Links to these specifications are included in this blog. read more →