CAO points to change for Leaving Certificate 2017
All students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2017 will be scored using a new grading system. Essentially there will be fewer and broader grade bands.
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TY Work Experience Week
The TY students did a week's work experience from 13th - 17th February. A number of TY students recount their week of work.
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Cybersafety Guidelines
In a report published by The Guardian newspaper on Sunday, 25th December 2016, experts call for official guidelines on child screen use. In a related topic, The Irish Times published a list of suggested rules for use of smartphones on Monday, 26th December 2016.
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Higher Education Authority publishes Performance Report for years 2014/15
The Performance Report reviews the performance of the Irish higher education system for the years 2014 and 2015, in critical areas such as access and responsiveness to skills needs.
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TY students work with Sky Mentor and visit Sky Careers Lab
Throughout late September and October, the TY students have been working with a Sky Mentor and visited the Sky Careers Lab. Cath Barry explains what they've been doing over the past few weeks.
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Leaving Certificate students attend Higher Options exhibition
On Friday, 16th September, 5th and 6th Year students visited the Irish Times Higher Options exhibition in the RDS. 5th Year students - Alannah Anderson, Katie Webb, Geordan O'Brien-Sheridan and Conor Doheny - recount the day.
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Tech Week 2016: TY students listen to talk about “IT is not just for geeks”
As part of Tech Week 2016, Lisa D'Arcy and Colette Talbot, employees of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and representing CWIT (Connecting Women in Technology) gave a talk about "IT is not just for geeks" to the TY Computer Studies class on 19th April.
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Parents Association organise interview practice for Leaving Certificate students
On Thursday, 10th March, the Parents Association organised an evening of practice interviews with HR managers for 5th and 6th Year students. Carmel Grey, Kate Dempsey and Rory Murphy contribute their thoughts.
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TY students describe their Work Experience week
For one week in mid-February, the TY class went out on work placements. The array of work experience is broad and some of the TY students reflect on their week out in the workplace.
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Assessment for Learning (AfL) and new grading systems
The way teachers assess students' progress, as well as the grades themselves are changing. Leaving Certificate subjects in 2017 will have a new grading system.
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