New Subject Specifications in Junior Certificate Classical Studies and Jewish Studies
The last of the new subject specifications for Junior Cycle are commencing this year.
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Stratford College one of nine schools chosen to participate in DES School Excellence Fund – Step Up Project.
Stratford Teachers participating in the Step Up Project took part in a joint seminar in a Leadership for Learning series organised by support agencies of the Department of Education and Skills on Friday 17 May 2019. The project will continue next year.
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Global Competency: Preparing Our Youth for an Inclusive and Sustainable World
Can schools promote global competence?
Schools play a crucial role in helping young people to develop global competence by:
* providing opportunities to learn about global developments;* teaching students how they can develop a fact-based and critical worldview of today;
* equipping students with the means to analyse a broad range of cultural practices and meanings;
* engaging students in experiences that facilitate intercultural relations;
* promoting the value of diversity
3rd Year Science students make video to highlight climate change
3rd Year Science students have made this video to highlight the issues of climate change and join the #TAKEYOURSEAT and ACTNOW.BOT campaign headed by Sir David Attenborough at the UN conference for Climate Change.
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Junior Cycle Classical Studies teachers get their first in-service training of revised curriculum
On Tuesday, 20th November Junior Cycle Classical Studies teachers had the first in-service training day on the newly revised curriculum. Stratford College was part of this process.
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The NCCA invites on-line consultations on draft specifications including Leaving Certificate Art and Junior Cycle Jewish Studies and Classics and Relationships and Sexuality Education. See here for more details.
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Student Voice: a teacher-student partnership in school experience
The National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) is consulting with students to help inform them in their curriculum development work in early, primary and post-primary education levels. On a European level there is the Bridge to Learning project.
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Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement: Special Assembly to mark the occasion for TY students
This month marks another small watershed in Irish education when young 16 year old students will receive the first Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement around Ireland. Here in Stratford we are marking this occasion with a school assembly.
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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.
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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.
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