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Great Reads Award 2017: students asked to read and rate Junior and Senior books
Subject Blogs, Classics/History, Library / 19 September 2017

Great Reads Award 2017: students asked to read and rate Junior and Senior books

The Great Reads Award 2017 is up and running, with the shortlisted books now available to borrow from the Library. Now in its second year, the Great Reads Award is organised by the School Library Association in Ireland (SLARI). Students read the books and rate them in two categories - Junior and Senior. The author with the most ratings in each category win a prize. The school with the most rating entries also win a prize!

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Are Students Happy? PISA 2015 Results: Students’ Well-Being (published April 2017)
Subject Blogs, Subject Blogs, Subject Blogs, Subject Blogs, Wellbeing, General School News, General School News, General School News, General School News, Junior Cycle, Parents Association, Student Council / 9 September 2017

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.

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Politics and Society: a new Leaving Certificate subject starting September 2018
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Politics and Society: a new Leaving Certificate subject starting September 2018

Politics and Society is a new Leaving Certificate subject and will be available to all schools from September 2018.

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Computer Science: new Leaving Certificate subject will be introduced in September 2018
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Computer Science: new Leaving Certificate subject will be introduced in September 2018

The NCCA (National Council for Curriculum and Assessment) published the draft specification for the new Leaving Certificate subject of Computer Science in June 2017. It is currently in the consultation phase which is due to end on 22nd September 2017.

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Summer Reading for students and parents alike
Subject Blogs, English/Drama, Library, Parents Association / 19 June 2017

Summer Reading for students and parents alike

With the start of the summer holidays, students should be actively encouraged by their parents/guardians to read for pleasure and parents/guardians should also read as an example to them. Go to your local public library, join your local public library summer reading programme or ask your friends what they'd recommend to read. In this blog a number of websites are listed where you can get lists of books to read.

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