St Kieran’s College Subject Choice for 2 nd Year
St Kieran's College EVERY STUDENT WILL STUDY TWO BANDED SUBJECTS TO JUNIOR CERTIFICATE LEVEL TOGETHER WITH THE CORE SUBJECTS: Irish English Mathematics History Geography Science C.S.P.E. Religion S.P.H.E. French/Spanish
St Kieran's College BANDED SUBJECTS: ART TECHNICAL GRAPHICS MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (WOOD) MUSIC TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS STUDIES
St Kieran's College ART Natural Ability Creativity Very little “study” but time consuming Especially re. Practical Section of the Junior Cert Exam
St Kieran's College TECHNICAL GRAPHICS Spatial ability Precision – attention to detail Very little “study” (book work) but homework can be time consuming
St Kieran's College TECHNOLOGY Element of Physics, Design, Drawing and Manual Skills Creativity, precision – attention to detail
St Kieran's College MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY (WOOD) Manual skills and precision with little “study” involved [in conjunction with City Vocational School]
St Kieran's College MUSIC Natural ability Creativity Interest Practical Section of Junior Certificate
St Kieran's College BUSINESS STUDIES Some value as foundation subject for Accounting, Economics and Business in Leaving Certificate
St Kieran's College USEFUL WEBSITES www.qualifax.ie www.careersportal.ie www.curriculumonline.ie
St Kieran's College Although students will only study two banded subjects in 2 nd and 3 rd year, they are requested to select three subjects in order of preference from the list
St Kieran's College The banding of subjects is dictated by the number of students interested in studying each subject.
St Kieran's College Example of Bands Band A : Business A Technology A Tech. Graphics Music Band B : Business B Technology B Woodwork Art In this example there are 2 classes each in Business Studies and Technology and one class in each of Technical Graphics, Art, Music and Woodwork
St Kieran's College COMPLETED FORMS TO BE RETURNED ON Date to be confirmed
St Kieran's College Further information will be available on the school website: www.stkieranscollege.ie/school
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