St Pats Junior Cert Class 2019 9 & 2020 Pa Paren rents ts - PDF document

St Pats Junior Cert Class 2019 9 & 2020 Pa Paren rents ts Information ormation Ev Even ening ng

What's Changing? 2. Subjects JC 2018 JC 2019 JC 2020 JC 2021 JC 2022

What's Changing? 3. Assessment Methods How will students be assessed in Junior Cycle? 1.Junior Cert/Cycle Exams (June 2019/2020) Higher & Ordinary Level 1. English (JC 2019 & 2020) 2. Gaelige (JC 2020) 3.Maths (JC 2021) Common Level Papers 2019 2020  Business Studies  Art Craft & Design  Science  Modern Foreign Languages(No final exam)

Assessment How will exam papers be graded in the Junior Cycle?

3. Assessment Methods How will students be assessed in Junior Cycle? 2. Classroom Based Assessment (CBA) CBA 1 – 2 nd Year (All JC subjects) CBA 2 – 3 rd Year (Most JC subjects)  CBAs will be undertaken during a defined time period within normal class contact time and to a national timetable.  It will be an option for schools to use CBA results to replace school Summer or Christmas exams depending on time of year the CBA is completed . CBAs will be reported on using the following descriptors: • Exceptional • Above Expectations • In Line with Expectations • Yet to Meet Expectations

4. Assessment Methods How will students be assessed in Junior Cycle? 3. Assessment Tasks The Assessment Task is based on the student’s CBA 2 and will involve the student completing the written Assessment Task in an exam style booklet.  Will be undertaken during a defined time period within normal class contact time and to a national timetable.  Based on findings from CBA2 in most subjects  Sent to State Examinations for correction  Worth 10% of overall JC result in most subjects

What's Changing? 5. JCPA Junior Cert Profile of Achievement December 2019/2020

JC Res JC esul ults ts Da Day 11 th September 2019

JC JC Resu esult lts s

But what is an ‘ Other Area of Learning?’

Oth ther er Ar Area eas O s Of Lea earni ning ng The most important thing to remember is that an OAL is School related. So it happened here; OR While you were wearing a variation of this;

Ex Examples ples of of Sui uitable table Achie ievement ements s for inclusion lusion as s an OAL;  Specific Awards you have won for sporting or cultural achievements at the end of year award ceremonies in first, second and third year.  Winning a prize for attitude, behaviour or attendance at a school award ceremony  Being part of a schools sports team/panel  Member of the Students council  Entered a competition – BT Young Scientist/Art Competition  Taking part in the organisation of a charity fund-raising event in school  Taking part in the Business entrepreneurial competitions  Member of the Green school committee  Actively involves in setting up and helping to run a lunchtime club  Member of the school debating team  Member of the school choir  Involved in a school mass in first, second and third year.  Played a leading role in the JC CSPE project  Took part in the shoebox appeal in Religion

• You must have no less than 2 and no more than 5 OAL’s on your JCPA • This section of the JCPA has a limit of 150 words or 760 characters , OAL AL Ho Home mework ork Jo Jour urna nal l P 101-102 P 1 02 Achievement Date/Year What you did, learned and Teacher/Facilitator /Activity Completed benefitted from this comments & signature