Wellbeing

Ra,onale for Junior Cycle Reform

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• ChangingneedsofstudentsinIreland

•  FocusonKeySkills

•  FocusonWellbeing

Wellbeing in the classroom

•  IndicatorsofWellbeingarereferencedinallnewspecifica?ons

• PE•  SPHE• CSPE• GuidanceRelatedLearning

Wellbeing in the school

• Keypersonnel–YearHeads,GuidanceCounsellor,SENteam

•  Extracurricularac?vi?es

• Valueplacedonstudentvoice

•  Importanceofpartnership

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JuniorCycleProfileofAchievement(JCPA)

TheJCPAwillbeawardedinDecembera8er3rdYear1.   ResultsofJCexams–newwording2.   DescriptorsofCBA’s3.   OtherAreasofLearning

Other Areas of Learning

1.  Basedonnon-examac?vi?esHelpingwithopennight,anonexamproject,partofrugbyteam,memberofstudentcouncil,wroteapoemforan?-bullyingweeketc.

2.  WriXeninMayof3rdYearbystudents3.  Mustshowevidenceoflearning4.  Choose3–5(limitedwords)5.  PartofJCPA

New Junior Cycle Subjects •  3rdYears(2020)•  English•  Science• Business•  Irish•  Language• Art(op?on)

•  2ndYears(2021)•  English•  Science• Business•  Irish•  Language• Art(op?on)• Music• Maths• History• Geography• CSPE

JCPA •  Examresults–newwording • CBA’s–Descriptors

•  ExcepRonal

• AboveexpectaRons

•  InlinewithexpectaRons

• YettomeetexpectaRons

CBA’s and the Assessment Task

• CBA1–descriptor• CBA2–descriptor–linkedtotheAT• ASSESSMENTTASK• Donea^erCBA2• Keptsafeinschool–putwithexamscriptinJuneof3rdYear• Worth10%ofJuneexam•  SchoolScheduleofCBA’sandAssessmentTasks

Science CBA 2ndand3rdYears

2 Formats

CBA2ndYear• Experimentandreport

CBA3rdYear• Researchandreport