Wellbeing
Ra,onale for Junior Cycle Reform
• OldJuniorCertoutdated
• 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
JuniorCycle
TheCer?fica?onofthe
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