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Ardscoil Rís Senior Options Information Night

27th February 2017. Ardscoil Rís Senior Options Information Night. Agenda. Who and What Do I Want to Be?. Which One Do We Know??. What We Are Doing. Senior Options. Leaving Cert Established. Core Subjects Examined (3) Irish English Mathematics Non Exam RE including RSE Careers.

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Ardscoil Rís Senior Options Information Night

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  1. 27th February 2017 Ardscoil Rís Senior Options Information Night

  2. Agenda

  3. Who and What Do I Want to Be?

  4. Which One Do We Know??

  5. What We Are Doing

  6. Senior Options

  7. Leaving Cert Established • Core Subjects • Examined (3) • Irish • English • Mathematics • Non Exam • RE including RSE • Careers Option Subjects (4) • Choose from 14 Subjects • Option form. • Total of 7 subjects examined at Leaving Certificate plus LCVP if eligible.

  8. Optional Subjects • Fourteen choices • Choose six, do four from: • French • Spanish • History • Geography • Business • Accounting • Economics • Music • Construction Studies • Design and Communications Graphics • Biology • Physics • Chemistry

  9. Choosing Options • Think ahead to the next step • Keep options open for 3rd level • College entry : Points + Entry Requirements

  10. Business Studies Accounting Business Economics Science Biology Chemistry Physics Business and Science

  11. Woodwork Construction Studies Technical Graphics Design and Communication Graphics (DCG) Construction and DCG

  12. Humanities Art Geography History Foreign Languages French Spanish Humanities and Foreign Languages

  13. HL Irish Some level 8 degrees have Irish as a core entry requirement, e.g. Irish The main consequence of dropping higher level Irish: precluded from studying to be a primary school teacher in any of the Irish training colleges HL Maths Several level 8 degree programmes require a minimum grade in higher level maths. Engineering, computer science, science, information and computer technology courses and most degrees that include maths as a core subject. Subject Options – 3rd Level Requirements

  14. Third Language • NUI colleges (UCD, NUI Maynooth, UCC and NUI Galway and their associated colleges) require a pass in a third language • Exceptions • Not for engineering, science and agricultural courses • NCAD (if not doing art) Laboratory Science • Science courses require at least one lab science, e.g. science, physiotherapy, etc. • RCSI medicine – chemistry plus biology/chemistry • TCD medicine – 2 sciences • Chemistry is required for veterinary studies • Geography – science for general entry science in UCD and TCD, but not DCU Subject Options – 3rd Level Requirements

  15. Important Dates March 2017 • 2nd March DATS tests with third year students • 13th March LC subject choice forms to be handed out • Subject discussions with students • 24th MarchLC subject choice forms to be returned

  16. Useful Sites • qualifax.ie • careersportal.ie • examinations.ie • studyclix.ie

  17. CHOOSING SUBJECTS Choose subjects the student: • Likes • Has achieved well in • Needs for their future • Is prepared to work at • Link talents to subjects • Talk to teachers, siblings, cousins • Look at senior cycle text books • Choose a good mix of subjects to keep college and career options open

  18. Not sure? Safe option • English, Irish and Maths • Take at least one science subject • Keep your modern language • Take 2 other subjects that you are good at, or that you enjoy and will do well at. N.B. - Points restrict entry to many courses more than subjects do.

  19. Next Steps

  20. The Form

  21. Summary

  22. 27th February 2017 Ardscoil Rís Senior Options Information Night Transition Year 2017

  23. Transition Year

  24. AIMS Education for MATURITY with emphasis on social awareness & increased social competence Promotion of general, technical and academic SKILLS with an emphasis on interdisciplinary and self-directed learning Education through experience of ADULT & WORKING LIFE as a basis for personal development & maturity

  25. The Programme in Ard Scoil Ris

  26. The Calendar Layer

  27. Transition Specific Layer

  28. Subject Sampling • Modern Language (Russian, German, Japanese) • Drama • Music • Science • Home Economics • Technical Graphics • Psychology • Criminology • Music

  29. Core Subjects

  30. TY as a Different Way of Learning

  31. 2017-2018 • Aim to provide 3 classes of 24. • Forms distributed tomorrow afternoon. • Lottery as normal – students notified by post. • 1-52 will gain automatic entry- they will not choose subject options. • 53-72 will form the next class if a third class is feasible – they will choose subject options.

  32. 73+ on a waiting list. • Feasibility of a third class will not be known until May. • Dependent on additional teaching resources being allocated from Department of Education

  33. Finally • Most Employers want a good graduate, but not of a particular type • Keep your options open as long as possible – keep your science and language if possible • Students should work as hard as they can now to get the best grades in their Junior Cert as this can often affect at what level they take a subject for the Leaving Cert. • If they are unsure, ask a teacher or the Guidance Counsellor for help • Good luck with your decisions!

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