1. Subject Choice
1st year Parents

2. Subject Options Chose two from the following five Woodwork Metalwork
Art
Technical Graphics
Business

3. Materials Technology Wood Junior Cert
You will know the correct procedures to follow when developing an idea into a finished artefact e.g. a piece of furniture or a child’s toy etc.
You will be able to identify different trees, recognise their importance to us and our environment
You will also have the skills to make objects from wood and know how to apply appropriate finishes to them, e.g. paint, varnish, stain or polish.
Practical 66% Written 33%

4. Materials Technology Woodwork
1st Year: Comprises of a series of practical based projects aimed at introducing pupils to the principles of problem solving, measurements, chiselling & sawing techniques, health & safety and creativity.
We focus on freehand sketching (2D, 3D, isometric & perspective) and the initial design stages of projects thus improving visualisation skills and cultivating a more competent and confident individual.
2nd Year: Entails two double classes a week. 1st double class involves introducing students to the theoretical content (30 chapters) associated with Materials Technology Woodwork i.e. Types of Tress, Wood Conversion, Seasoning, Manufactured Boards etc. followed up with a summative assessment at the end of each topic.
The 2nd double class involves producing a series of generic practical based projects throughout the nine months with their own individual flare incorporated into the design engaging their creative skills.
The work is of a more challenging nature encouraging the pupil to engage in more higher order thinking and selection of process.
3rd Year: students prepare themselves for the Junior Certificate practical and theory exam (66% project/ 34% theory for higher & 75% project/ 25% theory ordinary)
An accumulation of all the processes and techniques acquired and mastered throughout the two years is put to the test in the design of a brief sent out by the DES (3higher & 3 ordinary)
A portfolio is also submitted with their project.

5. Materials Technology Metal
Metalwork for junior cert is predominantly a practical hands on subject.
The practical is worth 75% and is completed in class time.
The remaining 25% is sat in the written exam.
In second year it is about making simple models ( cars , trucks, planes) and attaching components like switches, motors and batteries to give movement.
We use different materials like copper, aluminium, steel and plastics.
You will also use different methods of painting and polishing objects
Metalwork leads to Engineering in leaving cert

6. Technical Graphics
In Technical Graphics you will learn how to represent 3-D objects on paper and on computer.
You will develop problem solving and creative thinking skills through the solution of graphical problems.
Technical Graphics helps you to think in a more logical and creative way.
You will be able to communicate information using diagrams and sketches.
To present information in a neat and organised fashion.
This subject will be of use to you if you want to progress into career areas such as architecture or engineering.
Leaving Cert DCG

7. ART
In Art, Craft, Design you will have the opportunity to create images and objects using a variety of tools, materials and special equipment.
To understand Art, Craft, Design it is important to make things yourself so that you learn and understand by doing.
There are many career opportunities - areas such as: photography, illustration, interior/industrial/fashion design, education and architecture.
Course-work in third year, you will do a school-based project, chosen from a list of themes
2D painting, poster design, photography/ photoshop
3D Sculpture construction using clay and wire
Craft lino print, stage design, animation
Junior Cert all practical no written exam

8. Business Studies
In 2016 the Business Studies Curriculum was updated by the SEC to help students gain an understanding of personal finance, encourage enterprise and gain an insight into our globalised economy
It helps students understand how decisions they make in their local communities can have an impact in this connected global economy
It encourages students to develop skills, such as IT and Numeracy. A Knowledge of consumer issues and instil values that will positively impact our connected world
Three subjects follow on from Junior Cycle Business Studies at Senior Cycle: Accounting, Business, and Economics.
Each one becomes more specific and allows you to concentrate more on the subject area you choose. If you wish to study any of these subjects for the Leaving Certificate, it would be advantageous for you to have studied Junior Cycle Business Studies.

9. Resources to assist in Subject Choice
(very comprehensive)
(gives access to past exam papers)
(allows you to see what is involved in the subject)

10. How to tell us your subject choice
Go to
Click on VSware icon
Go to Student Options
Click on the box next to each number below and a drop down menu of subjects will appear.
Choose 3 in order of preference
When complete – Options Completed will appear.
Closing date February 18th 2017