FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS - PROJECT INFORMATION 2017/2018 - Mercy Secondary School Ballymahon
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Mercy Secondary School Ballymahon
PROJECT INFORMATION
FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
2017/2018PROJECT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
Subject/Name of Project % of Details Date due Other relevant information
total
marks
awarded
Art 75% Minimum time: 42 hours April end. Drawing Exam: 25%
The drawing exam will take place in
A. Support studies: 2/A2 sheets (Exact dates May. The student will receive a
will be question paper seven days prior to
1. Support studies for 2D communicated this examination.
2. Support studies for 3D to pupils later
Support studies can be visual and written in in the year) 1 Hour Exam
form. Support studies should reinforce the 1 Drawing of natural/Man-made
relevant area of the project. A final selection Forms.
should be mounted on an A2 sheet.
1½ Hour Exam
B. 2D > A2 Painting or Graphic Design. 1 drawing of Human Forms.
1 A2 Preparation Sheet
C. 3D > model made from any suitable
modelling material.
1 A2 Preparation Sheet
D. Option / Craft
One of Pottery/Ceramics/Calligraphy
1 A2 Preparation Sheet
Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon
2017/2018PROJECT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
Subject/Name of Project % of Details Date due Other relevant information
total
Science marks
awarded
Practical Copy 10% of 30 Mandatory experiments completed over the Easter of 3rd
Junior first 2.5 year cycle. Reports written up in Year
Hard Back Science Copy Cert. practical copy after each experiment is
Marks completed.
D.E.S. Experiments 25 % The Department of Education & Science set 3 End of April
Do 2 out of 3 experiments after Christmas of 3rd year. 2018
Students do 2 of them and write up report in
special report booklets issued by D.E.S.
Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon
2017/2018PROJECT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
Subject/Name of Project % of Details Date due Other relevant information
total
marks
awarded
Music 25% Higher Level: After Easter Standard required:
4 pieces / songs 2018 Equivalent of 3 years of classroom
(1 instrument/voice) learning
Practical OR (Exact dates (c. Grade 1)
Examination 2+2 (2 instruments/voice) will be
communicated Students may perform solo or in
Ordinary Level: to pupils later group.
2 pieces/songs in the year)
(1 instrument/voice) An Examiner will visit the school
during the 2 week period in April.
Both Levels: Students should have pieces / songs
1 Unprepared Test learnt well in advance.
(Eg. Sight-reading, aural tests)
Emphasis is placed on the following:
Correct notes and rhythm,
Phrasing and expression
Musical communication,
Use of dynamics,
Confident performance,
(Group) Balance, awareness and
interaction.
Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon
2017/2018PROJECT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
Subject/Name of Project % of total Details Date due Other relevant information
marks
awarded
Religious 20% A 10 page Journal on a subject relevant to the April 2018 Emphasis on this journal work is
Junior Cert Religion syllabus. This course (Exact dates primarily centred on methodology
Education work will involve research, interviews, will be and research, drawing on reflective
questionnaires, surveys, film studies under the communicated skills.
guidance of their respective teachers. to pupils later
Religion Journal in the year)
Subject/Name of Project % of total Details Date due Other relevant information
marks
awarded
Home Economics 15% Rugplan Wallhanging Complete by Corrected by examiner during
(Higher & & end of Junior Cert Practical Exams
Ordinary Support Design Folder November in between March and April 2018.
Junior Cert Level) 3rd Year
Craft Project
Cookery Exam 35 % (Exact dates Corrected by examiner during
Higher Cookery Exam Practical & Design Brief Folder will be Junior Cert Practical Exams
Level communicated between March and April 2018.
to pupils later
45% in the year)
Ordinary
Level
Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon
2017/2018PROJECT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
Subject/Name of % of total Details Start Date Finish Date Additional Notes
Project marks awarded
Junior Certificate 60% - Ordinary The project is made up of two November April 2018 All work to be
Level parts: Artefact (Practical 2017 completed under
Technology (24% Folder + “Make” Project) and Folder supervision of the
Design & 36% Artefact) (Research, Ideas, Drawings (Exact dates (Exact dates teacher in school.
Realisation etc.) will be will be
50% - Higher All work submitted for communicated communicated
Level assessment must be the to pupils later to pupils later
(20% Folder + candidates own individual in the year) in the year)
30% Artefact) work.
The coursework must be
available for assessment on
the date of submission.
All coursework will be
examined by a member of the
SEC on/after date of
submission.
Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon
2017/2018PROJECT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
Subject/Name of Project % of total Details Date due Other relevant information
marks
awarded
CSPE 60% A ‘R.A.P.’ = A 10 page report on an action April 2018 Students would have completed a
taken by the class as part of a 12 week rough draft of their RAPS /
module of work. Actions include things like (Exact dates CWABS in 1st, 2nd or 3rd year. In 3rd
R.A.P. (Report on organising visits from guest speakers, will be year students rewrite 1
an Action Project) organising mock elections, doing surveys, communicated RAP/CWAB into the official
Or visiting places like Dail, Mountjoy, The Four to pupils later Department Booklet. This must be
Courts, Students report on the tasks involved, in the year) completed, handed up and signed
C.W.A.B. (Course their personal tasks, the skills they applied, for before date given later in the
Work Assessment what they learned and their reflections on the year.
Book) subject of the action. Only official Department Booklets
are acceptable. Students complete
A ‘C.W.A.B.’ = A report on a 12 week module Department booklets during class
of work. Students explain what the module time and shouldn’t have too much
was made up of, report on three of their work to do if they submit good
favourite classes, say what they learned, what draft project reports in 1st/2nd year.
they found interesting. They must give a short
account of an action taken as part of the
module, say what skills they used and must
draw conclusions and reflect on the module.
Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon
2017/2018PROJECT INFORMATION FOR PARENTS OF JUNIOR CERTS
Subject/Name of % of total Mark Details Start Finish Additional
Project awarded Date Date Notes
Junior Cert English Classroom Based Students submit four pieces 23.04.18 27.04.18 The assessment
Assessment (CBA) is 10% of their best work, which task will take place
of total marks awarded. offers students a chance to during their
English Classroom
celebrate their achievements English class.
based Assessment as writers. Two of these
samples will be written in the
assessment task booklet.
Students have completed an
Oral Assessment is 10% of oral assessment in second
total marks awarded. year. Teachers will record
this grade as part of their
final assessment.
To be assessed in June
Final Assessment is 80% of 2018.
total marks awarded
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