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Distance Learning
Created : 21 Mar 2020, 9:44 AM
Archived : 31 May 2020, 1:00 AM
Archived : 31 May 2020, 1:00 AM
In these extraordinary times we want to thank our students & teachers who have embraced online teaching & learning. Student engagement has been very positive. It's new to everybody but we can make it work #distancelearning #remotelearning #Covid_19
School Book List
Created : 15 May 2019, 2:41 PM
Archived : 30 May 2020, 1:00 AM
Archived : 30 May 2020, 1:00 AM
The ISK 2019-2020 school book list is now available www.isk.ie/about/policies/
Junior Cycle - Revised arrangements for Classroom Based Assessments for students in Second Year in 2019/20
Created : 28 May 2020, 10:59 AM
Archived : 28 May 2020, 10:59 AM
Archived : 28 May 2020, 10:59 AM
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Revised arrangements for the completion of Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs) for
the cohort of students 2018 – 2021 (current 2nd Years entering 3rd
Year in 2020)
May 2020
Students returning to school in the next school year will have experienced a disrupted period of
learning in 2019/20 because of the unprecedented effects of measures such as school closure
introduced to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the best efforts of teachers and schools to
mitigate the effects of disrupted schooling, the learning experience of students has varied across
schools. In this context, schools and next year’s third year students could experience an unfair and
disproportionate challenge in having Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs) from the academic year
2019/20 along with the CBAs from the academic year 2020/21 to complete, when schools resume for
the new school year.
The following assessment arrangements for CBAs will now apply:
▪ The requirement related to CBA completion for this cohort of students has been changed. In the
exceptional circumstances prevailing, each student must complete only one CBA in each subject
and short course taken rather than the usual two in each subject.
▪ Current deadline dates for completion of CBAs for second year students (in the academic year
2019/20) have been extended into the first term of the school year 2020/21. Schools may wish to,
and be able to, complete CBAs in the remaining period of the current term.
▪ The school management and its teachers, in discussion where feasible with students, will choose
the one CBA to complete for each subject. However, there will be some exceptions to this choice:
- To ensure assessment of oral communications skills, students must complete CBA 2:
Communicative Task in Irish and CBA 1: Oral Communication in Modern Foreign
Languages.
- As they are linked in each case with the final examination in the subject, students studying
Visual Art, Home Economics, and Music must complete CBA 2.
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▪ Students will still be required to complete an Assessment Task (AT) related to the final
examination in their subjects. However, while currently the AT is associated with CBA 2, the AT
for this cohort of students will be associated with the particular CBA chosen, either CBA 1 or CBA
2. All Assessment Tasks will be undertaken following completion of CBA 2s in third year.
▪ The design of the Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA) for 2021 will need to be adjusted to
take account of the revised arrangements for CBAs.
Whilst these arrangements for CBAs are a response to a specific, exceptional challenge, they also aim
to:
▪ Encourage school autonomy and acknowledge teaching and learning decisions that have been
made at school level in recent months
▪ Reduce the number of CBAs that schools will need to schedule and complete in the first term of
the school year 2020/21
▪ Ensure, as far as possible, that CBAs completed by second year students in the academic year
2019/20 (in school or remotely) can be recognised and reported on in the student’s JCPA
▪ Reduce the overall number of CBAs to be completed thus mitigating potential over-assessment of
this cohort of students in third year.
Social Distancing
Created : 21 Mar 2020, 9:43 AM
Archived : 28 May 2020, 1:00 AM
Archived : 28 May 2020, 1:00 AM
We encourage all our school community, especially our students, to adhere to HSE guidelines on social distancing to stop the spread of #Covid_19. We understand it's hard but we all need to play our part to end this as soon as possible. Thank you for your understanding #StaySafe
The Kerryman Article
Created : 24 Mar 2020, 8:51 AM
Archived : 27 May 2020, 1:00 AM
Archived : 27 May 2020, 1:00 AM
Some great direction and advice from the Principal and teachers in this week's copy of The Kerryman newspaper. A must read for exam students.
Message from Michael D Higgins to young people
Created : 23 Mar 2020, 5:32 PM
Archived : 23 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Archived : 23 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Please click on the link for a message from Michael D Higgins
president.ie/en/media-library/news-releases/statement-from-president-of-ireland-following-his-signature-of-the-health-preservation-and-protection-and-other-emergency-measures-in-the-public-interest-bill-2020
Televised Shakespeare Plays
Created : 04 Apr 2020, 10:53 AM
Archived : 22 May 2020, 1:00 AM
Archived : 22 May 2020, 1:00 AM
RTE will be showing some Shakespeare plays that will be of interest to Junior and Leaving Cert English students. Here's the schedule......
Student Guide to Studying from home
Created : 21 Mar 2020, 11:19 AM
Archived : 21 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Archived : 21 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Please click on the doc for some helpful subject tips..
Virtual Recital
Created : 20 Mar 2020, 3:11 PM
Archived : 20 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Archived : 20 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Please click on this link - www.isk.ie/friday-recital/ - for the virtual recital or go to www.isk.ie and you will find it under "Policies & Information" on the homepage
Important: State Examinations Press Release
Created : 19 Mar 2020, 12:23 PM
Archived : 19 May 2020, 12:00 AM
Archived : 19 May 2020, 12:00 AM
STATE EXAMINATIONS COMMISSION
PRESS RELEASE
Impact of School Closures on Examination Activities
As a result of the current closure of all schools in the State, the impact on the state examination
activities scheduled at this time and in the near future has been considered by the State
Examinations Commission (SEC) in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills.
Consequently, the SEC is confirming;
• The cancellation of the oral and practical performance tests of the Leaving
Certificate and Junior Cycle examinations, which had been scheduled to take place
from next Monday 23rd March to Friday 3rd April, and to award full marks to
candidates due to take these tests;
• That schools and candidates are allowed flexibility in relation to the completion of
other project work and coursework across a number of subjects which are currently
scheduled to be completed in the period 20th March to 24th April. Students will now
be allowed to complete this work up to 15th May, which will allow candidates time
to complete this work.; and
• That the SEC, in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills, will
continue to monitor the evolving situation very closely and will act in accordance
with Government and public health advice
These decisions have been taken on foot of a recommendation from the SEC, working in close
collaboration with the Department of Education and Skills, acting in the best interests of
students in the exceptional circumstances we find ourselves in. The intention is to alleviate
student concerns about the demands they may be facing into in the coming weeks.
The oral and practical performance tests will not be rearranged and full marks will be awarded
to candidates for these components. The tests which have cancelled were due to have been held
from Monday 23rd March and to run until Friday 3rd April. The tests comprise the Leaving
Certificate oral tests in Irish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and Japanese; practical
performance tests in Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle Music; and a practical performance
test in Junior Cycle Home Economics. Awarding full marks for these cancelled components
guarantees that candidates cannot be awarded a lower mark than they would have achieved in
the test. The SEC considers that this is the fairest approach in the circumstances. In making
these arrangements the SEC is stipulating that candidates will take their final examinations in
these subjects at the level they indicated when confirming their subject choices to the SEC
earlier this year, other than continuing to allow Leaving Certificate candidates to drop down
from Higher to Ordinary Level on the day of the final examination.
In making these recommendations the SEC has been acutely conscious that the period from now
until June is an exceptionally busy period for candidates preparing for their certificate
examinations especially those getting ready for the high stakes Leaving Certificate. During this
period of unexpected absence from school, candidates are bound to have concerns about the
demands of examination activity when they return to school particularly as they will wish to
refocus their efforts on their preparations for the written examinations commencing on the 3rd
June. Student welfare is of utmost concern at this time and the SEC wishes to provide
reassurance to students and their parents and to provide clarity about what they need to focus
on during their absence from school.
At Leaving Certificate, students are working towards the completion of project work and
coursework in various subjects with completion dates between 20th March and 24th April. At
Junior Cycle, students may be completing assessment tasks and project work. In recognition of
the current loss of class time during which much of the project work is undertaken, schools and
candidates are now being allowed flexibility to complete this work up to 15th May, which will
allow candidates time to complete this work.
The SEC and the Department of Education and Skills are continuing to monitor very closely the
evolving situation regarding upcoming examination activities.
Candidates should continue to prepare for the practical examinations scheduled for the end of
April and early May and the final examinations scheduled for May and June. In the period
Monday 27th April to Friday 8th May, the timetable includes practical examinations in Leaving
Certificate Art Life Sketching, Engineering, Construction Studies, and Junior Cycle
Metalwork. There are also final examinations during May which will see these subjects being
completed in their entirety before June (LCVP Link Modules on Wednesday 6th; Leaving
Certificate Applied ICT on Wednesday 13th; and Leaving Certificate Computer Science on
Wednesday 27th May). The written examinations are due to commence on Wednesday 3rd June.
Delivering the state examinations each year requires a partnership approach between the SEC,
teachers, school principals and the education partners. The SEC will continue to engage
collaboratively with the education stakeholders and the Department of Education and Skills in
the weeks ahead. The SEC will continue to act in accordance with advice from Government and
public health authorities in relation to this rapidly evolving public health emergency.
Notes for Editors
The timetables for the final written examinations and the schedules for other examinations and
assessment activities (project work; coursework; practical tests, etc.,) ae available here
www.examinations.ie/?l=en&mc=ex&sc=tt
