Each year students in St Kieran’s College must make decisions regarding the subjects they wish to sit for their Junior and Leaving Certificate Examinations. These decisions are made towards the end of 1st Year and Transition Year respectively. Students will make their decisions in consultation with their teachers and parents. In order to help both parents and students make a more informed decision regarding the subjects to choose, a meeting will take place for 1st Year and Transition Year parents in the College Theatre/online where advice and assistance will be given in order to ease this process.
The first document is our Guide to Subject Choice for 5th Year. This document provides a summary of the presentation given by our Guidance Counsellors Mr Brian Dowling, Mr Liam Smith and Ms Eadaoin Maher at the meeting with parents each year and outlines some of the factors that parents and students should consider when making subject decisions for the Leaving Certificate and how they may affect their pathway to 3rd Level education, apprenticeships and the world of work later on. To further help in this process we have also included below on the right a subject description of all courses which are on offer here in St Kieran’s at Senior Cycle.
A Guide to Subject Choice at Senior Cycle
It is a great honour for St Kieran’s College to have been selected by the Department of Education as one of only 40 schools nationwide to pilot the new Leaving Certificate Physical Education course. We have integrated this new course into our curriculum. The specification for Leaving Cert PE is available here
We are also very grateful to Mr Brian Dowling, Mr Liam Smith and Ms Eadaoin Maher who are the Career Guidance teachers in St Kieran’s College and continues to guide students in many areas, including their subject choice. Mr Dowling, Mr Liam Smith and Ms Eadaoin Maher possess a wealth of knowledge in the area of subject choice and their presentation is available here
1st Year Subject Choice
After Christmas of their first year in the school, 1st Year students will also make choices regarding subjects for 2nd Year. The information contained in the documents below should help parents and students during this process. The school will organise a meeting for the parents of 1st years, usually in January each year before the Parent/Teacher Meeting and every assistance will be given to both students and parents to ease the process.
1st Year Subject Choice Presentation
If students, or parents, have any questions about the subjects or the process they should contact the school and we would be delighted to help.
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Wednesday 25th |
Staff Day (No school for students) |
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Thursday 26th |
6th Years return to school at 8:50am |
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Thursday 26th |
Induction for First Year students at 2pm |
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Friday 27th |
Third and Fifth Year students return at 8:50am |
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Monday 30th |
Second Year and Transition Year students return to school at 8:50am |
| September | |
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Friday 3rd |
Leaving Certificate Results |
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Friday 17th |
Sports Day (To be confirmed) |
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Monday 11th |
TY Work Experience Begins |
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Friday 22nd |
Mid-Term Break Begins |
| November | |
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Monday 1st |
School Reopens after Mid-Term Break |
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Thursday 4th |
LC Careers Information Evening (TBC) |
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Thursday 11th |
Sixth Year P/T Meeting (TBC) |
Please note: It may be necessary to reschedule some of the above times and dates. Please check back to this webpage throughout the year for confirmation of the most up to date information.
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Monday 2nd |
School Closed (Bank Holiday) |
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Thursday May 5th |
3rd Yr Parents Evening for TY |
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Friday 3rd |
Summer holidays begin @1pm |
| August | |
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Thursday 25th |
Staff Day - No school for students |
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Friday 26th |
6th Year students return to school at 8:50am |
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Friday 26th |
1st Year Induction begins at 11am |
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Monday 29th |
3rd & 5th Year students return at 8:50am |
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Tuesday 30th |
2nd Years & Transition Year students return at 8:50am |
| October | |
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Monday 17th - Friday 28th |
TY Work Experience |
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Friday 28th |
Midterm Break Begins at 1pm |
| November | |
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Monday 7th |
School reopens after Mid-Term Break at 8:50am |
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Thursday 10th |
6th Year Careers Information Evening at 7pm |
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Thursday 17th |
6th Year P/T meeting (4:15 -6:45pm) |
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Thursday 24th |
3rd Year P/T Meeting (4:15 -6:45pm) |
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Friday 25th |
Staff Training Day - No school for students |
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Monday 28th |
JCT Cluster Day - No school for students |
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Thursday 8th |
5th Year P/T Meeting (4:15 -6:45pm) |
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Wednesday 21st |
Christmas Holidays begin at 1pm |
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Thursday 5th |
School reopens after Christmas at 8:50am |
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Tuesday 12th |
Subject Choice Meeting for 1st Year Parents |
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Thursday 19th |
1st Year P/T Meeting (4:15-6:45pm) |
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Thursday 26th |
2nd Year P/T Meeting (4:15-6:45pm) |
Please click on the relevant links below for Junior and Leaving Certificate State Examination Timetables for 2022. The very best of luck to all of our Junior and Leaving Certificate students who are sitting State exams in June. Junior Cert Exam Timetable 2022 Leaving Cert Exam Timetable 2022
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