The Parents’ Association AGM will take place online on Wednesday 8th December at 7pm. Guest Speaker on the night will be Ms Elma Walsh. Parents will be sent details for how to receive the link to the meeting. All parents are welcome to attend.
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
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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Thursday 26th |
Sixth Year students return to school at 8:50am |
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Thursday 26th |
First Year Induction at 2pm |
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Friday 27th |
Third and Fifth Year students return to school at 8:50am |
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Monday 30th |
Second Year and Transition Year students return at 8:50am |
| September | |
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Friday 3rd |
Leaving Cert Results |
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Friday 17th |
Sports Day |
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Monday 11th |
TY Work Experience Begins |
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Friday 22nd |
Mid-Term Break Begins at 1pm |
| November | |
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Monday 1st |
School reopens after Mid-Term Break |
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Thursday 4th |
Sixth Year Careers Information Evening at 7pm |
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Thursday 25th |
Sixth Year P/T Meeting Online (4:15-6:45pm) |
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Friday 26th |
Staff Training Day (No school for students) |
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Monday 29th |
Free Day (No School for students) |
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Thursday 2nd |
Fifth Year P/T Meeting Online (4:15-6:45pm) |
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Thursday 9th |
3rd Year P/T Meeting Online (4:15-6:45pm) |
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Wednesday 22nd |
Christmas Holidays Begin at 1pm |
The Parents’ Association AGM will take place online on Wednesday 8th December at 7pm. Guest Speaker on the night will be Ms Elma Walsh. Parents will be sent details for how to receive the link to the meeting. All parents are welcome to attend.
A reminder to all parents that Friday 26th November is a Staff Training Day and Monday 29th is a free day so the school will be closed for students on these days. Thank You.
In the absence of being able to hold Parent Teacher Meetings in-person due to Covid restrictions, it has been decided that Parent/Teacher Meetings will take place online this year as follows: 6th Years – Thursday 25th November 5th years – Thursday 2nd December 3rd years – Thursday 9th December All parents will receive the necessary […]
