Junior Cycle Achievement Report

Junior Cycle Update 

As directed by the Minister of Education, Junior Cycle has been cancelled and there is no State based Certification for Junior Cycle. The Minister has directed all schools to run assessments in the month of May and award an Athy College Achievement Report. 

End of term assessments for 3rd year will go ahead in the final 2 weeks of May. The format of these exams will be online assessments. Our subject departments have decided on these and will communicate dates and assessments with students through email and Google Classroom. 

The May assessment is only a part of their Junior Cert/Cycle exams. Subjects will use a combination of assessment/coursework/practical work and mock exams to determine each student's final grade. 

The school will produce an Athy College Achievement Report over the course of the June to recognise each student’s abilities, achievements and performance. They will receive a final grade for each subject, as well as the marks for their completed CBA’s.

This Achievement Report will also be available to parents through our online VSware system,

How the final grade (what goes on their profile of achievement) for each subject will be decided:

Irish:
Mock Result- 30%, Coursework including CBA 1- 10%, Online engagement - 10% and Online assessment- 50%

Maths:
Mock result- 40%, class test average- 40% ,  online engagement- 10%  and a online assessment- 10%

Visual Art:
CBA/MOCK Result 70%  and Online Practical Project 30%

Science:
Mock Exam Result + Predicted Increase = 80% and CBA 2 Project = 20%

English:
Mock- 50%, online engagement - 20% and coursework-30%

MFL( Spanish/French):
Mocks - 40%, Online Assessment 50%, Online engagement 10%


Religion:
50% Online Exam, 20% Course work(journal), 20% Mock results,10% Online Engagement

MTW:
Mock results- 70% and practical coursework- 30%

Technical Graphics:
Mock result- 40% Coursework - 60% 

History: 
Online Exam 60%, Mock 30%, Online Engagement 10%

Home Economics:
Ordinary Level =  60% practical coursework (granted by SEC); 10% mock result; 30% online final assessment.      Higher level = 50% practical coursework (already granted by SEC); 10% mock results; 40% online final assessment.

Business Studies:  
Mocks 30%, CBAs (1&2) 40%, Online Exam -30%

Geography:
Mocks 50%, On-line Exam -  50%

Metalwork:
Mock- 70%  grade of their project- 30%

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