Curriculum information

The school provides the following subjects at Junior Certificate level:
Irish, English, Mathematics, History, Geography, French, Spanish, Science, Business Studies, Art, CSPE. Students will usually sit nine or ten of these subjects in their Junior Certificate.

The junior cycle also has non-exam programmes in Computer Studies, Religious Knowledge, Social Personal & Health Education, Physical Education and Sport.

The school has an oratory where Mass is celebrated each day. Students have the opportunity of attending a class Mass once each week. Annual class retreats are also held.

The school provides the following subjects at Leaving Certificate level:
Irish, English, Mathematics, History, Geography, French, Spanish, Physics-Chemistry, Business Studies, Accounting, Economics, Art, Music. Students will usually sit seven of these subjects in their Leaving Certificate. Subjects are timetabled from year to year to maximise student choice. The senior school also has non-exam programmes in Religious Knowledge, Physical Education and Sport.

The school gives importance to co-curricular trips abroad. Each year, outside of term, most students in the school have the opportunity to participate in a trip abroad. All these trips have a language or cultural emphasis and may last from 8 days to 21 days. Full details on trips are usually available in the school newsletter.

 

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