When we return from our Midterm break this morning, we are straight into:
- TY Applications for current 3rd years, followed by
- Senior Cycle Subject Choice for current TY’s and for those 3rd years going straight into 5th year.
- Will your son choose to add on LCVP (Leaving Cert Vocational Programme with his traditional Leaving Cert?
- Will he choose to do Leaving Cert Applied?
- This is an important decision for any current 3rd/TY year student to make and we encourage all parents/guardians to become involved, both at home in discussion with your sons and to attend our Parent Info Evenings, as offered here.
The Guidance Department will be holding Subject Choice workshops for our current Transition Year students on Monday, February 24th and for existing Third years on Wednesday, February 26th.
We are holding a Parents’ Information Evening to look at the Subject Options for Senior Cycle (meaning those going into 5th year) and at what is Transition Year (for those 3rd years who are considering going into TY in September) on Thursday, February 27th at 7pm.
The following week, on Tuesday, March 4th, we will be inviting all incoming 5th year students to engage in a taster day on all subject options on offer.
In a nutshell, those doing TY’s are sorted first. Once their decisions are made we will concentrate on the remaining 3rd years and the TY’s who will be doing 5th year –
Þ what subjects will they do?
Þ Will some of them choose Leaving Cert Applied (LCA)?
Þ Will they do the Leaving Cert Vocational Programme (LCVP) as an add on to their traditional Leaving Cert?
All this and more information will be provided to your sons and to those parents/guardians who attend. Your sons will need you to listen and advise them as they make their decisions for the coming year.
