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RTÉ History in the Junior and Senior Cycle history classroom Updated / Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 16:53 From the Great Irish Famine to the revolutionary period of the early 20th century, RTÉ History provides a wealth of accessible material by noted historians, along with a huge range of maps archival images and more, to support secondary school history students The three-part documentary The Irish Revolution premiered on RTE television in February 2019. Narrated by Cillian Murphy and based on ...

Some Leaving Cert students sat the deferred exams because they did not received calculated grades, which replaced the June exams. Others wanted the option to achieve a better grades or grades than they were awarded in the calculated grades process. Most students sat only one two or three subjects, with a view to maximising CAO points for college entry. Students may combine the best results from calculated grades and the November exams for CAO purposes. Many of those who sat the exams will be ho...

Deputy Principal appointed at St Louis school Reporter:  ); The Board of Management of St Louis Dundalk has announced the appointment of Mary Gilmore as permanent Deputy Principal after three years in an acting role. Mary has been a permanent teacher of English, History and more recently Philosophy in St Louis Dundalk since 1991, having worked part-time in the school since 1988. Mary also taught in St Vincent’s Secondary School, Dundalk, Our Lady’s College Greenhills Drogheda and St Lou...

It sought out to flesh out various options, in the face of the unexpected closure of schools since Christmas and the stress that the uncertainty is causing Leaving Cert candidates in particular It was arranged after a survey by the Irish Second Level Students’ Union (ISSU) where four in five students, predominantly sixth years, voted for having a choice between calculated grades and exams. A similar trend has emerged in a smaller survey by the National Parents Council Post Primary, according ...

The afternoon nap which changed the world of chemistry Updated / Friday, 5 Apr 2019 07:54 The periodic table: "a landmark event that was to transform chemistry from a tangle of disorganised facts into a disciplined science". Photo: iStock Analysis: Its 150 years since Dmitri Mendeleev came up with the Periodic Table of chemical elements and transformed chemistry Whats all the fuss about? Dmitri Mendeleevs discovery in St Petersburg in 1869 was a landmark event that was to transform chemistry...

Contrast He said the response to students on this occasion was in marked contrast to last year when ministers had ruled out alternatives to the traditional Leaving Cert, despite opposition from students. Teachers’ unions have voiced their opposition to calculated grades or assessing their own students this year and support holding a traditional Leaving Cert. However, Ms Foley has warned that the longer schools remain closed, the greater the challenge will be in holding a traditional exam. ...

More than 13,000 of those who responded to the survey, which was conducted between January 7-15, were sixth years. That represents more than one in five Leaving Cert candidates. According to the ISSU, “motivation amongst Leaving Cert Students is extremely low and their mental health is in a very poor place. “ The union said that some students felt the Department of Education was not recognising the mental toll current circumstances were taking on them. Current sixth years missed months of s...

Leaving Cert 2021: Students want a choice of written exam or Calculated Grades 73% of second-level students said they feel either very unsafe or unsafe at schools reopening. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Wednesday 20 Jan 2021, 2:40 PM Jan 20th 2021, 2:40 PM 27,528 Views 30 Comments Image: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland Image: Laura Hutton/Photocall Ir...

Most Leaving Cert students want choice between calculated grades or sitting exams Some 20,000 responses to survey conducted by Irish Second Level Students’ Union Wed, Jan 20, 2021, 19:19   Most secondary school students want a choice between receiving calculated grades or sitting the Leaving Cert exams this year, according to a survey. The next most popular option was calculated grades with ongoing assessment (25 per cent). The current plan to hold the Leaving Cert exams in June attracted 4...

Sunday 17 January: Catch up on RTÉ Player  -  A Midsummer Nights Dream (Junior Cert 20212 and 2022 - 2016 production with John Hannah and Matt Lucas) Sunday 24 January:King Lear on RTÉ Player (Leaving Cert 2021 - 1982 version with Brenda Blethyn, Michael Hordern); Sunday 31 January: Julius Caesar on RTÉ Player (Junior Cert 2021 and 2022 - 1979 version with Charles Grey) Sunday 14 February:Romeo and Juliet on RTÉ Player (Junior Cert 2021 and 2022 - 1978 version with Alan Rickman, Antho...