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Dear Parents and Guardians,

This board is designed as a one-stop shop for all information relating to the Junior Cycle. Here, you'll find easy access to timetables, CBA details, subject guides, wellbeing supports, and key dates to help you and your child stay informed throughout the year. Please check back regularly for updates.

Best regards,

Emma Daniel
JC Cycle Co-ordinator

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Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs) Explained

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Classroom Based Assessments (CBAs) Explained

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CBAs are assessments that students complete in class, which are reported on in their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA). Every subject has specific CBAs, which take place in 2nd and 3rd Year, focusing on skills and understanding developed in real-time.

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You can find our school's current CBA schedule for all subjects by clicking on the posts below. Please note dates may be subject to slight adjustments. More info can be obtained from your child's subject teacher.

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Click Title 1 12/11/2015 Junior Cycle Information for Parents Part 1

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Click Title 1 12/11/2015 Junior Cycle Information for Parents Part 2

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Junior Cycle

The Junior Cycle places the student at the centre of the learning process. It allows for new ways of learning and a broader range of skills to be properly assessed.

Principles, Key Skills and Statements of Learning

Underpinning the Junior Cycle are a set of principles, key skills and statements of learning. These will ensure that your child receives a rich educational experience that has both breadth and depth. Your child will have access to a varied curriculum of knowledge, skills and values.

Eight principles for Junior Cycle:

These eight principles underpin and inform the planning for, as well as the development and implementation of, junior cycle programmes in all schools. The eight principles of Junior Cycle are:

Learning to Learn

Choice and Flexibility

Quality

Creativity and Innovation

Engagement and Participation

Continuity and Development

Inclusive Education

Wellbeing

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Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement & Other Areas of Learning

What is the Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA)?

As part of the Framework for Junior Cycle (2015) the reporting process at junior cycle culminates in the award of the JCPA to students. The school generates the JCPA certificate. It will report on student achievement across a broad range of areas of learning in Junior Cycle. The JCPA, alongside other reporting arrangements in Junior Cycle, will offer students/teachers/parents/guardians a clear, broad picture of a child’s learning journey over the three years of junior cycle. Results of State Examinations, CBAs, Other Areas of Learning and Other Areas of Wellbeing will be outlined in the JCPA.

This certificate will be distributed to students after the appeal process for the State examinations has concluded.

What are Other Areas of Learning?

OALs records student achievement, involvement and participation across a broad range of areas of learning through school-based activities in Junior Cycle. Some examples include sporting activities, charity fundraisers, involvement in school events, school clubs and student leadership roles. Unfortunately, activities participated in outside of school are not allowed to be considered in the JCPA.

All 2nd Years will be given guidance on how to write OALs

The final OALs are to be submitted by students in FORMS at the end of May 3rd Year.

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CBA Calendar Overview 2025-2026 EDaniel live

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CBA Calendar Overview 2024-2025 EDaniel live

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CRAAP Test Handout

The CRAAP Test is a list of questions you can ask yourself in order to determine if an information source is reliable. Please keep in mind that the following list of questions is not static nor is it complete. Different criteria will be more or less important depending on your situation or need. So, what are you waiting for? Is your source credible and useful, or is it a bunch of . . . !

Currency: The timeliness of the resource. Information is current and updated frequently

If relevant, when was the information gathered?

When was it posted to the web/published in print? When was it last revised?

Are links (if a website) functional and up-to-date? Are resources listed still pertinent to the topic?

Is there evidence of newly added information or links?

R elevance/Coverage: The uniqueness of the content and its importance for your needs.

Authority: The source of the resource. Defines who created the content, the individual or group's credentials/expertise and provides contact information

A ccuracy: The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the informational content.

P urpose: The presence of bias or prejudice/The reason the resource exists.

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Research Guides: Library Guide to Research: 6. Evaluate Your Sources

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Research Guides: Library Guide to Research: 6. Evaluate Your Sources