Junior Cycle

Junior Cycle

Junior Cycle Subjects

As part of Junior Cycle in Dunamase College, students engage with a variety of subjects.

Wellbeing

Students follow a school developed Wellbeing programme incorporating CSPE, SPHE and PE. These are all short courses for accreditation and are supplemented by a variety of whole school initiatives and including Anti-Bullying, Safe and Ethical Use of Social Media, RSE. These topics are covered in class, at assemblies, with visiting speakers and thematic weeks and months throughout the school year.

Junior Cycle Terminology

CBA (Classroom Based Assessment)

CBA's are assessments that take place in 2nd and 3rd Year.

CBA calenders for 2025/2026

JCPA (Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement)

A JCPA is awarded to a student upon completion of their three year Junior Cycle

Other Areas of Learning

Students will also have the opportunity to engage with a range of other learning experiences as part of their Junior Cycle programme and these can be recorded on their Junior Cycle Profile of Achievement (JCPA). They could include extracurricular activities such as membership of the school student council or school clubs and societies, participation in school sporting activities, etc.

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Dunamase College,
Railway Street,
Portlaoise,
Co. Laois,
R32 WE02

057 866 4696


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