Curriculum

New Junior Cycle Information for Parents

St Patrick’s College will be offering the new junior cycle to all incoming Junior Cycle students. A quick guide to the Junior Cycle Programme offered by St Patrick’s College is here A short and useful pamphlet for parents on the new Junior…

JCSP

JCSP or the Junior Cert Schools Programme is offered to all students in Junior Cycle in St Patrick’s College. Students take the JCSP programme along with the Junior Cycle. Being part of JCSP means that St Patrick’s College can take advantage…

Business Studies

Business Leaving Certificate business creates an awareness of the importance of business activity and develops a positive and ethical attitude towards enterprise. The learning experiences in business develop students’ critical thinking, creative…

History in St Patrick’s College

History is compulsory for all students at St Patricks College to Junior Certificate level. A History module is available to all Transition Year students. It is one of a range of many subjects taken at Leaving Certificate level where it has become…

TY Mini Company in St Patrick’s College

T.Y. Mini Company Module Plan Duration:Sept-Dec Aims: To enhance business skills in T.Y. students To provide T.Y. students with an opportunity to run their own business To co-operate with outside agencies to achieve their goal of running a company…

TRIZ by Jessica Walsh

T.R.I.Z or The Theory of Innovative Problem-Solving is an eight to ten week programme offered to transition year or fifth year students by the UCC Plus programme. Luckily for us this year all girls in Transition Year doing higher level French and…

Science in St Patrick’s College

Science is compulsory to Junior Certificate in St. Patrick’s College. The reason behind this is the huge benefits for students that studying this subject provides. Not only does the subject encourage the development of manipulative and…

Chemistry in St Patrick’s College

Chemistry is all around us, from the air we breathe to the food we eat to the medicines we take when we feel unwell. The aim of the Chemistry Department in St. Patrick’s is to provide all Chemistry students with a comprehensive Chemistry…