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Pobalscoil Iosolde
Palmerstown Community
School
Presentation
Location
• Palmerstown is located about 10 kilometres from the centre of Dublin.
• It is a historic town.
• Our school is named after Iosolde, from the famous story of Tristan and Iosolde. It is said that Tristan and Iosolde passed through Palmerstown on their travels.
Education• There are almost 500 students in our
school.• Students study for a total of six years.• During these six years students take two
state exams,• The Junior Certificate at the end of 3rd
year• And the Leaving Certificate at the end
of 6th year.
Exams
For the Junior Cert students take examinations in about 11-12 subjects. They can take all exams at higher or ordinary level and some at foundation level.
For the Leaving Cert students normally take 7 subjects at higher or ordinary level.
Points are awarded based on the results in this exam.These points are used to determine which college
courses the students may take up.The best 6 grades are counted for points and the total
possible is 600 points, 100 per subject.
Core Subjects Irish
English
Mathematics
French
German
Physical Education,
Religious Education
History
Geography
Civics. Called CSPE
Elective Subjects
Students will select a set of options from a wide range of
subjects, for example;
Music
Physics, Chemistry and Biology
Home Economics
Engineering & Electronics
Art
Construction
Students Work
Some work done by students in woodwork
Mosaic made during a previous Comenius programme
Transition Year
Our 4th year in school is optional and is known as Transition year.
Transition Year is designed to promote the personal, social, educational and vocational
development of the students and to prepare them for life after school
Transition Year
Students take part in a range of modules during
transition year. These include:
• Work Experience• Film Studies
• Hill Walking, Sailing and Mountaineering
Work Experience
Work experience allows students to work for a few weeks and get a
feel for what real work is like. This helps them to make career choices when they leave school.
Film Studies
In this elective, we learn how to act, direct and edit films.
Hill Walking & Mountaineering
Hill walking and Mountaineering teach us how to survive in mountain and forest terrain.
Computers & ECDL
At work in ECDL in TY .
Pobalscoil Iosolde has three computer rooms with a total of over 70 computers. Students can obtain an ECDL qualification while in transition year.
Sports Centre
Our school added a new sports hall which is
used for:• Physical Education• Parent Teacher
Meetings• Exams• School Gym• School Clubs• Competitions• Community events
Sports awards
We have had many successful teams at both county and national level.
This year we won the All Ireland basketball
championship for the second tine.
An Intercultural School
An Intercultural school
Some of our students come from many different countries. We are very proud to welcome them to our school.
An Intercultural School.
We are also proud to meet and work with our Comenius partners from Gustrow in Germany, Vic in Spain, Gothenburg in Sweden and Biella in Italy.
Comenius Project.
We hope to enjoy our work together and would like to remain
in contact in the future.
Slan go foill