Cabinteely Community School

Transition Year Credit System

Cabinteely Community School

TY Credit System 2019-20

Criteria

Assessment Details

Credits Awarded

Attendance & Punctuality

90% min

40

Core Subjects;

Maths, Irish, English

15 credits per subject

Eportfolio modules

Written Exams twice during the year

Continuous Assessment

45

Subject Sampling Modules;

· Art

· Music

· Business/Accounting/Economics

· Biology/Chemistry/Physics

· Home Economics

· Religion

· History/Geography/Politics

· Construction/DCG/Engineering or Photography/Film Studies/Horticulture

· French or Italian

10 credits per module/subject

Eportfolio modules

Continuous Assessment

90

TY Enrichment Modules;

· Car Maintenance/Driver’s Theory/Digital Media Literacy or Hair & beauty/Childcare/ Digital Media Literacy

· Robotics/Coding/Virtual Reality

· Information Technology

10 credits per module/subject

Portfolio modules

30

Work Experience

Attendance, evaluation, employers report

45

Wellbeing Modules;

· PE

· Relationships & Sexuality Education

· World of Work - Career Investigation

Participation

Portfolio modules

30

Extra-Curricular participation – GAISCE etc..

Sports Teams, committees, mentors, leadership modules, activities

20

Portfolio or EPortfolio

Interview,

Content: storage, workspace, showcase,

100

TOTAL

400

Credit Awards:

340-400 = Distinction 240-339 = Merit 160-239 = Pass 0-159 Participation only

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Contact
Cabinteely Community School,
Johnstown Road,
Dublin 18,
Ireland


01 285 2137


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