These subjects do not need to be selected as these are mandatory subjects.
Leaving Certificate students study the following core subjects:
English
Irish
Mathematics
We offer 20 subject options in Senior Cycle, of which students study 4. We ask students to select 8 subjects in order of preference in VSWare, and we offer students four of these. For many this will be their first 4 preferences, however we cannot guarantee this as practical subjects in particular have max class sizes that are permitted in schools.
CHOICE SUBJECTS: In addition, each Fifth year student will choose to study any four of the following choice subjects listed below. In order to accommodate as many student preferences as possible in the Fifth Year timetable you are asked to list in order of preference 8 subjects on VSware from the following subjects:
ACCOUNTING
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
ART
BIOLOGY
BUSINESS
CHEMISTRY
COMPUTER SCIENCE
CONSTRUCTION STUDIES
DESIGN AND COMMUNICATION GRAPHICS
ECONOMICS
ENGINEERING
GEOGRAPHY
GERMAN
HISTORY
HOME ECONOMICS
MUSIC
POLITICS AND SOCIETY
PHYSICS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
SPANISH
We would like to thank our senior cycle students and teachers for allowing us record them at work for you to an inside view on the option subjects we offer.
Subjects are selected in VSWare Watch Video below on how to enter options into VSWare ,
Watch Video on How to choose Subject Options in VSWare
Parents can log back in at any time during the subject options choosing period and change subjects chosen and this will overwrite previous selection.
After this date it is much more difficult to change subjects as many subjects are full after this date and subjects are arranged in blocks so subject moves are quite limited at that stage.
Please note that while we endeavour to provide students with their highest ranked choices this is not always possible.
No you choose when you enter 5th year