Curriculum

Senior Cycle

Please click this link to access in-depth information about each subject available to study at Leaving Cert level. Click the links below to find out more

Junior Cycle

Click the links below to find out more information regarding the subjects available in Blackrock ETSS at Junior Cycle level. Core Subjects Irish Ethical

Geography

The study of Junior Cycle Geography enables students to become geographically literate. It stimulates curiosity, creating opportunities for students to

History

The study of history at junior cycle aims to enable students to develop the necessary conceptual understanding, disciplinary skills and subject knowledge

Music

This music specification aims to contribute to the development of artistic awareness and understanding, self-expression, self-esteem, imagination and multicultural

Art

Visual Art at junior cycle aims to provide the student with a set of personal attitudes and qualities as well as skills and processes and a sense of the

Technical Graphics

The study of Graphics at junior cycle aims to: develop the student’s creativity, spatial ability, and capacity to reason and communicate ideas through

Woodwork

The study of Wood Technology at junior cycle aims to: enable students to develop the necessary conceptual understanding, disciplinary skills and subject

Science

Science in junior cycle aims to develop students’ evidence-based understanding of the natural world and their ability to gather and evaluate evidence:

MFL

The Specification for Junior Cycle Modern Foreign Languages aims to develop communicative language skills broadly aligned with the A band (A1 to A2, basic

Maths

The aim of junior cycle mathematics is to provide relevant and challenging opportunities for all students to become mathematically proficient so that they

English

English in junior cycle aims to develop students’ knowledge of language and literature, toconsolidate and deepen their literacy skills and make them

Gaeilge

In the junior cycle specifications for Irish, students consolidate and deepen their understanding of Irish. Students are enabled to communicate in an effective,