Blackrock Educate Together Secondary School

English

English in junior cycle aims to develop students’ knowledge of language and literature, to
consolidate and deepen their literacy skills and make them more self-aware as learners.
More specifically it encourages all students:

• to be creative through language and to gain enjoyment and continuing personal growth from
English in all its forms
• to develop control over English using it and responding to it with purpose and effect through
the interconnected literacy skills of oral language, reading and writing
• to engage personally with and think critically about an increasingly broad range of spoken,
written and multimodal texts
• to develop an informed appreciation of literature through personal encounters with a variety of
literary texts
• to use their literacy skills to manage information needs, and find, use, synthesise, evaluate and
communicate information using a variety of media
• to gain an understanding of the grammar and conventions of English and how they might be
used to promote clear and effective communication.

See https://www.curriculumonline.ie/Junior-cycle/Junior-Cycle-Subjects/ for more information.

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20-Dec-2024
Please click here to access a special Christmas edition of the Blackrock ETSS podcast. Congrats to Marc and the team for putting this together so well!
20-Dec-2024
Our students were in jubilant form to finish their winter assessments as they engaged in Festive Friday. We hosted Cherrywood ETNS for a mini yuletide concert, played games, made decorations and enjoyed reflecting on the year.
Blackrock ETSS, Tully Park, Cherrywood, Dublin 18, D18 Y48H
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