Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs) have been introduced as part of the Junior Cycle (1st-3rd Year) to allow students to demonstrate their understanding of concepts and skills and their ability to apply them in ways that may not be possible in an externally assessed examination. They will be used in the assessment of learning in subjects and in short courses.
We have developed a calendar of CBAs for our 2nd and 3rd years to help you as parents/guardians know what work is expected of them. A short description of each CBA is provided below.
2nd Year CBA Calendar 2020/2021
| Subject | Duration |
Description |
Dates for CBA |
| Visual Art | 4 months | From Process to Realisation: Group or individual project where students choose to work from one of the range of given themes to develop their ideas and create a realised work. During a maximum of four months with support/guidance from teacher | Jan 22nd- March 27th 2021 |
| Home Economics | 8-10 weeks | Creative Textiles: This is an individual project. Students will produce evidence of the application of the design brief process to one of the following options: Make a creative textile item for an individual or the home or recycle or upcycle a creative textile for an individual or the home. | Jan 4th – March 12th 2021 |
| Geography. | 3 weeks | Geography in the news: Structured inquiry through a response to a recent geographical event(s). Response to a media source. Response may be presented in a wide range of formats. At the end of a three week period students will report on their inquiry, based on a recent media source, relating to a geographical event. | Jan 18th – Feb 5th 2021 |
| Maths | 3 weeks | Mathematical Investigation: A report may be presented in a wide range of formats. A student will, over a three week period, follow the problem-solving cycle to investigate a mathematical problem. Problem solving cycle: define a problem, decompose it into manageable parts and/or simplify it using appropriate assumptions; translate the problem to mathematics if necessary; engage with the problem and solve it if possible; interpret any findings in the context of the original problem. | Jan 4th – Jan 22nd 2021 |
| Science | 3 weeks | Extended Experimental Investigation (EEI): A student will, over a three-week period, formulate a scientific hypothesis, plan and conduct an experimental investigation to test their hypothesis, generate and analyse primary data, and reflect on the process, with support/guidance from the teacher. | Nov 23rd – Dec 11th 2020 |
| History | 3 weeks | The Past in my Place: Display which can be completed by a group, pair or individual.
Students will be required to research a project on a local historical monument, event or key personality. |
March 8th – March 26th 2021 |
| Business Studies | 4 weeks | Business in Action Group Project: Based on one of three options:
Enterprise in action Economics in Action Finance in Action |
Nov 9th – Nov 27th 2020 |
| MFL | 3 weeks | Oral Communication in the target language: Individual, pair or group communication using an interview, role-play, presentation (accompanied by question – and – answer session) or conversation in response to stimulus material.
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April 12th – April 30th 2021 |
| English | 3 weeks | Oral Communications: Individual or group communication or presentation/performance of 3 minutes on a topic the students chooses. | Feb 22nd – March 12th 2021 |
| Music | N/A | Composition Portfolio: Two pieces chosen from the student’s portfolio. Compositions are produced over the course of the year. | CBA due May 14th |
| Engineering | 3 weeks | Engineering in Action: Students will investigate real-life applications of the processes and principles of engineering. Students can focus their investigation through the lens of a specific strand, a combination of two strands or can adopt an integrated approach across all three strands. The students will communicate their findings through any appropriate media. | Jan 25th– Feb 12th 2021 |
| Wood Technology | 3 weeks | Wood Science in our Environment: Students will explore a wood science-related issue within a local/global context. They will analyse the information/data collected, evaluate and present the findings of their research of the issue they have investigated. | Jan 11th – Jan 29th 2021 |
3rd year CBA Calendar 2020/2021
| Gaeilge | 3 Weeks | MRB2: Communicative Task: 3-4 minutes of an oral task in the format or a presentation, role play or interview. Can be completed alone or in a group. | Jan 25th – Feb 12th 2021 |
| Visual Art | 3 months | CBA2: Communicate and reflect: Individual project where students choose one form a range of given themes and generate preparatory work which they present to their class for discussion and feedback. | Sept 7th – Nov 20th 2020 |
| Home Economics | Term 2 | CBA2: This is an individual submission. Students will utilise the design break process to research, generate ideas and possible solutions for their food literacy skills brief, drawn from a list of briefs issued by the State Examinations Commission. | Jan 4th – Jan 22nd 2021 |
| Science | 3 weeks | CBA2: Science in Society Investigation (SSI): A student will, over the three week period, research a socio-scientific issue, analyse the information/secondary data collected, evaluate the claims and opinions studied, and draw evidence based conclusions about the issues involved, with support/guidance from the teacher. | Nov 2nd – Nov 20th 2020 |
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