LCVP

Students are encouraged to complete four portfolio items in Fifth Year and the remaining two portfolio items in Sixth Year. Students can avail of plenty of help from our excellent Career Guidance team in the school in securing work experience placements and preparation with their career investigations. The portfolio accounts for 60% of the final examination and teachers spend considerable time correcting these in conjunction with the Departments marking scheme. All resources received at in – service are shared within the department, any relevant information on grade improvement i.e. sample portfolio work are distributed to students. The written paper accounts for 40% of the final examination and students are encouraged to actively discuss answers in class, visit www.pdst.ie and www.examinations.ie to gain a better understanding of the standard of answering required to achieve that distinction.