New Primary Curriculum Framework - Launched March 2023

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New Primary Maths Curriculum 2023 

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1998 Primary Curriculum 

Junior
Infants

Senior
Infants

First
Class

Second
Class

Third
Class

Fourth
Class

Fifth
Class

Sixth
Class

CURRICULUM

  • Primary Language Curriculum (English and Gaeilge)

  • Mathematics

  • Environmental and Scientific Education (SESE)

  • Arts Education (Visual Arts, Music and Drama)

  • Social, personal and Health Education (SPHE)

  • Physical Education (PE)

  • Religion

Find out more about the Primary School Curriculum here

Curriculum

ASSESSMENT

Assessment in primary school is about building a picture over time of a child’s learning progress across the curriculum. The teacher uses different ways to gather evidence about how and what the child learns on an ongoing basis. This information is used to celebrate the child’s current learning, and to help make decisions about next steps for future learning. Children are actively involved in their own assessment.

Find out more about assessment in primary school in Assessment in the Primary School Curriculum: Guidelines for Schools

Assessment

Comprehension Strategies 

Comprehension strategies can be defined as the ‘mental processes’ that good readers use to understand text. Comprehension strategies need to be explicitly taught and all classes in our school focus on a specific comprehension strategy every 2 months. Click on the links below for more information about each strategy. 

  September - October November - December January - March April - June

Junior

(JI - 2nd)

 Prediction Visualisation Making Connections Questioning

Senior

(3rd- 6th)

Prediction

Inference

Visualisation

Synthesis

Making Connections 

Determining Importance

Questioning

Clarification