Guidance update
Lunch time career talks are finished until the Summer Term.
Well done to those who sacrificed their lunch time to attend the career talks during this term These speakers included representatives from Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin City University, Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Institute of Art and Design in Dun Laoghaire and many more. The admission officers were very impressed with your dedication and the feedback has been extremely positive.
OPEN DAYS UPDATE
It was great to see how many fourth, fifth and sixth years have been attending the Open Days held on Saturdays over this term. All fourth, fifth and sixth years have been getting reminders and received the schedule of open days by email at the very start of this term. Students have been attending their chosen course lectures and researching their courses of interest. It is ideal to carry out this research well in advance of filling out their CAO forms. Many fourth years also attended NCAD and this is ideal as it gives you an insight into how much work is involved when applying to Art College. A portfolio needs to be started well in advance. The fourth years are researching courses before choosing their subjects as they realise that picking the correct subjects has an impact on their career choices later on!!!
DATS
All fourth years have got their DATS results back. They all had ten minute meetings where everyone got the opportunity to discuss individual subject choices. This was a very worthwhile experience. All the complete DATS reports are being posted to parents with the Christmas reports.
