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Junior Certificate School ProgrammeInitiatives 2019-2020w w w. p d st . i ePost-Primary

PDST 2019This work is made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike3.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ie/. You may use and re-use thismaterial (not including images and logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under theterms of the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike Licence.Please cite as: PDST, Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020, Dublin, 2019

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020ContentsPageContents03Applying for JCSP Initiatives06JCSP Initiatives 2019-2020 Overview07Literacy Initiatives08A)Keywords08B)Spelling Challenge09C)Author in Residence09D)Storytelling10E)Primary Picture Books10F)Reading Corners/ top-up10G)Digital Storytelling11H)Oral Language Development11I)Book Review11J)School-based Literacy12K)Calligraphy / Penmanship12L)JCSP Newsletter / Yearbook13M)Dictionary13N)Debating13O)Literacy in Your Classroom13P)e-Portfolio1403

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme InitiativesPage2) Reading Initiatives15A)‘Who Wants to be a Word Millionaire?’15B)‘Who Wants to be a Word Millionaire?’ Top Up15C)Reading Challenge16D)Reading Challenge Top Up16E)Readalong / Playaway16F)Readalong Top Up17G)Paired Reading17H)Paired Reading Top Up17I)Readaloud18J)Reading Programme in the English Classroom18K)Drop Everything and Read (DEAR)18L)Drop Everything and Read Top Up19M)The Reading Medley (formerly the Literacy Medley)193) Numeracy Initiatives20A)Paired Maths20B)Maths Games20C)School-based Numeracy20D)Flashmaster Maths21E)Number Millionaire21F)Maths Laboratory22G)Handheld Gaming Device224) Subject Specific Initiatives23A)Gaeilge23B)Physical Education24C)Science24D)Modern Languages24E)Field mental and Social Studies2704

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020Page4) Subject Specific Initiatives (Continued)J)Home Economics27K)Materials Technology Wood27L)Materials Technology Metal27M)Technical Graphics28N)Subject Topic Boxes28O)Home Economics Celebrity Chef285) Developing the Arts Initiative29A)Dance29B)Drama29C)Music29D)Trip to an Art Gallery29E)Artist in the Classroom306) General JCSP Initiatives31A)JCSP Student Folder Photographs31B)Christmas Celebration31C)Twinning with Another School31D)Study Skills31E)Guidance32F)Arts and Crafts32G)Film Making32H)Chess32I)ICT in the Classroom32J)Community Service33K)WRaPParound3405

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme InitiativesApplying for JCSP InitiativesPlease fill in a separate application form for each initiative that you are applyingfor, outlining a proposal, reasons for applying for the initiative and projectedoutcomes, as well as any JCSP statements that the students will undertake as partof the initiative. Incomplete proposals can not be considered.Initiative applications are submitted through www.jcsp.ie following login. There isa PowerPoint presentation on “How to apply for Initiatives Online” available athttp://www.jcsp.ie/co-ordinators.htmlInitiatives must be evaluated including a summary of expenditure. The usualpractice of retaining receipts for auditing purposes and returning an evaluationwill apply to these initiatives. Failure to provide an evaluation of initiativesincluding an accounting of monies spent will preclude schools from receivinginitiatives.Closing date for IniWiaWive ApplicaWions is 3pm Thursday, 3rd October 2019.All EvaluaWions should be returned online by Friday, 1st May 2020.06

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020JCSP Initiatives 2019-2020 OverviewSchools are offered a broad range of initiatives each year. Initiatives offer schools opportunities toimplement or develop various interventions into the formal and non-formal curriculum. In previousyears, initiatives have proved hugely successful and have led to significant developments within theprogramme. As a result of participating schools’ evaluations and recommendations, the wider networkof JCSP schools have benefited greatly from the experience and insights gathered and shared. Initiativefunding is provided for the organization of educational activities rather than capital expenditure, unlessspecified by the PDST JCSP.We are offering initiatives under the following categories:1) Literacy2) Reading3) Numeracy4) Subject Specific5) Developing the Arts6) General JCSPSchools are invited to apply for a Christmas Celebration and a maximum of six initiatives in the schoolyear. We encourage you to apply for a variety of initiatives – try something new in your school.Guidelines: Incomplete proposals can not be considered.In order to encourage you to apply for a variety of initiatives, the same initiative cannot begranted continuously.Initiative funding is awarded based on the quality, clarity and comprehensiveness of theapplication.Applying for an initiative does not guarantee that it will be approved.All initiative grants are budget dependent.The amounts of money available may well be reduced depending on the number of schoolsapplying and the budget available. You will therefore only know how much is approved for yourschool when you receive your letter of approval.In relation to the following initiatives: Author in Residence, Artist in the Classroom, ReadingMedley, Film-making, Handheld Gaming Device or Bodhrán - preference will be given to schoolswho have not received this initiative within the last 2 years. You may wish to consider alternativeapplications.Reading Corners—schools can’t apply 2 years in a row, you should apply for a top-up. Must be abreak of 3 years between applications for a further Reading Corner.In relation to “Top Ups” – preference will be given to schools who have not received this initiativein the past three years.07

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme InitiativesSpecific Literacy and Numeracy InterventionsMany of these literacy and numeracy initiatives have a research element whereteachers are asked to pre- and post-test students as well as administer aquestionnaire before and on completion of the short-term intervention.Initiative funding for Literacy Interventions is allocated in two phases:(1) Initial initiative set-up(2) Supplementary top-up for each subsequent year1)Literacy Initiativesa) Keyword Initiative:Students are challenged to learn keywords and keyspellings acrosssubject areas over a six-week period. Parental involvement is an elementof this intervention. Materials are available to support the initiative:08 Keyword Notebooks (English & Irish) Keyword Lists posters (English & Irish) Keyword folder inserts (English & Irish) Making senses of Exam Keywords insert (English & Irish) Visual Verbal Squares— pads and posters Keywords to Know— pads and posters (English & Irish)

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020b) Spelling Challenge:This initiative is aimed at subject teachers interested in improving thespelling of key vocabulary offering the students a challenge in order tomotivate the learning process.c) Author in Residence Initiative:This programme would particularly focus on creative writing skillsdevelopment where an author would work for a period of time with agroup of JCSP students. Schools could link with Poetry Ireland Writers inSchools Residencies Scheme at www.poetryireland.ie or phone theWriters in Schools team at Ph: 01-6789022. This scheme is based on theidea of a short residency by a writer to a school, working closely with oneteacher and with the same JCSP class or group of students. Many projectshave a strong local flavour in that the writer is local. The thinking behindthese residencies is to take a more developmental approach towards theteaching of literature and to develop approaches which enable theparticipants to explore the world of imagination over a longer period, inthe company of an experienced writer. The participation of a key teacherand the development of a working alliance between the teacher andwriter are fundamental to this approach.Preference will be given to schools who have not received this initiativewithin the last 2 years. You may wish to consider alternative applications.09

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme Initiativesd) Storytelling Initiative:Sharing and creating a common experience in storytelling aids in thedevelopment of oral language patterns and listening skills. Students need awide experience with spoken language if they are to achieve success inreading. This initiative provides funding to engage an outside storyteller tointroduce the JCSP students to the art of storytelling. This initiative couldalso be part of a wider project involving students in creating and tellingtheir own stories.e) Primary Picture Books Initiative:This initiative is based on a very successful project in Ó Fiaich College,Dundalk, Co. Louth. JCSP students link with aprimary school class and choose anappropriate picture book to read with thestudents. The students are prepared to visitthe primary school and each student isassigned a reading partner to whom they readthe book. On completion, each studentpresents the book to his or her reading partner.f) Reading Corners Initiative/top-up:Reading is an essential component of all subject areas so why not make it avisible component as well. To instill in students an awareness of the importanceof reading, classrooms can provide an environment in which reading isclearly valued. This initiative can be used to create a classroom readingcorner with shelves that have books on a variety of topics, targeting arange of reading levels and provide a wide range of genres, both fictionand non-fiction, including such reference books as dictionaries,thesauruses and encyclopaedias, etc. Beanbags and MP4s could also be afeature of the classroom-reading corner.A top-up application can be made in the year following the grant of thefull Reading Corners initiative.There must be a break of 3 years between applications for a furtherReading Corners initiative.10

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020g) Digital Storytelling Initiative:Everyone has a story to tell. Digital storytelling revolves around the ideaof combining telling stories with a variety of available multimedia tools.Digital stories are short films made by students using computers andphotographs, drawings, sounds etc. The short film/video can be createdby an individual or group of students.h) Oral Language Development Initiative: Confidence in PresentationSkillsSchools will be given funding to focus directly on the oral languagedevelopment of a targeted group of students. The initiative will aim togive students the confidence and opportunity to deliver oralpresentations to their class, to other students, to teachers, to parentevents or to any group/event within the school. The funding can be usedto pay for outside expertise in the area of public speaking, speech anddrama. Links can be made with the local toastmaster clubs or any otherlocal source deemed to be suitable to employ in order to make theinitiative attractive, interesting, worthwhile and engaging.i) Book Review Initiative:Schools are invited to apply for this initiative where they will be suppliedwith book tokens for each student in their class and asked to bring thestudents on a trip to a book shop to purchase books that they will read,discuss and record their book reviews in their book review booklets, alsosupplied through this initiative. Please indicate the number of students inyour class on your application for this initiative.11

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme Initiativesj) School-based Literacy Initiative:This initiative will allow schools to come up with their own imaginative response to theliteracy difficulties some of their students are experiencing. Schools are asked todocument the projects and evaluate their success.k) Calligraphy/Penmanship Initiative:This initiative focuses on developing the art of penmanship and enhancing thestudents’ written work. The funding for this initiative can be used to purchasecalligraphy sets or calligraphy lessons for the students.12

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020l) JCSP Newsletter/Yearbook:The JCSP year is always an exciting and eventful one and what better wayto capture all the activities and achievements than in a newsletter oryearbook. The subvention for this initiative will provide coordinators withfunds to produce such a newsletter or yearbook. The aim would be toproduce a newsletter a couple of times throughout the year or ayearbook towards the end of the year providing JCSP students with aforum to display their great work to the broader school community.m) Dictionary Initiative:This initiative provides schools with the opportunity to investigatethe level of impact that planned, strategic and focused dictionarywork can have on enhancing the teaching and learningenvironment, learning outcomes and on improving the literacyskills and competencies of JCSP students. This initiative worksbest where schools plan and implement a cross-curriculardictionary project, involving several subject areas. Eachparticipating school will be provided with funding to purchase aclass set of age-appropriate dictionaries and to celebrate studentachievement and successes at the end of the initiative.n) Debating:Speaking skills and oral language skills are the focus of this initiative.Students are introduced to debating skills and also they are encouragedto participate in a speaking and listening initiative. We offer schools theopportunity to twin with other local JCSP school/s and engage in adebating competition. The funding is in place to provide schools with thesupport needed to travel to another school or debating competition.There is also the opportunity to celebrate at the end of this initiative.o) Literacy in Your Classroom:This initiative is in place to support any teacher who wants to enhanceliteracy development and support strategies in their classroom practices.The list of possibilities is endless but could include:Fluency ExerciseKeywordsKWLAnticipation Charts13

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme InitiativesDART (Directed Activities Towards Text)such as:Cloze exercisesPredictionSequencingLabeling Text ExercisesClassificationOdd Man OutLabeling Diagrams etc.Writing FramesKey Spelling StrategyUse of Graphic Organiser/ Mind Mapping/ Study SkillsReading Strategy such as SQ3R / Skim / ScanTime For ReadingThe subvention is available to purchase additional materials to support theimplementation of such strategies with the JCSP students and to plot the impact ofthe strategy on literacy improvement in your subject as well as to celebrate thesuccess of the initiative with the JCSP students.p) e-Portfolio Initiative:This initiative is provided in order to develop students’ digital literacy skills. The eportfolio can be used to record and store student work which can be accessed byparents, students and teachers. It can also facilitate the development of students’literacy skills through blogging and the use of multi-media. The subvention will beprovided in order to provide JCSP students with access to an e-portfolio for oneyear.14

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-20202)Reading Initiativesa) “Who Wants to be a Word Millionaire?” Initiative:This is a short-term reading intervention which challenges aclass group of JCSP students to engage in recreational reading,at home with the support of their parents, and to collectivelyread a total of one million words over a six-week period.The following support materials can be provided to schools:teacher guidelines, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire”achievement certificates and “Who Wants to be WordMillionaire” wall charts for entering and tracking thecumulative totals of words read to date. Students areafforded an opportunity to complete statements CC53 and 54in conjunction with this initiative.b) “Who Wants to be a Word Millionaire?” Top Up Initiative:Schools that participated in and completed the “Who Wants to be a WordMillionaire?” initiative last year, can apply for this supplementary top-upfunding to support the running of the initiative again during the currentschool year and to enable schools to acquire additional reading materialsfor the initiative. Students are afforded an opportunity to completestatements CC53 and 54 in conjunction with this initiative.15

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme Initiativesc) Reading Challenge Initiative:Reading Challenge is a short-term reading intervention, developed by aJCSP school co-ordinator. Students are challenged to read a book a weekfor six weeks. Parental involvement is an element of this intervention.Reading Challenge motivates students to read and review books; theyalso track their reading and are awarded for successfully meeting thereading challenge. The following support materials can be provided toschools: “Reading Challenge” teacher guidelines “Reading Challenge” booklet—Student book review “Reading Challenge” student achievement certificate “Reading Challenge” bookmarks “Reading Challenge” wall posters (A2 and A3)Students are afforded an opportunity to complete statements CC52 and54 in conjunction with this initiative.d) Reading Challenge Top Up Initiative:Reading Challenge Top Up offers schools funding to purchase more booksfor a new reading challenge project which is already up and running butneeds to be re-stocked. Students are afforded an opportunity tocomplete statements CC52 and 54 in conjunction with this initiative.e) Readalong /Playaway Initiative:Readalong is a short-term reading intervention where students readwhile listening to the book being read on tape or CD. Students can alsoreview the books and track their reading. After completing a six- weekReadalong programme students are awarded for their achievement.Students are afforded the opportunity tocomplete statement CC55 Readalong inconjunction with this initiative.Preference will be given to schools who havenot received this initiative within the last 2years. You may wish to consider alternativeapplications.16

Junior Certificate School Programme Initiatives 2019-2020f) Readalong Top Up Initiative:Readalong Top Up offers schools funding to purchase additional books ontape/CD for their Readalong project that is already up and running butneeds to be restocked. Students are afforded the opportunity to completestatement CC55 Readalong in conjunction with this initiative.g) Paired Reading Initiative:Paired Reading is a short-team reading intervention. A tutor supportsstudent reading. Paired Reading runs three to four times a week for sixweeks. A Paired Reading Initiative can work where JCSP students act astutors to a primary school class, or senior cycle students are readingtutors for a JCSP class or parents work as tutors with JCSP students.Students are awarded for successfully taking part in thisreading project. The following support materials can beprovided to schools: Paired Reading Teacher’s Manual and ResourcePack Paired Reading Tutor guidelines Paired Reading wall posters Paired Reading Tutor training CD “EverybodyReads” Paired Reading student achievement certificateStudents are afforded an opportunity to completestatements CC51 and 54 in conjunction with thisinitiative.h) Paired Reading Top Up:Paired Reading Top Up offers schools funding to purchase more books fortheir paired reading project which is already up and running but needs tobe restocked. Students are afforded an opportunity to completestatements CC51 and 54 in conjunction with this initiative.17

2019-2020 Junior Certificate School Programme Initiativesi) Readaloud Challenge:This is a reading challenge which aims to encourage fluency in reading. It allowsstudents to practice reading different types of text and to be facilita

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