Loreto High School Beaufort
Providing a caring community and a supportive environment which encourages each pupil to develop her full spiritual, intellectual, moral, physical and social potential.

Curriculum

Junior Cycle

The following subjects are offered to first, second and third year pupils:

Irish Geography
English Physical Education
Maths Science
French Home Economics
German Civic, Social & Political Education
Spanish Choir
History Social, Political & Health Education
Art Religious Education
Business Studies Drama

Junior Cycle students choose two of the following subjects:

A foreign language (either French, German or Spanish), Music, Home Economics, Art or Business.

They study all of the other subjects in the table above.

First Year classes are un-streamed. In second and third year, Irish and Maths are banded and set according to ability.

Senior Cycle

For Senior Cycle all students take Irish, English, Maths and a foreign language as exam subjects.

They will take R.E., P.E., Careers, Choir, Drama and ECDL as non-exam subjects.

They will then choose three further Leaving Certificate subjects from the following list:

  • Accounting
  • Art
  • Biology
  • Business
  • Chemistry
  • Economics
  • Geography
  • Home Economics (Social and Scientific)
  • History
  • Physics
  • Religious Education

We also offer Classical Studies as an extra Leaving Certificate subject out of hours, one afternoon per week, at no extra cost. This is to ensure students have as many higher level subjects as possible.

Supervised Study

Supervised study may be availed of by 3rd, 5th and 6th years each day after school.

 

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