Welcome to the LCVP - Fáilte Chuig an LCVP
NEW PDST WEBSITE - LCVP LINK
LCVP Assessment Arrangements for 2013
Post Primary Schedule for 2013
LCVP National Seminar 2013
LCVP Case Study 2013
LCVP Case Study 2013 - Irish Version ![]()
LCVP Resources: Click here
An interesting website, please cick here
Planning and Teaching the LCVP
NEW Careers Night
Standards and results of LCVP improve 2012
The number of students taking the Leaving Certificate have decreased. This year 1,752 fewer students participated in the Leaving Certificate at 52,589 compared to 54,341 in 2011.
Meanwhile, numbers taking the LCVP have decreased slightly. However, the standard of grades have risen. Over 12% have achieved a distinction this year and greater than 51% achieving a merit, both the highest they have been since 2009.
| Year |
Distinction | Merit | Pass | Unsuccessful | Total |
|
2012 |
1,943 |
8,144 |
4,577 |
1,183 |
15,827 |
To compare results click here
New LCVP Link Modules Portfolio completion date
Please note that the LCVP Portfolio completion date for Leaving Certificate 2013 is on or before Wednesday, 6th March 2013
New LCVP Enterprise Resource
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TEACHING THE PORTFOLIO
Teaching the Portfolio: Please click here for resources
Frequently Asked Questions
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LCVP Vocational Subject Groupings
Check out the 'About LCVP' section for the updated VSG's. Note: There is no change in the Vocational Subject Groupings ( VSG's ) for this year 2012/2013.
Irish Exemption
If a student has been granted an exemption from Irish at Junior Level this exemption will carry into Senior cycle.
Students who have this exemption may do the LCVP but they must still comply with the requirement to present a minimum of five subjects in the Leaving Certificate plue the Link Modules.
Click here to view Frequently Asked Questions
LCVP Conference
The LCVP Conference, by all accounts a resounding success, and perhaps the most positive and successful ever, featured leading entrepreneurs in today’s world. The theme of the conference was: Ensuring continued success in the LCVP.
Jonathan Irwin’s input was probably the most memorable high points of the day. The Conference not only had more speakers than any previous year, it also had more Teachers in attendance. An unusually high portion of attendees, perhaps 30 to 40 percent, had never before been to an LCVP conference and are new to teaching the LCVP.
Key note speakers at the event were Jonathan Irwin from the Jack and Jill foundation, John Concannon from JFC, Mary Healy from the Chocolate Garden of Ireland. Siobhan Ring gave an input on assessment, Siobhan O Sullivan on Idea Generation, and Michael Moroney on a new Enterprise resource.
More than 200 people attended the conference. People networked, listened to speakers and attended speed data networking on many ideas ranging from, Demonstrations of how google docs can help collaborative planning, by Anthony Kilcoyne and Fionnuala McMorrow, updates from CareersPortal, creating an iBook from Screenway and Daniel Hyland, Trisha Mc Neill and Edel Keating, presented Portfolio items and visualisers, whilst Frank Feery and Bernadette O Neill gave inputs on work preparation and Niamh Parkinson and Rachel demonstrated creative use of PowerPoint, and much more. The idea is to experience short inputs, informing and creating an interest in numerous ideas, resources and methodologies.
The event also saw the first presentation of the inaugural LCVP Gold medal award. This year’s award went to Sinead Gacquin from St Brigid’s Vocational School, Loughrea, Co Galway. Sinead achieved the highest mark in the LCVP Examination 2011. This is an outstanding result, achieving number one in Ireland in both the portfolio and written paper as determined by the State Examination Commission. In excess of sixteen thousand students would have taken LCVP in 2011. Sinead’s teacher Dell Connolly, Principal, Sean Connolly and family attended the presentation. Sinead is now studying Accountancy with Law at University of Limerick.
A sincere, Thank you to all who helped on the day, all the PDST, including Sage @schools and Moneysense.
Please click here for conference resources
Link Modules Audio Visual on the State Examination Commission
Audio Visuals for 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009 and 2008 are now available on the State Examination Commission website www.examinations.ie select the Examination Material Archive section.
A Guide to Incidental Inspection in Second-Level Schools and Centres for Education click here to download
Literacy and Numeracy
including resources click here to download
Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life click here to download![]()
Innovation in Education the Enterprise Experience presented by Caroline Mc Hale at Dublin Castle in April 2011
Launch of the Sunday Business Post - Business 2000

Cliff Taylor,SBP, Caroline McHale,Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairi Quinn TD,, Mary O Sullivan and Sarah Mullarney
MoneySense for Schools Programme
MoneySense for Schools is a free financial education programme and a dynamic learning tool designed for and by teachers. It offers you great benefits including:
over 30 hours free resources tailored to suit the curriculum, access to a network of experienced MoneySense volunteers who can work alongside you in delivering a MoneySense lesson
Student-focused content - videos, interactive activites and state-of-the-art new learning materials for students age 11-18If you want to find out more about the programme simply click on this link http://www.moneysense.ulsterbank.ie/schools/vle/common/register/
In addition, if you wish to discuss the MoneySense programme or arrange a visit you can contact the MoneySense Team directly on (01) 6084509 or else email : moneysense@ulsterbank.com
MoneySense Information flyer
Asia Europe Project
The Asia Europe Classroom (AEC-NET) is for teachers and pupils throughout the two continents to meet on-line and share work on curricular based projects. You can find out more on the AEC-NET website www.aec.asef.org where it is possible to register your school for a new project, join an existing project or sign up to the mailing list and be kept up to date.
Check out the Asia Europe blog http://aecnetireland.blogspot.com
This project links with the LCVP . If you are interested we still have a number of places for this years project Go Cyber Green. Please contact the office at business@pdst.ie
Why not log on to: http://gocybergreen.nuim.ie/ ![]()
Log on to see our video, please click here
LCVP Language Modules
Please click here to access Language Module by Patricia Costello
Please click here to access Language Module Draft Syllabus![]()
LCVP Statistics
'One third take alternative programmes
' 'LCVP Points the way to CAO Places'![]()
National Career Skills Competition 2012

This popular competition is again open to all LCVP students.
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