1. Pobalscoil Iosolde
Palmerstown Community
School
Presentation

2. Location
• Palmerstown is located about 10 kilometres
from the centre of Dublin.
• It is a historic town.
• Our school is named after Iosolde, from the
famous story of Tristan and Iosolde. It is said
that Tristan and Iosolde passed through
Palmerstown on their travels.

3. Education
• There are almost 500 students in our
school.
• Students study for a total of six years.
• During these six years students take two
state exams,
• The Junior Certificate at the end of 3rd
year
• And the Leaving Certificate at the end
of 6th year.

4. Exams
For the Junior Cert students take examinations in about
11-12 subjects. They can take all exams at higher or
ordinary level and some at foundation level.
For the Leaving Cert students normally take
7 subjects at higher or ordinary level.
Points are awarded based on the results in this exam.
These points are used to determine which college
courses the students may take up.
The best 6 grades are counted for points and the total
possible is 600 points, 100 per subject.

5. Core Subjects
Irish
English
Mathematics
French
German
Physical Education,
Religious Education
History
Geography
Civics. Called CSPE

6. Elective Subjects
Students will select a set of
options from a wide range of
subjects, for example;

7. Music

8. Physics, Chemistry and Biology

9. Home Economics

10. Engineering & Electronics

11. Art

12. Construction

13. Students Work
Some work done by students in
woodwork

14. Mosaic made during a previous
Comenius programme

15. Transition Year
Our 4th year in school is optional and
is known as Transition year.
Transition Year is designed to
promote the personal, social,
educational and vocational
development of the students and to
prepare them for life after school

16. Transition Year
Students take part in a range
of modules during
transition year. These
include:
• Work Experience
• Film Studies
• Hill Walking, Sailing and
Mountaineering

17. Work Experience
Work experience allows students
to work for a few weeks and get a
feel for what real work is like.
This helps them to make career
choices when they leave school.

18. Film Studies
In this elective,
we learn how
to act, direct
and edit films.

19. Hill Walking & Mountaineering
Hill walking and
Mountaineering
teach us how to
survive in
mountain and
forest terrain.

20. Computers & ECDL
Pobalscoil Iosolde
has three computer At work in ECDL in TY .
rooms with a total
of over 70
computers. Students
can obtain an ECDL
qualification while
in transition year.

21. Sports Centre
Our school added a new
sports hall which is
used for:
• Physical Education
• Parent Teacher
Meetings
• Exams
• School Gym
• School Clubs
• Competitions
• Community events

22. Sports awards
We have had many
successful teams at both
county and national
level.
This year we won the
All Ireland basketball
championship for the
second tine.

23. An Intercultural School

24. An Intercultural school
Some of our students come from
many different countries. We are
very proud to welcome them to
our school.

25. An Intercultural School.
We are also proud to
meet and work with our
Comenius partners
from Gustrow in
Germany, Vic in Spain,
Gothenburg in Sweden
and Biella in Italy.

26. Comenius Project.
We hope to enjoy our work
together and would like to remain
in contact in the future.
Slan go foill