Professional Learning Material

Senior Cycle Physical Education

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

Senior Cycle Physical Education

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

Cluster Day 2024/25 Material

Support Material:

SC PE Planning Resource

Additional Resources and Supports: COMING SOON

This section contains the professional learning materials and supporting resources which can be used to support individual and school-led professional development across all areas of Junior Cycle Physical Education learning

Cluster Day 2024/25

Overview of our Cluster Day 2024/25 Professional Learning Day

Our professional learning day focused the theme ‘Supporting a Culture of Learning in Physical Education’ through assessment task design for a cross-strand unit of learning and classroom-based assessments at Junior Cycle, and exploring curriculum models in the Senior Cycle Physical Education curriculum.

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

Material from Cluster Day 2024/25 Professional Learning Day

Padlet Page for Cluster Day 2024/25 workshop

This generic version of the Padlet page used for the Cluster Day workshops contains key documentlinks, activity descriptions, and resource links useful during and after the workshop

Padlet Cluster sample 2

Learning and Assessment Support in Physical Education

Co-creating Success Criteria

As a sample suggestion for co-creating success criteria with students, watch each video connected to the activity used for skill development and identify three success criteria for three skills observed in each video.

Using a performance skill technique sheet can help with co-creating success criteria with your students.

A sample performance skill technique sheet for sprint hurdles is shown here.

Co creating Success Criteria image

Video sources
Sprint hurdles:

Basketball layup shot:

Water safety image

Junior Cycle Water Safety

Learning and Assessment Support in Physical Education

A set of task cards provide:

  • Learning activities for skill development and progression
  • Can be revisited to support progression and assessment of a skill
  • Used to design success criteria and learning intentions

Teacher’s Voice

One teacher’s experience of engaging with Senior Cycle Physical Education framework in their school setting

Senior Cycle Physical Education Assessment – Portfolios

The video shares examples of how gathering evidence of student learning can be collated in a portfolio, using paper-based or digital platforms.

Leaving Certificate Physical Education

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

Maintenance Phase Day 1

Maintenance Phase Day 2

Phase 5: Day 4 and Day 5

Support Material:

SC PE Planning Resource

Additional Resources and Supports: COMING SOON

This section contains the professional learning materials and supporting resources which can be used to support individual and school-led professional development across all areas of Junior Cycle Physical Education learning

Cluster Day 2024/25

Overview of our Cluster Day 2024/25 Professional Learning Day

Our professional learning day focused the theme ‘Supporting a Culture of Learning in Physical Education’ through assessment task design for a cross-strand unit of learning and classroom-based assessments at Junior Cycle, and exploring curriculum models in the Senior Cycle Physical Education curriculum.

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

Material from Cluster Day 2024/25 Professional Learning Day

Padlet Page for Cluster Day 2024/25 workshop

This generic version of the Padlet page used for the Cluster Day workshops contains key documentlinks, activity descriptions, and resource links useful during and after the workshop

Padlet Cluster sample 2

Learning and Assessment Support in Physical Education

Co-creating Success Criteria

As a sample suggestion for co-creating success criteria with students, watch each video connected to the activity used for skill development and identify three success criteria for three skills observed in each video.

Using a performance skill technique sheet can help with co-creating success criteria with your students.

A sample performance skill technique sheet for sprint hurdles is shown here.

Co creating Success Criteria image

Video sources
Sprint hurdles:

Basketball layup shot:

Water safety image

Junior Cycle Water Safety

Learning and Assessment Support in Physical Education

A set of task cards provide:

  • Learning activities for skill development and progression
  • Can be revisited to support progression and assessment of a skill
  • Used to design success criteria and learning intentions

Teacher’s Voice

One teacher’s experience of engaging with Senior Cycle Physical Education framework in their school setting

Senior Cycle Physical Education Assessment – Portfolios

The video shares examples of how gathering evidence of student learning can be collated in a portfolio, using paper-based or digital platforms.

Leaving Certificate Physical Education

Links to all relevant documents/material are available below. You can either access the material online, or download PDF versions of the documents.

Maintenance Phase Day 1

Maintenance Phase Day 2

Phase 5: Day 4 and Day 5

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