Largy College offers a wide and varied range of programmes at both Junior and Leaving Certificate level. Alongside the traditional Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate, at which we excel, we offer both LCA and JCSP programmes to those who wish to pursue an alternative path.


Business Studies
The Business Studies course has been designed to prepare you for the real world. The dynamic and energetic world of Business Studies is brought to life in the classroom through a new modern course.
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Teacher Names
Mr Shane Wixted
Mr Ciaran Curran
Ms Eilis Treanor
Subject Overview
Business Studies prioritises in engaging students to learn practical life skills. Every student will use these skills in their life. Business Students are fortunate in that they learn and put these skills into practice from an early age.
Students relish the opportunity to explore the business models and strategies of well-known companies such as McDonalds, Mercedes, famous football teams, Inglot, Cadbury and Apple.
Choosing Business Studies in Largy College will be the first step in many a glittering business career. Don’t miss out and start on that career path today.
Junior Cycle Business Studies
The Junior Cycle Business Studies curriculum aims to enhance students’ understanding of the business environment and develop essential skills for life, work, and further study. This is achieved through three interconnected strands:
Personal Finance: Students learn to make informed decisions to manage their financial resources effectively and responsibly.
Enterprise: This strand encourages students to identify opportunities and turn them into practical activities, fostering an understanding of financial, marketing, and operational functions within an organization.
Our Economy: Students gain insights into the dynamic relationship between local, national, and international economies, helping them understand basic economic concepts and their relevance to personal finance and enterprise12.
Senior Cycle Business Studies
A new Leaving Certificate Business specification will be introduced for fifth-year students in September 2025, replacing the current syllabus. This updated curriculum aims to:
Develop students’ awareness of the significance of business in both the Irish and international economies.
Foster an understanding of how the business world operates, emphasizing its relevance to students’ lives.
Enhance financial and business literacy, helping students appreciate the role of business in society.
Highlight how business is shaped by those who work, lead, and manage within the business environment.
The study of Leaving Certificate Business supports students in becoming informed decision-makers and developing a wide range of key competencies.
Enterprise (Mini-company)
Keep up to date with our minicompany here:
https://largy.ie/index.php/extra-curricular/enterprise-mini-company
Career Opportunities
Business provides students with a learning foundation for a wide range of careers in business.
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Science
Science is studied by all students in Largy College for Junior Cycle and focuses on the development of students’ knowledge of and about science through Nature of Science and the four contextual strands: Physical World, Biological World and Chemical world and Earth and Space. We encourage all students to develop a sense of enjoyment through inquiry-based learning which enables students to ask more questions, to develop and evaluate explanations of events and phenomena they encounter. This learning of science leads to a lifelong interest in science. We try to develop scientific literacy and apply this in cognitive and affective dimensions to the analysis of scientific issues relevant to society, the environment and sustainability. This study of science enables students to build on their learning from primary school and to further develop their knowledge of and about science.
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Science Department
Shane Lynch
Colette Smith
Paula McGonnell
Ellen McCarron
Holly McGovern
Kieth Meisner
Mark Dalzell
Aoife Magennis
Subject Overview:
Science is a collaborative and creative human endeavour arising from our desire to understand the world around us and the wider universe. Essentially, it is curiosity in thoughtful and deliberate action. Learning science through inquiry enables students to ask more questions, and to develop and evaluate explanations of events and phenomena they encounter.
The study of science enables students to build on their learning in primary school and to further develop their knowledge of and about science. Students enhance their scientific literacy by developing their ability to explain phenomena scientifically; their understanding of scientific inquiry; and their ability to interpret and analyse scientific evidence and data to draw appropriate conclusions.
Aims:
Science in junior cycle aims to develop students’ evidence-based understanding of the natural world and their ability to gather and evaluate evidence: to consolidate and deepen their skills of working scientifically; to make them more self-aware as learners and become competent and confident in their ability to use and apply science in their everyday lives.
More specifically it encourages all students
- to develop a sense of enjoyment in the learning of science, leading to a lifelong interest in science
- to develop scientific literacy and apply this in cognitive, affective and psychomotor dimensions to the analysis of science issues relevant to society, the environment and sustainability
- to develop a scientific habit of mind and inquiry orientation through class, laboratory and/or off-site activities that foster investigation, imagination, curiosity and creativity in solving engaging, relevant problems, and to improve their reasoning and decision-making abilities
- to develop the key skills of junior cycle to find, use, manage, synthesise, and evaluate data; to communicate scientific understanding and findings using a variety of media; and to justify ideas on the basis of evidence
- to acquire a body of scientific knowledge; to develop an understanding of Earth and space and their place in the physical, biological, and chemical world and to help establish a foundation for more advanced learning.
Largy College used to officially launch the new Junior Cycle Science Course in Armagh Planetarium.
ON 13th Nov 2018 our school travelled to the Armagh Planetarium. The planetarium had just developed a Junior Cycle element for schools from the South of Ireland and they asked for our school to launch the new Junior Cycle Science Course. The students spent an hour having a full dome show called “We Are Stars” which looks at the origins of the Universe and where we came from. They then attended a live presenter led element based on a celestial journey around the planets. We then attended the rocket making workshop. We then finished the visit by finding out more about life in Space onboard the International Space Station and looking at Meteorites on a tour of the facility.
A good few learning outcomes are covered on the day E&S 1-4 and E&S 8, CW3, NoS 1 & NoS 10 are also touched on. The guides were very knowledgeable and were excellent with the students probing them and giving very interesting facts.
https://armaghplanet.com/interactive-junior-cycle-space-experience-launched.html
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Largy revisits the Planetarium
The 4th year astronomy class on their visit to Armagh Planetarium.
The students explored the night sky and other planets in the dome theatre. There was fierce competition between students as they made and launched rockets using compressed air and water as the propellants.
Students also got the chance to chat with astrophysicists about careers and further studies and explore the exhibition area.
Largy College Science Week 2020
Despite the restrictions being put in place by Covid-19 there were various activities held by the Science Department which involved safe interactions within the classroom.
The 1st year students completed a project based on one of the new Junior Cycle Learning Outcomes: ‘Students should be able to design, build and test a device that transforms energy from one form to another in order to perform a function; describe the energy changes and ways of improving efficiency’. The projects were of an excellent standard and all the students completed the task. The winners from each class were presented with their trophies and the overall winner was presented with the perpetual shield. There was also a quiz for 1st years in their classes and various other activities with prizes given for all. Congratulations to all the winners of the quizzes – Anna O’Reilly, Caoimhe Gorman, Conor Burns, Oisin Lynch & Tomás McGuigan.
The 2nd year students completed a project based on one of the new Junior Cycle Learning Outcomes also: ‘Students should be able to develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe predictable phenomena observable on Earth, including seasons, lunar phases, and eclipses of the sun and moon’. The projects were of an excellent standard with all students in the year producing finished pieces. The winners from each class and overall winners were presented with their trophies. There was also a quiz for 2nd years in their classes and various other activities with prizes given for all. Congratulations to all the winners of the quizzes – Katie McCaffrey, Conor Greenan, Conor Murphy, Nathan Gavin, Luke Toye-Foye and Dallan O’Neill
1st Year Project Winners:Front Row: Overall Winner: Shona Kelly 2nd Row: Class Winners: Ava Hughes & Tomás McGuigan 3rd Row: Class Winners: Emily Butler, Ava Markey & Danny Reavey |
2nd Year Project Winners: Front Row: Overall Winners: Conor Gavan & Sophie Morgan 2nd Row: Class Winners: Holly McCaffrey, Caolan Clerkin & Kieran Mullaney 3rd Row: Class Winners: Deirdre Smith, Amy Jo Kierans & Eimear McMahon |
A collection of the projects presented by the 1st and 2nd year students during Scince week.
Top Results in Junior Cert Science & Maths for Eoghan Courtney, 2016
The management and staff of Largy College were very pleased with the Junior Cert Results that year and of particular note were the results of Eoghan who achieved 10 A’s at honours level out of the 10 subjects that he sat. The school was delighted to receive correspondence indicating that Eoghan had been identified by the State Exams Commission as a top achiever in the subjects of Science & Maths. As a result, Eoghan had the opportunity to compete on Saturday 5th November 2016 for a place at the European Science Olympiad (IrEUSO).
Ms. Sharon Magennis (Principal), Ms. Colette Smith (Science teacher), Eoghan Courtney & Ms. Marie Donoghue (Maths teacher) |
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Chemistry
Chemistry is all around us – not just in the laboratory. Chemical reactions are occurring daily – when you drive a car, light a fire, bake a cake and digestion in your body to name but a few!
Chemistry is a hands’ on, interactive subject. During your two-year study of Leaving Cert Chemistry, you will complete 28 mandatory experiments. This gives any student the necessary skills associated with laboratory techniques and scientific writing.
Leaving Certificate Chemistry will provide a stable foundation for any student who wishes to continue with Science related subjects after the completion of their Leaving Certificate.
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Teachers Names
Holly May McGovern
Paula Mc Gonnell
Subject Overview
Chemistry is a subject that requires very active participation which includes many experiments, calculations and real-life applications. Chemical reactions are all around us and understanding chemistry helps us make sense of the world around us.
As a Leaving Certificate science subject, the syllabus is designed to incorporate the following components:
- Science for the enquiring mind, or pure science, to include the principles, procedures and concepts of the subject as well as its cultural and historical aspects.
- Science for action, or the applications of science and its interface with technology.
- Science, which is concerned with issues - political, social and economic – of concern to citizens.
The Chemistry syllabus is offered at two levels; Higher and Ordinary level. Students will have approximately 180 hours class contact time over a two year period. The teaching is both practical and experiment based.
Who does Chemistry suit?
- Anyone who enjoyed Junior Cycle Science
- Anyone who takes pleasure in problem solving
- Students who strive for accuracy during experiments
- S tudents who can describe procedures of experiments
- Anyone who enjoys working as part of a team
- Any student who has an interest in any scientific career
- Any student who has an aptitude and interest in laboratory work
Topics Covered
- periodic table and atomic structure
- chemical bonding
- stoichiometry and formulas and equations
- acids and bases
- volumetric analysis
- thermochemistry
- organic chemistry
- rates of reaction
- chemical equilibrium
- Water chemistry.
- industrial chemistry
- atmospheric chemistry
Trips
- Each year our 6th Year students take part in revision Chemistry practicals, held in Maynooth University Campus. This trip co-insides with their Pre-exams as is a vital revision aid for the students.
- This gives students access to laboratories, equipment and knowledge from Maynooth University expert academics, technicians, and demonstrators.
- It gives students an insight into student life on campus and familiarises them with the university.
Eoghan Courtney wins prestigious Naughton Scholarship 2019
Largy college was delighted to hear that Eoghan Courtney was awarded a Naughton Scholarship based on his interest in STEM and fantastic Leaving Certificate results.
The Naughton Scholarship was set up in 2008 to promote the study of Engineering, Science and Technology at third level in Ireland. Each year 36 exceptional students are awarded Naughton Scholarships with at least one winner from each County.
Eoghan has been awarded a scholarship of €5000 per annum for the duration of his undergraduate degree programme. We wish Eoghan every success in his future studies.
To the right is a picture of Eoghan receiving his award.
Career opportunities in your subject
Ireland is home to 24 of the world’s top biotech and pharmaceutical companies so there is a huge demand for Chemists. If you like working in a laboratory or getting your hands dirty working in agricultural or want to use Chemistry to help solve some of the many problems our environment is facing, then there is a Chemistry job for you.
- Analytical Chemist
- Chemical Engineer
- Chemistry Teacher
- Geochemist
- Forensic Scientist
- Toxicologist
- Pharmacologist
- Materials Scientist
- Hazardous Waste Chemist
- Biochemist
- Agricultural Chemist
- Food and Flavour Chemist
- Cosmetic Chemist
Students' Work
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Biology
Biology is the study of life. Through the study of biology students employ the processes of science in their investigations and explore the diversity of life and the inter-relationship between organisms and their environment. Students develop an understanding and knowledge of the unit of life – the cell – whose structures and processes are shared by all living organisms and, in so doing, gain an insight into the uniqueness, function and role of organisms, including themselves. In addition, they become aware of the use by humans of other living organisms and their products to enhance human health and the human environment and make informed evaluations about contemporary biological issues.
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Biology Department
- Ms. Colette Smith
- Ms. Ellen McCarron
- Ms. Paula McGonnell
The aims of the Biology syllabus are:
- to contribute to students' general education through their involvement in the process of scientific investigation and the acquisition of biological knowledge and understanding
- to encourage in students an attitude of scientific enquiry, of curiosity and self-discovery through (i) individual study and personal initiative (ii) teamwork (iii) class-directed work
- to develop an understanding of biological facts and principles
- to enhance an interest in and develop an appreciation of the nature and diversity of organisms
- to create an awareness of the application of biological knowledge to modern society in personal, social, economic, environmental, industrial, agricultural, medical, waste management and other technological contexts
- to develop in students an ability to make informed evaluations about contemporary biological issues.
Hong Kong Global Award
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Peer Tutoring in Senior Biology
(Ordinary and Higher level)
When properly utilised, peer teaching is an effective model that can have a positive impact in the classroom, both in terms of academic performance and it helps to foster friendships beyond the classroom. By using this teaching approach both sets of students (peer and learner) are sure to have a productive and enjoyable learning environment. Students who have an interest in teaching as a career are chosen to do this. It is extremely beneficial to the tutor because it has been researched that students who study with their peers recall more content and score higher on assessments. Peer teachers reinforce their own learning by instructing others and it helps students to build confidence and good communication skills.
6th years showing 5th years how to carry out an experiment “To investigate the growth of leaf yeast using Malt Agar Plates”.
4th years showing 1st years how to carry out an experiment “To dissect and display the parts of the heart”
Walking Debates
Leaving Certificate Biology (Ordinary and Higher level)
A walking debate is a fun strategy that is used in Biology classes to develop students’ communication and critical thinking skills. You can see a lot of movement as students’ minds are changed by arguments made by their classmates. Students are encouraged to express their individual viewpoints on chosen topics and to interact with others and share their experiences to reinforce/change their viewpoints. It also involves listening actively and speaking with confidence. Examples of debates used in Biology classes are:
- Fast food restaurants should be banned from areas close to schools
- Portion sizes are one of the greatest ways of leading to obesity in young people
- People evolved, they weren’t created
- A species that is becoming extinct should be allowed to become extinct without human intervention
- Prenatal genetic screening – too much information is given to expectant mothers
Career Opportunities in Biology:
- Research scientist
- Pharmacologist
- Biologist
- Ecologist
- Nature conservation officer
- Biotechnologist
- Forensic scientist
- Teacher
- Biological Technician
- Biochemist
- Genetic Counsellor
- Pharmaceutical
Useful websites for Syllabus and guidelines

Physics
Leaving Certificate Physics aims to give students an understanding of the fundamental principles of physics and their application to everyday life.

Art, Craft, Design
Art, Craft and Design provides the opportunity for students to express their own uniqueness and creativity in their own individual way, creating artefacts and pieces of artwork through the three standards as they learn, Students also develop an art language vocabulary and this is strengthen by their study of Art History and Appreciation.
“Art Is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world” Leonardo Da Vinci
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Members of the Department
Ms. Gráinne Rossiter
Subject Overview
Arts, Craft and Design are the three interdependent disciplines. Each involves a different way of analysing and thinking.
- • Art emphasises ideas, feeling and the visual qualities and responses
- • Craft emphasises the correct use of tools, skills and materials
- • Design emphasises planning, problem solving and completion, using drawing as a means of thinking
The benefits of an education in Art, Craft and Design for the students here in Largy College, extend far beyond a competence in the subject itself, it develops a number of important personal qualities, particularly those of initiative, preservice, sensibility and self-reliance. Visual Art at Junior Cycle aims to provide the students with a et of personal attitudes and qualities as well as skills and processes and a sense of aesthetic. Leaving Certificate art is studied across Art History and appreciation, still life, imaginative composition, design and craftwork. Art in Largy College aims to develop in students the knowledge, skills, understanding and values needed to bring an idea to realisations and to respond to, understand, analyse and evaluate their own work and the work of others in a happy, positive environment
Art Competition
Congratulations to Rebecca and Erin on their success in the Texaco Children's Art Competition.
Halloween Art Competition
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1st Place - Cullan McCaffrey | 1st Place - Rebecca Murphy | 2nd Place - Cliodhna Greenan | 3rd Place - James O'Neill |
Career opportunities
Interior Designer, Art Director, Fashion Design, Industrial design, Multimedia artist, Animation, UX design, Web Design, Art Therapy, Art Teacher, Jewellery design, Craftsperson, fine artist, gallery Curator, Conservator, restorer.
Useful Websites

Mathematics
Mathematics provides an effective way of building mental discipline, encourages logical reasoning and mental rigor and helps us to think analytically, which are all essential skills and they help us to solve problems and look for solutions. In addition, mathematical knowledge plays a crucial role in understanding the contents of other school subjects such as science, social studies, and even music and art.
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Members of the Maths Department:
The Mathematics Department consists of a dedicated, enthusiastic and caring team of teachers who actively promote the enjoyment of Mathematics. Our members include:
- A Gallagher
- G Lyons
- M Donohoe
- S Lynch
- F McKiernan
- A Magennis
- M Dalzell
Subject Overview
In the Maths Department of Largy College each teacher aims to provide opportunities for all pupils to:
- Develop the mathematical knowledge, skills and understanding needed for continuing education, for life and for work.
- Teach mathematics in contexts that allow learners to see connections within mathematic and its application to real life
- Support the development of literacy and numeracy skills
- Develop the skills of dealing with mathematical concepts in context and applications, as well as in solving problems
- Foster a positive attitude to mathematics in the learner and achieve their full potential
Junior Cycle Curriculum
The current Junior cycle strands include:
- Number
- Geometry & Trigonometry
- Algebra & Function
- Statistics and Probability
- Unifying
The new programme for Junior Cycle Mathematics commenced in September 2018. This consists of all the previous strand with an additional unifying strand. In second year students complete their first classroom based assessment on a Mathematical investigation and in third year students will complete a classroom based assessment on a Statistical Investigation. The terminal examination paper will be examined at higher and ordinary level.
Senior Cycle Curriculum
Leaving Certificate Mathematics is provided at three levels: Higher, Ordinary and Foundation, with a separate syllabus for each level. The higher level paper carries an extra 25 points if students achieve a H6 or above in this examination paper.
The Senior cycle strands include:
- Statistics and Probability
- Geometry and Trigonometry
- Number
- Algebra
- Functions
Career opportunities in Mathematics
Statistician, Actuary, Chartered Accountant, Financial risk analyst, Secondary school teacher, Higher education lecturer, Data analyst, Investment analyst, Research scientist, Corporate investment banker, Systems developer and engineer.
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