In Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) you learn about what might help you to make choices for a confident and healthy life. In SPHE class you will learn how to get on with your classmates better, as well as help each other to be healthy, safe and well.
This Junior Cycle short course forms part of Wellbeing and requires approximately 100 hours of learning.
This short course aims to develop students’ positive sense of themselves and their physical, social, emotional and spiritual health and wellbeing. It also aims to build the capacity of young people to develop and maintain healthy relationships.
The Junior Cycle short course in SPHE is designed to enable students to develop a positive sense of themselves and a commitment to caring for themselves and others. It has FOUR strands- Who am I?; Minding myself and others; Team up and My mental health
| Number of hours over 3 years | Final Exam | Classroom-Based Assessments (CBAs) | Assessments Task |
| 100 hrs approximately | There is no terminal examination in this short course |
One CBA to be taken towards the end of the short course CBA - Final Project |
There are no assessment tasks for short courses |
These subjects explore common issues faced by all people living in society. They develop the skills and knowledge used to manage personal resources and guide human behaviour.
This subject builds skills and knowledge that are particularly useful for careers in the following Career Sectors: