PSLCE Arts and Life Skills case studies
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The PSLCE Arts and Life Skills paper is the arts-and-life-skills component of the Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination, the school-leaving assessment taken at the end of primary schooling. It is intended for primary candidates completing the final year of the primary cycle, and for teachers, parents and tutors preparing them. The PSLCE Arts and Life Skills case studies are 5 cases and about 2,950 words.
1Mural on the Canteen Wall
The Year 9 visual arts class has been asked to paint a 6 m by 2.4 m exterior wall beside the school canteen. The class has 120, two tins of white exterior acrylic, one tin of ochre, one tin of black, six assorted brushes and no projector.
634 words, about 3 min2Anniversary Programme With One Working Microphone
The school is preparing a 20-minute programme for its 50th anniversary. The traditional dance group has 14 students and a borrowed costume set; the community elder who owns the dance has agreed to the performance but says no photography may occur during it.
569 words, about 3 min3The Quiet Student in Row Three
During peer-support duty, a 15-year-old classmate tells you they have missed four of the last ten school days, sleep about four hours a night, and often skip lunch because they are “not hungry”. They have stopped playing on the school team, have given away two favourite books and a phone charger, and say, “Nobody would notice if I disappeared for a week.” They show you a recent message where an older relative calls them useless.
555 words, about 3 min4Fundraiser Lunch for 120
The Year 10 home economics class must serve a healthy lunch for 120 students and teachers. The class has 150 and these supplier prices: rice, 10 kg for 22; chicken, 8 kg for 48; tinned fish, 12 tins for 30; mixed vegetables, 25; fruit, 20; oil and spices, 10.
620 words, about 3 min5The Drain Behind the Classroom
After three days of heavy rain, the drain behind the classroom block is blocked by plastic bottles and silt. Water covers the concrete path used by about 200 students each morning.
572 words, about 3 min