Scoil Uí Mhuirí

Civic Social and Political Education (CSPE)

Useful Website on Stewardship: http://www.teachnet.ie/fwilliams/2007/index.htm

Aims and Objectives (source Department of Education website)

The aims and objectives of the Civic, Social and Political Education course emphasise the
importance of the central concepts, and of active learning methodologies, to the
successful delivery of the course. The content of the course incorporates four units of
study.
Unit 1: The Individual and Citizenship
Unit 2: The Community
Unit 3: The State - Ireland
Unit 4: Ireland and the World

Civic, Social and Political Education aims to prepare students for active participatory
citizenship. This is achieved through comprehensive exploration of the civic, social
and political dimensions of their lives at a time when pupils are developing from
dependent children into independent young adults. It should produce knowledgeable
pupils who can explore, analyse and evaluate, who are skilled and practised in moral
and critical appraisal, and capable of making decisions and judgements through a
reflective citizenship, based on human rights and social responsibilities.


C.S.P.E. Projects 2010/2011

October
3rd Year Class (3 Yeats) welcomed a Garda speaker into their classroom to speak to the class about law.
2nd Year Classes (2 Gris) and (2 Rouge) visited the Oireachtas in Dublin.

December
3rd Year Class (3 Bowen) invited a speaker into their classroom from The Children's Rights Alliance.
3rd Year Class (3 Shaw) made a DVD about Racism.

January
2nd Year Classes ((2 Vert) and (2 Jaune) visited Kilmainham Jail and the Oireachtas.
3rd Year Class (3 Joyce) organised a trip to the Zoo under Animal Rights.

C.S.P.E. Projects 2008/9

Halloween Disco in aid of Homeless Aid in Drogheda. The students raised €320 for their chosen charity.

Oireachtas Workshop held in November 2008. Local Councillors Seamus Kirk, Fergus O Dowd and Arthur Morgan delivered a workshop to the 2 Oak C.S.P.E. class.

The Concern Fast organised by 1 Shaw raised €1300.

2 Beech, 3 Finch and 3 Wren C.S.P.E. classes went to Dublin Zoo as part of their Animal Rights Stewardship project.