Reaction to 2026 Leaving Certificate Irish Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Anna Hughes, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. Open-ended essay questions will have students smiling The aural starts with familiar vocabulary from recognisable scenarios by gets more challenging…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 2 (O) by Jean Kelly, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. The ethos of this paper was to let student engage with their lives through a mathematical lens. It was less about…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 2 (H) by Aidan Roantree, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. More familiar questions with the proportion of innovative, challenging and conceptual questions scaled back. Students entering today’s exam will have been anxious after Friday’s paper but will…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 1 (H) by David Callan, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. An accessible beginning followed by lengthy and conceptual Section B made the exam a marathon that rewarded those who kept moving. Students…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 1 (O) by Jean Kelly, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. The goal of the Maths course has been to develop students who can use Maths to investigate, model, interpret, communicate and make decisions about real world situations rather than…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Geography (H) by Lesley Aslin, Geography teacher at The Institute of Education. A challenging selection of short questions was balanced with perfect essay choices. Geography might no longer be a core subject for Junior Cert,…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 English Paper 2 (H) by Liam Dingle, English teacher at The Institute of Education. The paper challenged candidates to navigate the specifics of the question while also offering them a movable feast of material. …
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Home Economics by Alice Quinn, Home Economics teacher at The Institute of Education. Students who focused on covering the syllabus will find the paper very approachable but those who tried to streamline their work…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 English Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Clodagh Havel, English teacher at The Institute of Education. An emphasis on discursive writing in Section 1 won’t suit everyone. Viable choices for everyone, but not everyone’s preferences.…
Celebrating the Class of 2026 On Monday we celebrated a momentous occasion, the Class of 2026 graduated at University College Dublin’s prestigious O’Reilly Hall. It was a wonderful day, blessed with spectacular weather, as students were celebrated by teachers, friends and families alike. Graduation Day is one of the most important days in our…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2026 Computer Science (Higher Level) by Pat Brennan, Computer Science teacher at The Institute of Education. Immanently approachable short questions that covered a range of ideas from the basic to the technical and topical. A more manageable difficulty…
Welcome to Week 33 of The Buzz Newsletter! It’s Week 33 of The Buzz Newsletter, & we hope you had a wonderful weekend! We are delighted to share that 2 Institute groups were winners at SciFest 2026 and have progressed…