1st Year August Preparation Course
Monday 18th – Wednesday 20th August
Start Secondary School Ready To Excel
Get the clarity, focus, and confidence you need to make the most of your 1st Year from day one.
Our 3-day August Preparation Course helps you lay the groundwork for success with 75-minute classes taught by some of Ireland’s leading teachers.
Learn onsite at our Leeson Street campus. All classes are live, interactive, and recorded, so you can revisit lessons any time throughout 1st Year.
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Rewatch until the end of the State Exams 2026
Due to planned maintenance, online enrolment for this course will be unavailable from 9am – 5pm,
Saturday 29th June.
To learn more about what will be covered in each subject, please select from the list below:
English
Topics covered include:
- Language Skills in English;
- Creative writing
- Functional writing
- Parts of speech
- Some basic grammar
- Drama;
- Recognising the genre of drama
- Reading and enjoying drama excerpts
- The essential ingredients of drama
- Reading for Enjoyment;
- Excerpts from recommended Junior Cycle novels
- Examining character, setting, plot, theme, etc.
- Introducing Poetry;
- Looking at Seamus Heaney’s work
- An introduction to poetic devices, what they mean, how to recognise devices, the function of devices.
Irish
This course will give students the foundational skills needed to begin tackling the Junior Cycle Irish course.
Topics covered include:
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- The past and present tenses
- Irregular verbs
- Indirect speech
- Rules for nouns
- Key vocabulary and topics
- Question phrases
- Writing skills
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Maths
Topics covered include:
- The Number System
- Order of Operations (BOMDAS)
- Natural Numbers and the Number Line – Integers
- Real Numbers
- Simple Linear Equations
Science
The aim of this Preparation Course is to educate students around the key areas of the syllabus and to provide the skills required to address the various different types of assessments.
Topics covered include:
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Scientific Method
- Carbon and Water Cycle
- States of Matter
- Energy
- Measurement
- Cell Structure
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We are currently enrolling for our course which begins on Monday 18th August 2025.
Each subject chosen will run over 3 consecutive days and each class is 75 mins in duration.
Bookings will remain open until the beginning of the course week.
Leeson Street| Time | Subject |
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| 09:00 | English (Common) |
| 10:30 | Irish (Common) |
| 12:15 | Science (Common) |
| 13:45 | Maths (Common) |
| Subjects | Fee |
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| 1 subject | €100 |
| 2 subjects | €200 |
| 3 subjects | €300 |
| 4 subjects | €400 |
| Additional Subjects | €100 |
Please note:
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- Credit Card payments accepted
- 10% reduction for the second and subsequent members of the same family, enrolled on the same courses. Please contact our office at 01 661 3511 to avail of this discount.
- Fees are non-transferable
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Please click on each question below for an answer:
Q: What subjects are available in Leeson Street? Q: Are my classes recorded? Q: Are the class notes available online? Q: How long is each class? Q: How much is the fee per class? Q: Are the classes conducted ‘lecture style’ or are students free to ask questions? Q: Can my son/daughter join the course after it has started? Q: My son/daughter cannot attend the course. Can we buy the notes? Q: Can I cancel my classes and get a refund?
A: Please click here to view the timetable of subjects offered in Leeson Street.
A: Yes, All classes are recorded and available to students to watch back online for revision. All students will be sent login details for our student platform; Moodle, where they can watch back any of their classes.
A: Yes, notes are available online on our student platform Moodle.
A: Each class is 75 minutes in duration each day for 3 days.
A: This depends on the number of subjects taken. Please refer to the fees table to see a list of fees.
A: Our classes are interactive and our teachers use a variety of methods to ensure that students can ask questions and contribute to the class.
A: Yes, students are welcome to join after the course has started, the full fee will apply, and students will get access to the recordings of classes that have already taken place. Notes for online classes will be posted, please allow up to 5 working days for delivery.
A: No, Teaching is a central part of all our courses and classes. The notes are to facilitate recall and revision of what was covered in class by the teacher.
A: Yes, refunds can be organised for cancelled classes if our office is notified before the course commences. A request for a refund can be made by contacting our office on 01 6613511 or helpdesk@instituteofeducation.ie.