This course is designed to revise key elements of the Junior Certificate Business Studies syllabus.

Topics include:

• Economic Growth and Sustainability
• Government Revenue and Expenditure
• International Trade
• The Role of Taxation
• Income Statements & Statement of Financial Position
• Past Exam Papers Overview – Key aspects of the 2019 and the 2022 Exam Papers

This course is designed to introduce students to the requirements of the Junior Cycle English exam, focussing on key areas to improve comprehension skills and the presentation of answers. There will be plenty of opportunity for questions, inputs and extra work.

Topics include:

• Why am I here?
• What is Junior Cycle English?
• Material to cover
• Junior Cycle grades
• How to present your answer
• Assessments
• General indicators of quality
• Level of answering
• Main areas of concern
• Grammar: Capital letters and full stops, prepositions, interjections.
• Christmas short story and thoughts
• Exploring pictures and title
• Key elements of a good story
• Bert and Ernie exchange gifts short
• How to approach a poem
• Literary devices
• First Fight poem
• Creative piece
• My sister is not a statistic poem
• Visual representation of a poem
• Back in the Playground Blues poem
• Grammar: The apostrophe
• Types of writing CBA2
• Assessment task
• Studied questions
• Reflection

This course is structured to ensure students achieve the best results possible in their Junior Cycle French exam. It is designed to link with the Easter Revision Course in order to provide students with the most comprehensive route to success.

Topics include:

Listening and Reading Comprehensions

• Techniques and strategies, including the core vocabulary necessary for success.

Written Production

• Vocabulary and sample answers designed to help you come to terms with the demands of this section of the examination.

Grammar

• Three core tenses (present, future and past), questions and negative forms.

This course is structured to ensure students achieve the best results possible in their Junior Cycle Geography exam.

Topics include:

Exploring the Physical World

• The Structure of the Earth
• Plate Tectonics
• Volcanoes
• Earthquakes
• Fold Mountains
• The Formation of Rocks
• River Processes and Landforms
• Coastal Processes and Landforms

Exploring How We Interact with the Physical World

• Positive and Negative Impacts of Volcanoes
• The Impact of Earthquakes on Humans
• The Consequences of the Exploitation of Rocks
• Causes and Implications of Climate Change
• Human Response to a Natural Disaster

When do I add a séimhiú to a verb? When do I use ní instead of níor? What are the most important literature topics at Junior Cycle level? This course will answer these questions and cover core areas of Irish grammar, composition, and the literature course. The past and present tenses will be covered, and students will gain the skills needed for article and presentation writing. Students will also be introduced to poetry and gain skills that will aid them in all areas of the literature course.

Topics include:

• Course structure and exam layout
• The past tense
• The present tense
• Indirect speech
• Article and presentation writing
• Poetry

This course focuses on key aspects of Junior Cycle History, preparing students for success in the exam in June.

Topics include:

Exam Skills / Strand One: The Nature of History

• Working with documents and sources in exam and dealing with evidence-based questions.
• Writing accounts and short essays: using relevant points, sticking to the question, and focusing on key parts of Learning Outcomes in preparing for exam.
• Sources and where to find them.

Strand Two: The History of Ireland

• Plantation.
• The Parliamentary Tradition and the Home Rule Crisis.
• 1916 + War of Independence.

Strand Three: The History of Europe and the Wider World

• Ancient Civilisation (Rome).
• The Middle Ages.
• The Reformation.
• Pattern of Change: Changes in Medicine.

This class provides an opportunity for students to consolidate prior learning and maximise their potential for exam success. Due to syllabus length, Maths is divided into Section A & Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section 1 – Topics include:

• Algebra
  • Solving Linear Equations
  • Solving Simultaneous Linear Equations
  • Factorising: HCF, Grouping, Difference of 2 Squares and Quadratic Trinomials
  • Solving Quadratic Equations (using factors and using -b formula)
• Functions
  • Defining and identifying a function
  • Functions unified with algebra
  • Graphing functions and using graph
• Exam Question Practice

Section 2 – Topics include:

• Co-ordinate Geometry of The Line
  • Points and the Cartesian plane
  • Distance formula
  • Midpoint formula
  • Slopes of lines – multiple methods
  • Equation of a line – multiple methods
  • Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
  • Area of a triangle
• Trigonometry
  • Labeling a right-angled triangle
  • Finding values for trig ratios SinA, CosA and TanA
  • Using our ratios to find sides and angles in a right triangle
  • Pythagoras Theorem
• Exam Question Practice

This course is structured to ensure students achieve the best results possible in their Junior Cycle Common Level Science exam. Due to syllabus length, Science is divided into Section A & Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section A – Topics include:

• Acids and Bases
• Atom and Bonding
• Gas Production and Rates of Reactions
• Photosynthesis and Respiration
• Patterns, relationships and data plotting

Section B – Topics include:

• Energy and energy conversion
• Electrical energy, power and circuits
• Density
• Speed/velocity/acceleration
• Ecology
• Carbon and Water Cycles

This course is structured to ensure students achieve the best results possible in their Junior Cycle Spanish exam. It is designed to link with the Easter Revision Course in order to provide students with the most comprehensive route to success.

Topics include:

Grammar

• Present tense, Future tenses and Simple past tense, along with a list of common verbs

Writing:

• Holidays, Free time and my area. Section C Q16 – Grammar in writing.

Vocab:

• Numbers and food

Reading and listening:

• A combination of the writing/vocabulary above