This course covers key areas on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Accounting syllabus. It includes comprehensive notes with questions and detailed solutions, which will empower students to answer Leaving Certificate Higher Level questions to a H1 standard.

Topics include:

Final Accounts of limited companies and sole traders

• This is a guaranteed question on the Leaving Certificate and is worth 30% of the examination paper.

Interpretation of Accounts

• This is a very popular question on the LC and has appeared on the examination, in Section 2, every year for the last 30 years. It is worth 25% of the examination paper.

Cash Flow Statements 

• This topic appears in Section 1 or Section 2 of the Paper and can be worth 25% of the examination Paper.

Product Costing

• This topic appears in Section 3 of the examination paper and allows students a detailed knowledge of costing and pricing decisions made by businesses. It is worth 20% of the examination paper.

Club Accounts

• This topic appears in Section 1 of the Paper and Section 2 of the Paper and can be worth 25% of the examination Paper.

The course will focus on the main animal enterprises, and then the key points of the grassland system and specific crops.

Topics include:

• Animal Enterprises – Beef, Dairy, and Sheep.
• Grass topics will be grazing and grassland management.
• Specific crops. Emphasis on Potatoes and Kale

This course focuses on the Mechanics section of the Applied Maths course, covering the following topics:

• Linear Motion
• Connected Particles
• Circular Motion
• Collisions
• Projectiles

These classes will be exam focused, presenting specific strategies that can be applied to most or all exam questions on each topic. Therefore, students can enter their Applied Maths exam not only with a keen eye for noticing the underlying structure of typical exam questions but also with a clear plan on how to solve them. Notes will contain not only theory and general advice but also fully worked examples illustrating recommended approaches to problems.

TOPIC 1: Europe and the wider world 

Day 1: Introduction (outline of course, question format including visual language & marking scheme)
Renaissance in Italy- Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo

Day 2: Content Area: Europe & the wider world cont.
Baroque- Velasquez & Caravaggio

TOPIC 2: Ireland and its place in the wider world.

Day 3: Pre-Christian Ireland: Neolithic Passage Mounds,
The Bronze Age and The Iron Age.

TOPIC 3: Today’s World

Day 4: Art as Social Commentary or Commentator.
Theory & Thinking- Describing art and The Portrait.

Day 5: Exam questions, illustrating answers, using visually descriptive vocabulary.

This course is structured to ensure students achieve the best results possible in their Leaving Certificate Higher Level Biology exam.

Due to syllabus length, Biology is divided into Section A and Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section A – Topics include:

• Scientific Method
• Food
• Ecology
• Cell Division
• Enzymes
• Energy Carriers
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Osmosis/Diffusion/Active Transport
• Experiments

Section B – Topics include:

• Blood
• Heart
• Lymphatic System
• Human Breathing
• Human Digestion
• Excretion
• Human Reproduction
• Endocrine system
• Nervous System
• The Senses
• Skeleton
• Human Defence System

This course prepares students for success in the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Business exam.

Due to syllabus length, Business is divided into Section A and Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section A – Topics include:

• People In Business
• Industrial Relations
• Introduction to Management
• Management Skills (Leadership and Motivation)
• Communication
• Taxation
• Ratio Analysis

Applied Business Question Preparation on Units 1, 2 and 3

Section B – Topics include:

• Identifying Opportunities
• Marketing
• Product and Price
• Break Even Analysis
• Business Scene
• Business Social Responsibility and Ethics
• Government and the Economy
• International Trade

Business Short Question Analysis and Solutions

This course covers key elements of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Chemistry paper.

Due to syllabus length, Chemistry is divided into Section A and Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section A – Topics include:

• Stoichiometry (moles, concentrations, limiting reactants, % yields)
• Oxidation and reduction
• Volumetric analysis
• Chemical equilibrium

Section B – Topics include:

• Periodic table
• Radioactivity
• Bohr
• Organic Chemistry (theory)

Please bring periodic table and calculator

Medea essay writing
The Colosseum and a day at the games
The Circus Maximus and a day at the races
Greek temples and festivals
The poetry of Horace

This course allows students to gain an in-depth knowledge of the important sections on the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Economics syllabus and prepares them for answering questions to the highest standard.

Due to syllabus length, Economics is divided into Section A and Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section A (Micro-Economics) – Topics include:

• Demand/Supply/Equilibrium
• Elasticity
• Costs of Production
• Government Intervention
• Market Structures
• Labour Market

Section B (Macro-Economics) – Topics include:

• National Income
• Fiscal and Monetary Policy
• Financial Sector
• Economic Growth and Development
• Globalisation
• International Trade and Competitiveness

This intensive course prepares students for success in the Leaving Certificate Higher Level English exam. The core focus is to offer insights into WHAT material to prepare and HOW to write coherent, substantive essays.

A comprehensive set of MindMaps designed to explain complex concepts and to make revision simple will be provided.

Notes and Sample answers will be provided on the following topics:

Paper 1

• Personal Essay Writing.
• Analysis of 2023 QA tasks.
• Key elements of Narrative and Aesthetic language

Paper 2 

• Analysis of Hamlet’s role in the play with a focus on the soliloquies
• Analysis of the role of the of the Claudius and Shakespeare’s use of symbolism in Hamlet
• Sample answers to past Hamlet Questions
• Analysis of studied poetry questions and how to prepare for this section with a specific focus on a selection of poems by Sylvia Plath
• Guidelines on successful Comparative essay writing
• Analysis of the Literary Genre Mode of Comparison

Notes will also be provided on a selection of Comparative texts prescribed for study in 2024, the Unseen Poetry Task, and the poetry of all 8 of the prescribed poets.

This comprehensive revision course is designed to help you focus on what you need to succeed in Leaving Cert French exam. The course offers a comprehension treatment of core grammar areas including: Le Présent de l’Indicatif, Le Futur Simple, Le Futur Proche and Le Passé Composé.

This course will also provide you with everything you need to achieve success in the written and listening comprehension exams.

Topics include:

Reading Comprehensions

• Answering technique and key pitfalls to be avoided on the day of the examination.

Listening Comprehensions

• Examination Technique and answering strategies.

Written Production

• Here the focus will be on core vocabulary, answering strategies and sample answers for Diary Entries and Reaction Pieces.

This course is designed to link with the Easter Revision Course in order to provide you with the most comprehensive route to success.

Classes in this intensive course are exam-focused and students are encouraged to gain confidence in their language skills.

Topics include:

Reading Comprehension

• Introduction to both journalistic/ literary styles of texts, with in-depth concentration on answering skills/techniques.
• How to maximise your grade in the Reading Comprehension section.

Aural Comprehension

• Listening skills required for LC Aural with marking scheme and tape scripts provided. Authentic German Passages will be used.
• How to get the H1 grade.

Written Section:

• How to structure German sentences, with special emphasis on written tasks for the exam.
• Written themes/ in-depth written technique covered.
• How to get the H1 grade.

Grammar

• Cases
• Tenses
• Word order
• Relative Pronouns
• Sample solutions from past papers will be provided

This intensive course prepares students for exam success in Leaving Certificate Higher Level Geography. Exam analysis and marking scheme interpretation will be covered in all topics.

Due to syllabus length, Geography is divided into Section A, Section B and Section C. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section A (Physical Environment) – Topics include:

Plate Tectonics

• Theory of plate tectonics.
• Plate boundary types.
• Volcanoes.

Rocks

• Formation of rocks – igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
• Human interaction with the rock cycle (geothermal energy production).

Landform Development

• Features of deposition (rivers and coasts).
• Overview of glaciation and mass movement.

8- and 20-Mark questions

• OS map and aerial photo skills.
• Sketch maps.
• Weather maps.

Exam analysis and mark scheme interpretation throughout topics.

Section B (Regional Geography) – Topics include:

Concept of a Region

• Socio-economic regions.
• Urban regions.
• 8-mark questions.

Primary Economic Activities

• Irish and European regions.

Tertiary Economic Activities

• Irish and European regions.

Complexity Of Regions (i)

• Interaction between economic, cultural, and physical processes.

20 Mark Questions

• Sketch maps of regions.
• Data interpretation

Exam analysis and mark scheme interpretation throughout topics.

Section C (Elective Unit: Patterns & Processes in the Human Environment) – Topics include:

Population Characteristics

• Changing fertility and mortality rates over time and space. Demographic Transition Model and population pyramids.
• Population distribution and density.

Migration

• Push and pull factors.
• Rural to urban migration, causes and effects (Ireland and Brazil).

Patterns of Rural and Urban Settlement

• Questions based on OS maps i.e., historical, settlement distribution, settlement patterns.
• Planning strategies in rural areas.

Urban Problems

• Traffic movement and congestion.
• Urban decay and urban sprawl.
• Heritage and environmental issues.

20 Mark Questions

• Sketch OS maps and aerial photos.
• Data interpretation
• Producing graphs

Exam analysis and mark scheme interpretation throughout topics.

This course is designed to help student prioritise work that needs to be done in preparation for the Leaving Certificate Higher Level History exam in June in an organised and structured way. All classes will allow for questions from students regarding the topics across their history course programme. Exam tips regarding essay writing and the marking scheme will also be provided.

Due to syllabus length, History is divided into Section A and Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Course A – Irish History

Module: Sovereignty & Partition, 1912-1949

Topics covered will include:

1. The Home Rule Crisis, 1912-1914
2. The 1916 Rising
3. War of Independence, 1919-1921
4. The Treaty Negotiations
5. Physical Force in Ireland, 1912-1923
6. The contribution of Padraig Pearse
7. The contribution of Michael Collins

Students will receive a Sample Answer Pack of essays.

Module: Northern Ireland, Politics and Society, 1949-1993

Topics covered will include:

1. The Apprentice Boys of Derry
2. The Brookeborough era and the creation of the Welfare State
3. The O’Neill era: Northern Ireland in the 1960’s
4. The Coleraine University controversy
5. Northern Ireland civil rights movements

Students will receive a Sample Answer Pack of essays.

Course B – European History

Module: The United States and the Wider World, 1945-1989

Topics covered will include:

1. Factors that contributed to the growth of the US economy, 1945-1968
2. Impact of US economic growth on the American Way of Life
3. The Age of Consensus
4. Developments in race relations, 1945-1954
5. The Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-1956
6. Harry Truman and US Foreign Policy
7. The Berlin blockade
8. McCarthyism and the Red Scare

Students will receive a Sample Answer Pack of essays.

Module: Dictatorship and Democracy, 1920-1945.

This module will feature in the compulsory Documents Based Question of the Leaving Certificate History exam paper.

Topics covered will include:

1. The Nuremberg Rallies, 1934.
2. European dictators and use of terror.
3. Stalin’s Show Trials.

Students will be given a presentation on how to address and answer the DBQ section of the History Leaving Certificate exam paper.

This course gives a comprehensive overview of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level History and Appreciation of Art (Visual Studies) syllabus.

Topics include:

Europe and the wider world

• Introduction to The Baroque and Bernini

Ireland and its place in the wider world

• Pre-Christian Ireland: Neolithic Passage Mounds
• The Bronze Age and The Iron Age.

Today’s World

• How to critique an Exhibition

This course covers key aspects of the Higher Level Home Economics Leaving Certificate course.

Day 1

• Vitamins (Water Soluble and Vitamin A)
• Carbohydrates
• Minerals
• Approach to answering Short Questions on Section A (worth 15% of overall Home Economics grade)

Day 2

• Cheese
• Milk
• Fruit/Vegetables
• Cereals

Day 3

• Yeast
• Bacteria/Food Poisoning
• Irish Food Industry
• Analysis of Tables/Charts Q1 Section B,part (a) ( potentially worth 5% of overall Home Economics grade)

Day 4

• Menu Planning
• Food Processing/Packaging/Labelling
• Sensory Analysis
• Approach to answering part (d)/(e) Q1 Section B (potentially worth 5% of overall grade)

Day 5

• Textiles ( from the Core of the Syllabus ie Home Management Section of the course )
• Resource Management
• Refrigerator
• Motor / Heating Element appliances

This course aims to maximise students’ ability to achieve the highest possible grade in the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Irish exam. Comprehensive questions and answers are covered in all sections, with specific emphasis on the oral component.

In relation to the ’literature’ sections of the exam, in-depth notes are supplied and explained throughout the course, along with the allocation of marks and common pitfalls students should avoid.

Many grammatical areas required for a H1 grade will be covered, with full and comprehensive sample answers supplied.

Topics include:

• Béaltriail
• Ceapadóireacht
• Léamhthuiscint
• Gramadach
• Filiocht
• Prós
• Cluastuiscint
• An Triail
• Filiocht Bhreise

This course covers the essential methods, formulae and procedures required for success in the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Maths Papers 1 & 2. Comprehensive notes are presented and fully worked solutions, with a huge number of examples, are provided.

Due to syllabus length, the Maths course is divided into Paper 1 and Paper 2. Each is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Paper 1 – Topics include:

• Day 1: Algebra
• Day 2: Graphs
• Day 3: Powers and Logs
• Day 4: Sequences and Series
• Day 5: Patterns Questions

Paper 2 – Topics include:

• Day 1: Trigonometry
• Day 2: Practical Trigonometry
• Day 3: Areas and Volumes
• Day 4: Co-ordinate Geometry: The Line
• Day 5: Co-ordinate Geometry: The Circle

Bring maths tables and calculator

This course is designed for students whose ambition is at least a H3 in the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Maths exam. Emphasis is placed on the understanding of the methods and on the application of these methods to practical problems. Also stressed is the ability to recognise appropriate methods when presented with new looking questions. Comprehensive notes are presented and fully worked solutions, with a huge number of examples, are provided.

Due to syllabus length, this course is divided into Paper 1 and Paper 2. Each is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Paper 1 – Topics include:

• Day 1: Algebra
  Day 2: Graphs
  Day 3: Powers and Logs
  Day 4: Sequences and Series
  Day 5: Patterns Questions

Paper 2 – Topics include:

• Day 1: Trigonometry
  Day 2: Practical Trigonometry
  Day 3: Areas and Volumes
  Day 4: Co-ordinate Geometry: The Line
  Day 5: Co-ordinate Geometry: The Circle

Please bring maths tables and calculator

The ‘Normal Pace’ and ‘Fast Pace’ classes will cover the same topics. As well as a somewhat different selection of questions, the Fast Pace classes may consider some slightly more advanced issues.

This course covers the essential methods, formulae and procedures required for success in the Leaving Certificate Ordinary Level Maths exam. Due to syllabus length, Maths is divided into Paper 1 and Paper 2. Each is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Paper 1 – Topics include:

Algebra

• Factorising & Solving Quadratic Equations
• The Quadratic Formula
• Solving Simultaneous Equations (both types)

Complex Numbers

• Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division
• Conjugates
• Plotting on an Argand Diagram
• Modulus
• Solving Quadratics & Verifying Roots

Functions & Graphs

• Types of Functions (Relating to Algebra)
• Types of Graphs
• Questions relating to Calculus & Rates of Change

Calculus

• Rule (How to Differentiate)
• Max & Min Turning points of curves
• Equations of Tangents to curves

Number Patterns

• Sequences & Series

Paper 2 – Topics from:

Coordinate Geometry of the Line

• Distance, Midpoint, Slope & Equation
• Verifying points on Lines
• Graphing Lines
• Intersecting Lines

Coordinate Geometry of the Circle

• Centre, Radius & Equation
• Points On, Inside or Outside Circles
• Graphing circles
• Lines & Circles

Trigonometry 1

• Right Angled Triangle Rules
• Arc Length & Area of a Sector

Trigonometry 2

• Non-Right-Angled Triangle Rules
• Area
• Sine Rule
• Cosine Rule

Transformations

• Translation
• Symmetry
• Dilations

Please bring maths tables and calculator

This course gives an intensive overview of key elements of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Music exam.

Topics include:

• Composition Paper – Melody
• Piano Quartet No. 1 (Barry)
• Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture (Tchaikovsky)

This course gives an intensive overview of key elements of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Physics exam. Fully worded solutions to the past paper questions on this material since 2002 will form part of the notes provided.

Due to syllabus length, Physics is divided into two separate sections, Section A and Section B. Each section is treated as a separate subject when calculating fees.

Section A – Topics include:

Day 1: Mechanics 1

• Vectors
• Linear motion
• Newton’s laws
• Conservation of momentum.

Day 2: Mechanics 2

• To measure velocity and acceleration
• To show that acceleration is proportional to force
• To verify the principle of the conservation of momentum
• To measure the value of g.

Day 3: Mechanics 3

• Moments
• Density
• Pressure
• Experiment: To verify Boyle’s Law
• Experiment: To investigate the laws of equilibrium for a set of co-planer forces

Day 4: Heat 

• Temperature
• Specific Heat Capacity
• Experiment: Calibration curve of a thermometer using the laboratory mercury thermometer as a standard.
• Experiment: Measurement of specific heat capacity

Day 5: Sound and Waves 

• The Doppler Effect
• Longitudinal Standing Waves
• Speed of Sound
• Experiment: To measure the speed of sound in air.

Fully worked out answers to a selection of past paper questions on these topics will also be provided.

Section B – Topics include:

Day 1: Light  

• Reflection and Refraction of Light
• Experiment: To measure the focal length of a concave mirror.
• Experiment: To verify Snell’s law of refraction.
• Experiment: To measure the refractive index of a liquid or a solid.
• Experiment:  To measure the focal length of a converging lens

Day 2:  Electricity 1

• Static Electricity
• Distribution of Charge
• Electric Fields
• Coulomb’s Law

Day 3: Electricity 2

• Voltage
• Capacitance and Current Electricity
• Experiment: To verify Joules Law

Day 4: Electricity 3

• Resistance
• Capacitance
• The Effects of Electricity
• Experiment: To measure the resistivity of the material of a wire
• Experiment: To investigate the variation of the resistance of a metallic conductor with temperature
• Experiment: To investigate the variation of current with voltage for(a) a metallic conductor
  (b) a filament bulb
  (c) copper sulphate solution with copper electrodes
• Fully worked out answers to a selection of past paper questions on these topics will also be provided. (Experiments 21, 22, 24 a,b,c)

Bring maths tables, past papers and calculator

• Stationary Waves on Strings
• Sound Intensity
• Experiment: To investigate the variation of the fundamental frequency of a stretched string with length.
• Experiment: To investigate the variation of the fundamental frequency of a stretched string with tension

This course gives an intensive overview of key elements of the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Politics & Society exam. Exam preparation techniques, including study skills for Politics & Society, exam strategy and timing will also be covered during the course.

Topics include:

Power & Decision Making

• Integrating Key Thinkers into your essay writing – Focusing on Karl Marx, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Robert Nozick,
• The Essay Marking Scheme (including paragraph/essay structure and presenting a ‘counter-narrative’).

Human Rights & Responsibilities

• Key Global and National Institutions, Case Studies, and possible essay Questions.
• Children’s Rights and the Case Studies.

Addressing the Data-Based Question

• Key Terminology in DBQs, including structures for the 10 & 20-mark answers.
• Key Concepts including Sampling, Bias, Authorship, Comparative Approaches, and the DES-highlighted key terms: “analyse / compare / critique / discuss / evaluate / justify / comment”.
• Sample answers from previous SEC exams with student responses and outlines for improving overall grades in this area. Special attention will be paid to approaching the 50 Mark Question – Q (g).

The Irish Electoral System

• This session looks at the Irish electoral system in the context of other global systems aimed at addressing the Politic & Society Specification’s requirement that students can assess “whether the Irish system of government is effective in representing the will of all the Irish people

Irish Political Structures

• This session focuses on addressing the much-anticipated exam question examining “the effectiveness of the Irish system of elections in representing the will of all the Irish people”. This includes “Selecting an Executive”, “Political and Voting Structures”, and International Comparisons.

This course is designed to prepare students for the Leaving Certificate Higher Level Spanish exam.

Topics include:

General overview of the exam paper

• Key grammar points.
• Verbs: present, future, conditional, 3 past tenses, subjunctive.
• Some special verbs: gustar, ser and estar.
• Vocabulary: Synonyms and False Friends.

Reading Comprehension

• Exam techniques and vocabulary from past papers.

Writing

• Opinion piece (Structure, topics, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions…)
• Writing techniques for Diary entries and Notes.
• Sentence building. Work on common errors.

Listening comprehension

• Vocabulary from past papers.
• Vocabulary for the weather report.
• Strategies to maximise marks.

Oral

• Understanding the oral exam.
• Interview. Expanding on common topics.
• Sample answers.
• Role-plays – preparation.
• Tips on how to perform best on the day.
• Using technology to improve.