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 and Ratio Analysis

• Q5 is guaranteed to be on this area again this year and is worth 25% of the total marks.

Correction of Errors and Suspense Accounts

• This is a possible section 2 question this year and is worth 25% of the total marks. Students must attempt two questions from section 2.

Cash and Production Budgeting combined

• This is a possible question 9 in section 3. Students must attempt one question from this section worth 20% of the total marks.

Farm Accounts

• This is a possible 60 mark question in section 1 as an alternative to doing Q1. Students may attempt to 60 mark questions instead of Q1 and these are each worth 15% of the total marks.

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

Topics include:

The course will cover a range of topics from the course, with each day drawing from a different strand of the syllabus.

• Day 1 – Strand 1 Topics: Health and Safety, and the Scientific Method
• Day 2 – Strand 2 Topics: Soil Science. Physical, Chemical, and Biological properties of soil
• Day 3 – Strand 2 Topics: Soil Management, selected soil experiments
• Day 4 – Strand 4 Topics: Animal Health and Eelfare, and animal reproduction
• Day 5 – Strand 3 and 4 Topics: Plant Genetics, Animal Genetics

This course focuses on the new additions to the Applied Maths syllabus, covering the following topics:

• Algorithms on Graphs
• Project Scheduling
• Dynamic Programming
• Integration by Parts and Substitution
• Difference and Differential Equations
• Work, Energy and Power

Students will be given notes showing clear but concise instructions on how to set up and solve typical problems in each of these topics, along with fully worked examples. Special focus will also be given to sample papers relevant to the new syllabus and advice on what will be expected of students in the new Applied Maths exam.

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:

• Bacteria
• Fungi
• Amoeba
• Viruses
• Plant Structure
• Plant Transport
• Plant Reproduction
• Plant Responses
• Scientific Method
• Food
• Ecology
• Heart
• Human Digestion
• Excretion

Section B – Topics include:

• Cell Structure
• Cell Diversity
• Cell Division
• Genetic Engineering
• Variation and Evolution
• DNA and RNA
• Genetic Crosses
• Enzymes
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• Nervous System
• Human Reproduction
• Endocrine 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:

• Consumer Law
• Enterprise
• Management Activities
• Human Resource Management
• Change Management
• Insurance
• Source of Finance (Cash Flow Analysis)

Applied Business Question Preparation Units 1,2 and 3.

Section B – Topics include:

• Promotion and Place
• Expansion
• Getting Started
• Business Organisations
• Community Development
• Global Business
• European Union

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 (empirical formulas and molecular formulas)
• Gas Laws
• pH
• Water

Section B – Topics include:

• Fuels and heats of reaction
• Rates of Reaction
• Organic chemistry (experiments)
• Question 4

Please bring periodic table and calculator

• Alexander’s character: positive and negative traits.
• Alexander’s and Caesar’s treatment of defeated peoples
• Homer’s Odyssey: key considerations
• Homer’s Odyssey: key considerations, part two and propaganda in the Aeneid
• Virgil’s Aeneid: key considerations

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
• Costs of Production
• Government Intervention
• Market Structures
• Labour Market
• 2023/2024 Topical Questions & Exam Day Advice

Section B (Macro-Economics) – Topics include:

• National Income
• Fiscal and Monetary Policy
• Financial Sector
• Economic Growth and Development
• Globalisation
• International Trade and Competitiveness
• 2023/2024 Topical Questions & Exam Day Advice

This course is intended to place a firm focus on exam technique, question analysis and essay writing skills. Detailed revision notes will be provided including a set of MindMaps on every section of the course. These MindMaps are designed to facilitate effective revision of key topics, like the qualities of an effective studied poetry response and the notable qualities of Hamlet’s character.

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

Paper 1

• Key elements of Narrative and Aesthetic language
• Analysis of 2023 & 2022 Paper 1 with sample answers to QA and QB tasks.
• An approach to Short Story Writing & Speech Writing

Notes also provided on:

• The Language of Argument
• The Language of Persuasion
• Effective Personal Essay and Discursive Essay Writing

Paper 2 

Hamlet

• Analysis of Hamlet’s character, including the soliloquies
• An approach to essay writing on Hamlet
• Hamlet key quote analysis
• Language and Imagery in Hamlet
• Analysis of the role of the of the Claudius and Shakespeare’s use of symbolism in Hamlet

Sample answers will be provided for a number of Hamlet topics / past questions.

Comparative

• Analysis notes provided on a selection of prescribed texts
• An approach to writing successful comparative essays
• Focus on the Theme and Issue mode but notes also provided on the other two comparative modes, Cultural Context and Literary Genre.

Poetry

• Heaney
• Ní Chuilléanáin

Notes and sample answers provided on:

• Seamus Heaney
• John Donne
• Sylvia Plath
• Emily Dickinson
• GM Hopkins
• Paula Meehan
• Eiléan Ní Chuilléanáin
• WB Yeats
• An approach to Unseen Poetry

This course provides a detailed analysis of the prescribed material for Leaving Certificate higher level French, with emphasis on the Marking Scheme.

Topics include:

Comprehension Treatment of Core Grammar

• L’Imparfait
• Le Conditionnel
• Le Subjonctif
• Plus que Parfait Parfait

Reading Comprehension

• 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.

The 6th year German Easter Course will concentrate on building and developing the student’s skills in written and reading and aural proficiency to enable them to maximise their potential in the written exam

Topics include:

Reading Comprehension

• The course will cover Journalistic and Literary Reading comprehension practice with in-depth concentration on answering skills and marking outline.

Written Section:

• Productive writing techniques and topics will be covered while concentrating on ways to improve written proficiency.

Grammar

• Essential Grammar areas covered including Angewandte Grammatik section
• Cases
• Tenses
• Word order
• Level 2
• Adjectival endings
• Passive
• Subjunctive
• Pronouns

Aural Comprehension

• Aural comprehension practice with emphasis on essential skills required to maximise grade.
• 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

• Plate boundary types.
• Folding and Faulting.
• Earthquakes.

Rocks

• Physical and chemical weathering.
• Karst landscapes.
• Ireland’s geological past.

Landform Development

• Human interaction with surface processes (rivers and coasts).
• Isostasy.
• 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

• Physical regions.
• Cultural regions.
• 8-mark questions.

Secodary Economic Activities

• Irish and European regions.

Continental/Sub-Continental Region

• Primary, secondary, and tertiary activities.

Complexity Of Regions (ii)

• Boundaries and extent of regions changes over time.

20 Mark Questions

• Sketch maps of regions.
• Data interpretation

Exam analysis and mark scheme interpretation throughout topics.

Section D (Elective Unit: Patterns and processes in Economic Activities) – Topics include:

• Economic Development, HDI
• Financial Services Ireland
• Mass tourism Spain
• An Irish Based multinational company (MNC)
• Conflict local and global interests
• Ireland and the EU
• Colonialism
• Environmental impact burning fossil fuels
• Sustainable development
• Ordnance Survey Maps and Photographs

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. Socio-Economics in the Irish Free State
2. Anglo-Irish relations in the Irish Free State
3. The 1932 Eucharistic Congress
4. Gaelic and Catholic identity in the Irish Free State.
5. The development and impact of Partition, 1912-1949
6. The bombing of Belfast

Students will receive a Sample Answer Pack of essays.

Module 2: Politics and Society in Northern Ireland, 1912- 1949

Topics covered will include:

1. The Descent into the Troubles
2. The Sunningdale Agreement, 1973
3. Why the Troubles continued into the 1970’s and 1980’s
4. Political solutions to the Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Students will receive a Sample Answer Pack of essays.

Course B – European History

Module 1: The United States and the Wider World, 1945-1989

Topics covered will include:

1. Vietnam War – Entry & Escalation
2. Vietnam War – US Military Tactics
3. Vietnam War – Impact on US Society
4. The Contribution of Martin Luther King to US affairs
5. Black Militancy
6. The Contribution of Lyndon B. Johnson to US affairs.
7. The Collapse of the Age of Consensus.
8. The Development of Military and Computer Technology.

Students will receive a Sample Answer Pack of essays.

Module 2: Dictatorship and Democracy, 1920-1945.

This module is nominated for the compulsory Document Based Question (DBQ).

Topics covered will include:

1. The Red Terror and Stalin’s Show Trials
2. The Jarrow march

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

• Day 1: The Carracci and Caravaggio
• Day 2: The Dutch School: Rembrandt
• Day 3: Velasquez and Rubens

Ireland and its place in the wider world

• Day 4: Art and The Environment and Art as Social Commentary
• Day 5: Neolithic Mounds/Artefacts.

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

Day 1

• Protein
• Lipids
• Water
• Vitamin A
• Approach to answering Short Questions on Section A (worth 15% of overall Home Economics grade)

Day 2

• Milk Products
• Fruit
• Fats / Oils
• Eggs
• Meat

Day 3

• Domestic Preservation
• Commercial Preservation
• Food Additive
• Analysis of Tables/Charts Q1 Section B,part (a) ( potentially worth 5% of overall Home Economics grade)

Day 4

• HACCP
• Food Laws/Food Safety Agencies
• Special Diets
• Approach to answering part (d)/(e) Q1 Section B (potentially worth 5% of overall grade)

Day 5

• Consumer Studies
• Finance TopicsSample Answers on Sociology (CORE)Textiles ( from the Core of the Syllabus ie Home Management Section of the course )
• Resource Management
• Refrigerator
• Motor / Heating Element appliances

NOTE: Sample answers for short questions will differ from Christmas Crash Course ,January 2024

This course aims to maximise the student’s 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 now being placed on the Literary aspects of the course. In relation to these ‘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 try avoid. Many of the grammatical areas required for a H1 grade will also be covered, with full and comprehensive sample answers supplied.

Topics include:

• 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: Differentiation
• Day 2: Applications of Differentiation
• Day 3: Integration
• Day 4: Complex Numbers
• Day 5: Financial Maths

Paper 2 – Topics include:

• Day 1: Practical Trigonometry
• Day 2: Geometry
• Day 3: Probability
• Day 4: Statistics
• Day 5: Inferential Statistics

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: Differentiation
• Day 2: Applications of Differentiation
• Day 3: Integration
• Day 4: Complex Numbers
• Day 5: Financial Maths

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.

Paper 2 – Topics include:

• Day 1: Practical Trigonometry
• Day 2: Geometry
• Day 3: Probability
• Day 4: Statistics
• Day 5: Inferential Statistics

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

• Manipulation of Formulae
• Inequalities
• Fractions

Calculus

• Max & Min Turning points of curves
• Rates of Change Questions

Number Patterns

• Sequences & Series Rule

Financial Maths

• Income Tax
• Interest Rates
• VAT, Exchange Rates, % Profit/Loss

Paper 2 – Topics from:

Probability

• Terminology
• Laws
• Bernoulli Trials
• Expected Value & Expected Frequency

Statistics 1

• Measures of Central Tendency (Averages)
• Measures of Variability (Spreads)Centre, Radius & Equation

Inferential Statistics 2

• Margin of Error
• 95% Confidence Interval
• Hypothesis Testing

Length, Area & Volume

• Trapezoidal rule
• Perimeter
• Area
• Volume & Displacement
• Nets

Please bring maths tables and calculator

In the Easter Revision Course we will look at how to prepare for the LC Music listening and composition Papers.

We will touch on all aspects of the written papers, with a particular focus on Bach’s Cantata and Question 5 Harmony.

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 4

• Notes will be provided on Circular and Planetary Motion
• Fully worked out answers to a selection of past paper questions on these topics will also be provided.

Day 2: Mechanics 5

• Notes will be provided on Simple Harmonic Motion and Hooke’s Law and the following experiment
• Fully worked out answers to a selection of past paper questions on these topics will also be provided.

Day 3: Heat 2

• Notes will be provided on Specific Latent Heat of Fusion and Specific Latent Heat of Vaporisation and heat transfer and the following experiments
• To measure the specific latent heat of fusion of ice
• To measure the specific latent heat of vaporisation of water.
• Fully worked out answers to a selection of past paper questions on these topics will also be provided.

Day 4: Modern Physics 1

• Notes will be provided on Thermionic emission, Photoelectric emission, X-rays
• Fully worked out answers to a selection of past paper questions on these topics will also be provided.

Day 5: Modern Physics 2

• Notes will be provided on The Nucleus; Fission and Fusion Reactions
• 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  

• Notes will be provided on Wave Nature of Light and the following experiment
• To measure the wavelength of monochromatic light
• Fully worked out answers to a selection of past paper questions on these topics will also be provided.

Day 2:  Electricity 4

• Notes will be provided on Semiconductors and the following experiments
• To investigate the variation of resistance of a thermistor with temperature.
• To investigate the variation of current with voltage for a semiconductor diode

Day 3: Electricity 5

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

Day 4: Option 1

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

Bring maths tables, past papers and calculator

•  Notes will be provided on Comprehension Style Question (Q13), Short Questions (Q6), Exam Strategy

This course will focus on the DEVELOPMENT section of the source (Topic 8 in the subject specification). It will include engagement with the three key thinkers (Andre Gunder Frank, Vandana Shiva, and Fr Seán McDonagh), Bretton Woods Organizations (World Bank, IMF, WTO) and with the increasingly important area of the SDGs (Millennium & Sustainable Development Goals). These will be dealt with both through detailed class notes, Data-Based Question content with sample answers, and through Essay structure and planning – all of which are integral to the structure of the SEC exam in June.

Topics include:

Session 1 – Intro to Development & Andre Gunder Frank’s “Under-Development”

“Changing Notions of Development”, KT – Andre Gunder Frank, Causes of Under-development, Corruption Data-Based Sample Answers and Corruption Sample Essay.

Session 2 – Vandana Shiva and “Mal-Development”

Assessing the “Green Revolution”, Eco-Feminism: KT – Vandana Shiva, “Partners in Health” – Case Study, Indian Farmer Protests – Case Study. Stewardship & Gender Essay Structure

Session 3 – Fr Seán McDonagh and “Eco-Theology”

Fr Seán McDonagh. Laudato Si. Consumption and Ethical Production. Ethical Trade Data-Based Question.

Session 4 – Development Institutions – IMF, World Bank, and WTO

Intro to Development Institutions IMF & World Bank. “Unfair Terms of Trade” essay structure and planning. Return to “Partners in Health” Case Study. Debt Relief Data-Based Question.

Session 5 – Sustainable Development

SDGs and Ireland – Linking SDGs to multiple topics. SDGs and our Key Thinkers. “Technology and the Free Market” Essay. Ireland and the SDGs Data-Based Question.”

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.

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,  past tenses, subjunctive.
• Pronouns.
• Vocabulary: Synonyms and False Friends.

Reading Comprehension

• Exam techniques

Writing

• Opinion piece (Structure, topics, vocabulary, idiomatic expressions…)
• Dialogue construction, Diary entries and Notes.
• Work on common errors.

Listening comprehension

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