English Catch Up and Prepare for Senior Cycle
This course will revise key elements of the Junior Cycle that are necessary for Senior Cycle English and will serve as an introduction to Senior Cycle English.

Key areas will cover:

• Writing tasks, both creative and functional
• Comprehension, reading to understand and deliver
• Engaging with and enjoying poetry
• Revision of JC Shakespearean drama
• Introduction to SC Shakespearean drama
• Fiction-a closer look at the novel; characters, setting, plot, key moments.
• Introduction to the concept of Comparative Study
• Film Studies

This course is designed to help students in preparation for high success in their Leaving Certificate Higher Biology course.
The course will help bridge the gap for students between Junior Cycle Science and Leaving Certificate Biology.
It will introduce the students to the key elements of the LC Biology course and will include topics from all sections of the syllabus.

These topics will include:

• Ecology
• Genetics
• Human Biology
• Plant Biology
• Microbiology

The students will gain some practice with past papers and learn strategies and skills that are needed to maximise their marks in exams. Detailed notes and relevant practice questions will be provided.

This course will help bridge the gap for students between Junior Cycle and Leaving Certificate French. Key elements of the Junior Cycle course will be revised, while introducing  students to the Senior Cycle French course.

Topics covered will include:

• Grammar: 5 core tenses (présent, passé composé, imparfait, futur, conditionnel), negation, adjectives, etc.
• Reading and Listening, Exam techniques and vocabulary .
• Written Production: an introduction to Diary entry, Opinion piece and some abstract topics vocabulary.

Oral Preparation: An introduction to the main LC oral exam topics, oral techniques.

This course will provide students with the skills needed to begin tackling the Leaving Certificate Irish course. A strong emphasis will be placed on grammar and language skills, with different grammar topics being covered each week to provide a strong basis of functional language that will enable students to be successful in all areas of the course.

Focus will be placed on oral language and vocabulary relevant to composition and comprehension questions. Students will engage with exam papers and marking schemes and discuss common exam mistakes to allow them to maximise their marks. Students will also begin to deal with literature and develop methodologies to deal with and prepare for all types of questions.

Topics from:

• General language skills, grammar and vocabulary
• Reading and listening comprehension: methodology, exam papers, key vocabulary and question phrases
• Literature: samples from the poetry and prose course and important vocab
• Composition: essays, speeches and debates
• Study methodology and exam technique
• Oral language and practice

This course is designed to encompass key elements of Junior Cycle Mathematics which are fundamental for success at Senior Cycle. There will be a strong emphasis on empowering students to gain the knowledge and skills that will benefit them directly for Leaving Certificate Mathematics.

Students will build on their proficiency in critical and creative thinking while focusing on developing computational thinking, and problem solving. Students will be encouraged to develop as learners within Mathematics by adopting a variety of approaches and strategies to increase self-confidence and personal effectiveness.

The course will revise aspects of the Junior Cycle while also focusing on key elements of Senior Cycle Mathematics.

Specific topics will include:

• Algebra
• Complex Numbers
• Trigonometry
• Co-Ordinate Geometry

Others topics from the syllabus with be visited.