Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Physics (Higher Level) by Pat Doyle, physics teacher at The Institute of Education. A very thorough but fair higher level paper. Rather than combining topics within questions, the vast majority of questions were based on…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Chemistry (Higher Level) by Tara Lyons, Chemistry teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a very straightforward higher level paper, with plenty of choice. The layout was exactly as most years, with no changes…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Spanish (Higher Level) by Begoña de la Fuente, Spanish teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a nice, manageable paper, with no surprises. Because of changes made to the exam this year, there was…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Agricultural Science (Higher Level) by Donal Power, Agricultural Science teacher at The Institute of Education. This is the first year that the new Agricultural Science syllabus was examined. The sample paper released by the State…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 German (Higher Level) by Orla Ní Shúilleabháin, German teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a very student friendly paper, with a wide range of topical and interesting themes. The layout of the paper…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Art History and the Appreciation of Art (Higher Level) by Declan Kelly, Art History teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a very fair and extremely well written exam. Whoever wrote the paper was…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Business (Higher Level) by Keith Hannigan, Business teacher at The Institute of Education. This was an excellent, very accessible exam paper, that had a very fair choice of questions. The short questions were a little…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 History (Higher Level) by Susan Cashell, History teacher at The Institute of Education. The race against the clock was removed this year and students could go in knowing that they had enough time to complete…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 French (Higher Level) by Corinne Gavenda, French teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a challenging but fair written exam paper that required students to think on their feet. Students would have jumped for…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Biology (Higher Level) by Wesley Hammond, Biology teacher at The Institute of Education. A very fair, clear paper with few surprises. Some of the tougher topics such as genetics and plant reproduction were very manageable…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Irish Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Dr. Michael Casey, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. Overall, a well crafted and engaging paper that sought the opinions and ideas of students and rewarded critical thinking.…
Reaction to Leaving Cert 2021 Irish Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Dr. Michael Casey, Irish teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a fair, current and up to date exam, which put the student of Irish front and centre…
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