Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Politics & Society (Higher Level) by Paul McAndrew and Dr. Jerome Devitt, Politics & Society teachers at The Institute of Education. This was a strong, topical paper with a pandemic focus. Questions were clear and…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Classical Studies (Higher Level) by Tadgh McHugh, Classical Studies teacher at The Institute of Education. Overall this was a very fair and balanced paper that allowed students play to their strengths. There was a wide…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Italian (Higher Level) by Erica Capello, Italian teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a topical and relevant higher-level paper. Despite being a little bit challenging in places, the wide range of excellent choices…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Religious Education (Higher Level) by Paul McAndrew, Religious Education teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a clear and fair exam paper, with a lot more choice for students this year. Higher level thinking…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Applied Maths (Higher Level) by Aidan Roantree, Applied Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. This was one of the nicest applied maths papers in years. Due to changes this year, students only had to…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Economics (Higher Level) by Keith Hannigan, Economics teacher at The Institute of Education. Today students sat the first ever economics exam based on the new syllabus, which was both exciting and scary! As a new…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Music- Listening & Composing papers (Higher Level) by Dr. Susan McCormick, Music teacher at The Institute of Education. The listening paper was very nice, but there were some challenges presented in the composing paper this…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Design & Communication Graphics (Higher Level) by Robert Kiernan, DCG teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a very fair paper with an excellent variety of topics. Fantastic choice meant that no matter what…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2021 Accounting (Higher Level) by Ray O’Loughlin, Accounting teacher at The Institute of Education. Candidates who decided to sit the higher level accounting paper, as opposed to getting calculated grades, were rewarded today. All the questions…
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 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…