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Reaction to Exam Papers

Posted on June 29, 2021

Politics & Society (H): A strong, topical paper with a pandemic focus

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…

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Posted on June 28, 2021

Classical Studies (H): A fair paper that allowed students play to their strengths

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…

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Posted on June 28, 2021

Italian (H): A topical and relevant paper, with excellent choice

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…

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Posted on June 25, 2021

Religious Education (H): Clear and fair, with a lot more choice

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…

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Posted on June 25, 2021

Applied Maths (H): One of the nicest papers in years

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…

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Posted on June 25, 2021

Economics (H): A new paper that brought new challenges

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…

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Posted on June 24, 2021

Music (H): Nice listening paper but composing paper presented some challenges

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…

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Posted on June 24, 2021

DCG (H): Fantastic choice and students could play to their strengths

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…

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Posted on June 23, 2021

Accounting (H): An uncomplicated and straightforward paper

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…

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Posted on June 23, 2021

Physics (H): A thorough but fair higher level paper

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…

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Posted on June 22, 2021

Chemistry (H): A straightforward higher level paper, with plenty of choice

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…

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Posted on June 21, 2021

Agricultural Science (H): A topical paper with plenty of choice

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…

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