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Reaction to Leaving Certificate Maths Paper 1 (Ordinary Level) by Jean Kelly, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. Overall, a nice paper with a few tricky parts. There was nothing that would have thrown students and the topics were…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate Maths Paper 1 (Higher Level) by Aidan Roantree, Maths teacher at The Institute of Education. A fair paper, but not without a couple of challenges. More choice and more time meant that students would have been…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate 2022 Geography (Higher Level) by Lesley Aslin, Geography teacher at The Institute of Education. This was a fair paper with good choice and well prepared students would have found it quite manageable. The reappearance of topics…
Reaction to Leaving Certificate English Paper 2 (Higher Level) by Paul McCormack, English teacher at The Institute of Education This paper was designed to reward those students who have worked hard on their analytical, planning and critical thinking skills, as…
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…