Category: Tips and Advice

December 21, 2020 admin No comments exist

The subjunctive is a very difficult tense to grasp for students. In our grammar notes, we go through the subjunctive in detail, but often students avoid using it as they are afraid go grammatically incorrect in their usage. We strongly advise you to get to grips with the Leaving Cert French Subjunctive tense. If you…

December 28, 2018 admin No comments exist

Leaving Cert Irish 2019 Prose Predictions I think it’s safe to say that everyone thought ‘An Gnáthrud/ Seal i Neipeal’ was going to come up for the past 2/3 years. However, the fact that these stories have never come up before, there is a high probability that they will appear on the Leaving Cert Irish 2019…

December 20, 2018 admin No comments exist

The Junior Cycle Science course is new and 2019 is the first year the final exam will take place. The subject is assessed by two CBA’s (Classroom-Based Assessments), one Assessment Task and one final 2- hour exam in June of 3rd year. The specification for Junior Cycle Science focuses on the development of students’ knowledge…

March 11, 2017 admin No comments exist

Junior Cycle English What is the new Junior Cycle English truly all about? That is the question many students, parents and teachers are asking right now. Well, here at JC-Learn we have the answers. The specification for Junior Cycle English focuses on the development of language and literacy in and through the three strands: Oral…

March 11, 2017 admin No comments exist

The Junior Cycle gives schools greater flexibility to design programmes that are suited to the needs of their junior cycle students and to the particular context of the school. Each school’s programme: will be guided by the twenty-four statements of learning, eight principles and eight key skills that are at the core of the new…

March 1, 2017 admin No comments exist

My name is Sophie Ray, a current transition year student who used ExamLearn last year. ExamLearn is a website that really helped me during my Junior Certificate revision process. From using the site, I was more aware of what things I needed to focus mainly on, to achieve the results I wanted. While researching information and…

January 21, 2017 admin No comments exist

This blog post is brought to you by Alan O’Beirne, founder of www.unibrowse.ie It’s a great bit of advice that I would really urge anyone doing the Leaving Cert to take on board. I made the mistake of ignoring everyone who told me this. I made the mistake of thinking that more hours meant better…

January 9, 2017 admin No comments exist

Failure, we hate to accept it, we hate to admit it and we certainly hate to repeat it. To a lot of people, failure is a forbidden word which is simply not an option. However, success does not come without failure. As Winston Churchill once said, ‘Success is going from failure to failure without losing…

December 29, 2016 admin No comments exist

Junior Cycle Timetable – Vital To Know Dates! The Junior Cycle timetable for 2019 has just come out. However, many students won’t be familiar with how each day goes until the night before! It’s really important to visualise how each day will go like. Study the timetable and make sure you know the dates and…

December 29, 2016 admin No comments exist

Leaving Cert Timetable – Vital To Know Dates! The Leaving Cert timetable for 2019 has just come out. However, many students won’t be familiar with how each day goes until the night before! It’s really important to visualise how each day will go like. Study the timetable and make sure you know the dates and times…