If you are one of the many, many people who will be frantically seeking last-minute exam advice when all your teachers have gone on their summer holidays, then listen up. The Irish Farmers Journal and Hewitt College are here to help.
We have teamed up with the Cork-based private grinds school to offer Leaving Cert readers access to expert teachers the night before their exams. Every evening between 7pm-8pm, Hewitt College teachers will be available on the Irish Farmers Journal website (www.farmersjournal.ie) to answer your last-minute queries on the subjects that are being examined the following day.
See the timetable (right) of when the experts will be available for each subject.
Some of the questions asked last year included:
Any tips to control nerves? Which questions in section one would you recommend starting with? (English)When asked for the principles of producing animals, how do you go about answering? Do you just give general points? (Ag science) Is there a difference between a fat/lipid? (Biology)Approximately how long should a 30 mark question be? Half a page, one page?Who are the teachers?
The Home Ec teacher
Claire Moloney, originally from Mitchelstown, Co Cork, was educated at St Angela’s College, Sligo, where she completed a four-year BEd degree in home economics with economics. Claire has been teaching at Hewitt College for two years.
The geography teacher
Dr Eleanor Solon, a native of Co Clare, was educated at undergraduate and postgraduate level at University College, Cork. She has many years’ experience teaching geography at higher and ordinary levels, and has contributed articles to Irish Geography and Geographical Viewpoint. Furthermore, Eleanor has written a geography model answers book for Leaving Certificate students and geography examination guidelines for both Junior and Leaving Certificate, which are published by educate.ie.
The Irish teacher
Elaine Hammond has been teaching Irish at Hewitt College since 2002. She is an experienced state examiner for the Irish oral examination and a corrector of the written state examinations. Elaine is very passionate about the Irish language. She holds a BEd, a BA in Irish and French, a higher diploma in education in Irish and French and an MA in modern Irish.
The biology teacher
Dr Fiona Power is from Cork and studied at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in UCC. She worked in the area of cancer research for a number of years in the microbiology department in UCC. She has been teaching leaving certificate biology in Hewitt College for the last 13 years and has a lot of experience with the state examinations commissions marking schemes.
The maths teacher
Kerrie Ryan is originally from Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary, and has been teaching maths and business at both higher and ordinary level in Hewitt College since 2008. She obtained her undergraduate BA Hons degree and H Dip in Education (Hons) in UCC. She is a state examinations superintendent and corrector.
Maths tips
Maths is, of course, one subject many students can find particularly frustrating, so here are Hewitt Colleges maths teachers’ top tips:
Kerrie’s top tip for students taking the ordinary level maths paper is to: “Know definitions and constructions. Attempt every question and don’t leave any blanks on the exam paper – blank spaces get no marks! Don’t forget your calculator and, while revising, always use your log tables so you will be familiar with them in June.” Maths teacher Eamonn Moynihan advises those doing the higher level paper to: “Know theorems, constructions and definitions. Do not leave any blanks on paper. Don’t get bogged down on any one short question as they can only get a max of 25 marks.” Read more
Diary of a leaving cert student: answering the examiner's call
If you are one of the many, many people who will be frantically seeking last-minute exam advice when all your teachers have gone on their summer holidays, then listen up. The Irish Farmers Journal and Hewitt College are here to help.
We have teamed up with the Cork-based private grinds school to offer Leaving Cert readers access to expert teachers the night before their exams. Every evening between 7pm-8pm, Hewitt College teachers will be available on the Irish Farmers Journal website (www.farmersjournal.ie) to answer your last-minute queries on the subjects that are being examined the following day.
See the timetable (right) of when the experts will be available for each subject.
Some of the questions asked last year included:
Any tips to control nerves? Which questions in section one would you recommend starting with? (English)When asked for the principles of producing animals, how do you go about answering? Do you just give general points? (Ag science) Is there a difference between a fat/lipid? (Biology)Approximately how long should a 30 mark question be? Half a page, one page?Who are the teachers?
The Home Ec teacher
Claire Moloney, originally from Mitchelstown, Co Cork, was educated at St Angela’s College, Sligo, where she completed a four-year BEd degree in home economics with economics. Claire has been teaching at Hewitt College for two years.
The geography teacher
Dr Eleanor Solon, a native of Co Clare, was educated at undergraduate and postgraduate level at University College, Cork. She has many years’ experience teaching geography at higher and ordinary levels, and has contributed articles to Irish Geography and Geographical Viewpoint. Furthermore, Eleanor has written a geography model answers book for Leaving Certificate students and geography examination guidelines for both Junior and Leaving Certificate, which are published by educate.ie.
The Irish teacher
Elaine Hammond has been teaching Irish at Hewitt College since 2002. She is an experienced state examiner for the Irish oral examination and a corrector of the written state examinations. Elaine is very passionate about the Irish language. She holds a BEd, a BA in Irish and French, a higher diploma in education in Irish and French and an MA in modern Irish.
The biology teacher
Dr Fiona Power is from Cork and studied at both undergraduate and postgraduate level in UCC. She worked in the area of cancer research for a number of years in the microbiology department in UCC. She has been teaching leaving certificate biology in Hewitt College for the last 13 years and has a lot of experience with the state examinations commissions marking schemes.
The maths teacher
Kerrie Ryan is originally from Borrisoleigh, Co Tipperary, and has been teaching maths and business at both higher and ordinary level in Hewitt College since 2008. She obtained her undergraduate BA Hons degree and H Dip in Education (Hons) in UCC. She is a state examinations superintendent and corrector.
Maths tips
Maths is, of course, one subject many students can find particularly frustrating, so here are Hewitt Colleges maths teachers’ top tips:
Kerrie’s top tip for students taking the ordinary level maths paper is to: “Know definitions and constructions. Attempt every question and don’t leave any blanks on the exam paper – blank spaces get no marks! Don’t forget your calculator and, while revising, always use your log tables so you will be familiar with them in June.” Maths teacher Eamonn Moynihan advises those doing the higher level paper to: “Know theorems, constructions and definitions. Do not leave any blanks on paper. Don’t get bogged down on any one short question as they can only get a max of 25 marks.” Read more
Diary of a leaving cert student: answering the examiner's call
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