• The Leaving Cert Survival Guide

  • By: FM104
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The Leaving Cert Survival Guide

By: FM104
  • Summary

  • FM104 have teamed up with The Institute of Education in Dublin and some of Ireland's best health & wellness professionals to give you a crash course in how to ace your Leaving Certificate exams this summer.


    Every Monday and Friday, FM104's Crossy and Tara Murray we will be speaking some of Ireland’s best teachers who will be sharing all of their

    vital tips and advice on how to tackle their specialist subject in the correct way to maximise your points.


    We will be covering a host of different subjects and exam papers in both higher and ordinary level, looking everything from what poets to study, analysing past exam papers and how to get the secret hidden marks on both of your Maths papers.


    Leaving Cert prep isn’t just about hours of study and cramming, so to make sure you are in the right state of mind before and during your exams, we will be speaking to Mental Health Professionals, Motivational Speakers and Nutrition Specialists all about ways to minimise the stress and workload in the run up to the big day.


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Episodes
  • French & Overcoming A Disappointment
    May 29 2019

    FM104 have teamed up with The Institute of Education in Dublin and some of Ireland's best health and wellness professionals to give you a crash course in all the useful information you need to make the leaving cert exams that bit easier.


    Each Monday and Wednesday for the past 5 weeks, we have been  speaking some of Ireland’s best teachers getting you set for next weeks leaving cert exams.


    Today on the show we have an action packed episode, to celebrate the last show of the series. Crossy and Tara are covering The Leaving Cert French exam with The Institute's Corinne Gavenda.  Corinne has been teaching at the Institute for 30 years and is a native French speaker and conducts her classes completely through French.


    Dr Colman Noctor is also going to be joining the guys one last time, as he goes over the best ways to overcome a disappointment, and spoiler alert... Every student is bound to have a couple of them over the next few weeks, so do not beat yourself up if you happen to have an off day during the exams.






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    35 mins
  • *Bonus Episode* Home-Ec Made Easy
    May 28 2019

    We were contacted by Ali one of our listeners asking for an episode on how best to prepare for the Home Economics exam. The test is taking place on the first day of this years Leaving Cert after English Paper 1, so because time is of the essence we thought we would treat you to a special bonus episode.


    Crossy and Tara were joined in studio by one of the country's most expert Home Economics teachers. Sandra Cleary has been teaching in The Institute of Education since 1991. She also spent two years teaching in the Dublin College of Catering and was assistant to Mairín Uí Chomáin in the R.T.E. cookery series "Cuisine le Mairín". She has contributed articles in the print media since 1993. Sandra is the author of the recently published Leaving Certificate revision book, Rapid Revision Home Economics, part of the Rapid Revision series by Folens.


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    23 mins
  • Maths Paper 2 & Attempt, Attempt, Attmept !
    May 27 2019

    FM104 have teamed up with The Institute of Education in Dublin and some of Ireland's best health and wellness professionals to give you a crash course in all the useful information you need to make the leaving cert exams that bit easier.


    Each Monday and Wednesday, Tara and Crossy have been speaking some of Ireland’s best teachers who’ve  been giving us some of their vital tips and tricks that will help you with your exams this June.  If this is your first time listening in, make sure to check out all of our previous episodes where we have covered English, Maths, History, Irish Geography and much more.


    On today’s podcast, the guys are dedicating the whole show to Maths paper 2, both higher and ordinary level. First off, they will be speaking to Aidan Roantree about the honours exam. Aidan is  senior Maths teacher at the Institute, where he has been teaching Maths and Applied Maths for over 30 years. He is also  the author of 14 books, including the most recent Effective Maths Books 1 & 2, and knows the honours Maths syllabus as well as anyone else in the country.


    Jean Kelly is also back again to cover the ordinary level paper 2. Jean has been teaching Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Maths to students of all abilities at The Institute for over 10 years, and is incredibly effective at getting the most out of her students when it comes to results.







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    28 mins

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