“*English Paper one for Leaving Certificate students started at 9.30am, followed by home economics at 2.30pm
* Junior Cycle participants had their English examination at 9.30 and delved into religious studies at 2.30pm
* Brian Mooney, an expert, provides an exam survival guide for parents with an emphasis on facing the next challenge
* Allison Healy, a parent of a Leaving Cert student, keeps learning daily spurred by her son’s habit of placing revision notes on Post-its everywhere
A survival guide for parents with children appearing in Leaving Cert: Focus on the upcoming challenges is crucial.
Just ask any parent and they will confirm that the impact and stress of the Leaving Cert is felt throughout the household. If the exams don’t go as planned, parents often find it challenging to figure out how best to assist their children.
Guidance counselor and regular writer, Brian Mooney, offers useful advice to parents here. “Assist them in focusing on what lies ahead,” he suggests. Promptly going through the next set of papers can be of great help to your child. Asking simplistic queries about the exams could potentially help them concentrate on approaching tasks.”
Here we go…
Welcoming you to our live blog that will keep you updated with reactions from this year’s State exams over the ensuing days. These are undoubtedly tense times for the students, particularly for many Leaving Cert pupils who are confronting their initial state exams since the cancellation of the Junior Cycle exams in 2021.
Peter McGuire had a conversation with the 2024 batch of Stepaside Educate Together Secondary School. During the first week of the Leaving Cert exams, five scholars from the institution will each share their examination journey’s highs and lows.”