A good day as pupils enjoy 'a lovely paper with no surprises'Junior Cert: Classical Studies: The 1,360 students who still had exams to sit finally finished the Junior Cert yesterdayFri Jun 25 2004 - 01:00
Tough questions on music, but technology students happyJunior Certificate Music and Technology: Junior Certificate Music students faced a couple of tough questions on yesterday's …Thu Jun 24 2004 - 01:00
Topical paper keeps economics vibrantLeaving Certificate Economics: A summary of Ireland's economic performance of the last 12 months was just one of the topical…Thu Jun 24 2004 - 01:00
Students satisfied with great variety in examsLeaving Cert Construction Studies, Classical Studies and Latin: More than 9,000 students sat yesterday's Leaving Certificate…Thu Jun 24 2004 - 01:00
Problems with speed of dialogueJunior Cert Spanish: Higher-level Spanish students found yesterday's Leaving Cert written paper fair, but the aural was reported…Wed Jun 23 2004 - 01:00
Although long and testing, students happy with the choiceLeaving Cert Chemistry: Leaving Certificate chemistry students were treated to a slightly updated version of a familiar exam…Wed Jun 23 2004 - 01:00
Students like upbeat tone and questionsJunior Certificate Spanish and Metalwork: Zidane, Ronaldo and the bull run at Pamplona made up some of the questions on yesterday…Wed Jun 23 2004 - 01:00
'Bad news' for students not keen on mathsLeaving Cert Physics: Yesterday's Leaving Cert physics paper was described as "bad news" for students who are not keen on maths…Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
Students 'delighted' with plenty of choiceVerdict - Leaving Cert Art: The Book of Kells , Caravaggio's The Taking of Christ and the Sony Discman were just three of the…Tue Jun 22 2004 - 01:00
'Predictable' paper causes confusionJunior Cert/Home Economics: Home economics was a predictable affair with the usual time management problems, Junior Certificate…Sat Jun 19 2004 - 01:00
Students welcome fair second paperLeaving Cert/Technical Drawing: Students of technical drawing applied theory to practise yesterday in a "fair" and "straightforward…Sat Jun 19 2004 - 01:00
Pupil-friendly paper wins praiseVerdict: Junior Cert Science: Teachers and students yesterday praised a "well-presented and student-friendly" Junior Certificate…Fri Jun 18 2004 - 01:00
Abstract thinking needed to answer a tough challengeVerdict: Junior Cert Religious Education: Junior Certificate students were tested today with a "tough" religious education paper…Fri Jun 18 2004 - 01:00
Exam may encourage more to take higher-level paperVerdict: Leaving Cert technical drawing - Paper 1: Technical drawing paper one, which has been criticised for poor presentation…Fri Jun 18 2004 - 01:00
Students get down to serious business with testing paperLeaving Certificate Business: verdict: Some students were thrown by yesterday's higher level business paper, which was described…Thu Jun 17 2004 - 01:00
Surprises in 'tough but fair' paperJunior Certificate history: verdict: Junior Certificate history students took on a "tough but fair" paper yesterday with a few…Wed Jun 16 2004 - 01:00
End of era for long history examLeaving Cert history: verdict: Students who relied on predictions were delighted to see Parnell and Bismarck on yesterday's …Wed Jun 16 2004 - 01:00
The male menopause gets the testosterone treatmentCompared to the female menopause, which heralds rapid changes in a woman's physiology, the male 'change' is a gradual and often…Tue Jun 15 2004 - 01:00
Poor looks spoil CSPE paperVerdict: Junior Cert Civil, Social and Political Education Arguably the most topical State exam on the menu, the Civil, Social…Sat Jun 12 2004 - 01:00
Race against time in home economics paperVerdict: Leaving Cert Home Economics Students of Leaving Certificate home economics got a shock yesterday as what is normally…Sat Jun 12 2004 - 01:00
Students who spent time over past honours papers get their rewardsJunior Certificate maths: verdict There was a sense of déjà vu for Junior Cert students taking honours maths Paper 1 yesterday…Fri Jun 11 2004 - 01:00
Students broadly happy with sum of paper 1Verdict: Leaving Certificate maths There were no tears outside the exam halls yesterday as Leaving Cert maths students emerged…Fri Jun 11 2004 - 01:00
Enjoyable except for tricky poetry, fiction questionsExam reaction: Junior Cert English "Enjoyable" and "challenging" were just some of the adjectives used to describe the first…Thu Jun 10 2004 - 01:00
Weighty topics are heavy going on the first dayExam verdict: Leaving Certificate Applied: The 3,603 candidates for this year's Leaving Certificate Applied programme were treated…Thu Jun 10 2004 - 01:00
Teaching them the virtue of patienceParenting: Teaching children a little impulse control is a fitting gift in an accelerated world - and it can pay dividends.Tue Apr 27 2004 - 01:00
Time to box clever or face the consequencesParenting: Children and television Next week is TV Turn Off Week - give yourself and your family a break from the boxTue Apr 13 2004 - 01:00
Much too close, much too young?New research shows that if you are considering having another child, you may be well advised to wait longer than two years.Tue Mar 16 2004 - 00:00
Classroom at the innGetting your school adopted by a hotel for Transition Year could help youtowards a career in hospitality, writes Louise Holden…Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
How many of these do you recognise?Studying Ireland with a tourist's eye can introduce us to a country we don't usually get around to seeing, writes Louise Holden…Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
Getting the most from parent-teacher meetingsParenting: Think about your child's skills and abilities in a holistic wayTue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Miss it, miss out - the tragedy of truancyEducational Welfare Officer Michael Doyle says blaming families for truancyachieves nothingTue Jan 06 2004 - 00:00
Miss it, miss out - the tragedy of truancyEducational Welfare Officer Michael Doyle says blaming families for truancyachieves nothingTue Dec 30 2003 - 00:00
Miss it, miss out - the tragedy of truancyEducational Welfare Officer Michael Doyle says blaming families for truancyachieves nothingTue Dec 23 2003 - 00:00
Miss it, miss out - the tragedy of truancyEducational Welfare Officer Michael Doyle says blaming families for truancyachieves nothingTue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
Encouraging the hands-on appliance of scienceParenting: There are many ways to help your children discover science and express themselves, both artistically and scientifically…Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Childhood is no place for secretsParenting: How to talk to your child about sexual abuse No parent wants to fill their child with fear of the world, but talking…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Family life one step at a timeParenting: the step-family Step-families are one of Ireland's fastest-growing domestic groupingsTue Nov 18 2003 - 00:00
Enjoying going to rack and ruinThe TG4 series Ros na Rún is now seen by 200 schools as part of their Transition Year programmeWed Oct 22 2003 - 01:00
Childhood mental illness - it's everybody's problemThe gap in service provision The outlook is bleak for the thousands of parents caring for children with mental illness in this…Tue Oct 21 2003 - 01:00
Teacher dismissed after failing Irish examA Donegal primary teacher has been dismissed from her post because she failed a Department of Education Irish language exam for…Tue Oct 14 2003 - 01:00
Welcome to Transition TimesWelcome to Transition Times, a new weekly feature aimed at the 26,000 students taking the Transition Year Programme.Wed Oct 08 2003 - 01:00
Teens and smoking - a question of conscienceTeenagers are reluctant to believe that smoking can kill them, but they may respond to the fact that the tobacco industry is …Tue Sept 23 2003 - 01:00
To school at four - much too much, much too young?The younger children start school, the more likely they are to suffer from mental illness later in lifeTue Sept 16 2003 - 01:00
Bleak emotional landscape awaits boysA new study seems to confirm our worst fears about our sons' lack ofemotional developmentTue Jun 24 2003 - 01:00
Feel like more time with the family?More and more people are taking their work home with them - for goodTue Jun 17 2003 - 01:00
Fair paper with range of hot topicsJunior Cert: Civil, social and political education post-mortem :All Junior Certificate students sat the common Civil, Social…Sat Jun 07 2003 - 01:00
No great surprises but themes were limitingJunior Cert Irish: Paper II :Yesterday's second honours Irish paper for Junior Cert was regarded by students and teachers as…Sat Jun 07 2003 - 01:00
Time to move on from navel-gazingLeaving Cert Irish: post-mortem Yesterday's Irish paper 1 was deemed utterly irrelevant to the interests of 18-year-old Irish…Fri Jun 06 2003 - 01:00
Fat Boy Slim jazzes up afternoonJunior Cert Irish: post-mortem Junior Certificate Irish cast off its báinín geansaí this year in favour of a hipper, more contemporary…Fri Jun 06 2003 - 01:00
