Weekly Grind
6th Year
Kevin Fitzpatrick
Kevin is an Applied Maths, Physics, and Maths teacher who completed a Science Education degree and Professional Masters of Education in Maynooth University.
His teaching style focuses on building a rapport with his students, and helping them gain confidence through familiarisation with the curriculum and by using proven exam techniques. Kevin scaffolds his learning such that students can comprehend abstract questions, understand the logic behind them, and execute the appropriate tactics to achieve top marks. Clear instruction, higher-order questioning, and referencing past papers are at the core of his lessons.
Kevin is a member of the IAMTA (Irish Applied Maths Teacher’s Association) and frequently attends the latest CPD courses to leave no stone unturned. He aims to instil a passion for Applied Maths in his students and enjoys making cross-curricular links to his other subjects. Kevin has a wealth of experience teaching Leaving Certificate students and helping them attain excellent results.
"A really good inclusive fun grind school that makes learning fun and makes you want to do it. The teachers treat their students as equals which makes us as students feel worthy. I found myself genuinely looking forward to the classes"
- Attended Applied Maths Grinds
Kevin will teach 8 topics in this order in the Applied Maths grinds: Uniform Accelerated Motion, Relative Velocity, Projectiles, Newton’s Laws, Collisions, Differential Equations, Moments of Inertia and Hydrostatics
Applied Maths is a difficult subject requiring students to have a good standard of Maths. Less than 2000 students sit this exam annually. Students who study this subject have an advantage when studying Science and Engineering in college. Leaving Cert Applied Maths involves solving problems that can be quite complex.
Kevin will take you through the techniques to attack complex problems in the simplest way possible. He teaches you to get to the heart of a problem using the most efficient and effective methods. This is critically important as students have only two and a half hours to complete the Leaving Cert Applied Maths paper.