5th Year August Preparation Courses

Topics covered in this Accounting August Preparation Course:

• Ratio Analysis
• Final Accounts
• Budgeting
• Tabular Statements
• Incomplete Records

Meet your Accounting Teacher – Don Tierney: Don Tierney has 20 years of experience in teaching Leaving Cert Accounting. Prior to that, he spent two years working as an Accountant. He has a wide range of teaching experience in the subject. Confidence is instilled in his students as the students receive constant guidance and encouragement on how to earn top marks in their exams. He shares with the student’s exam techniques and equally as important, the most frequent and highly avoidable mistakes and over the years a high percentage of his students go on to study Accounting at Third level.

Topics covered in this Biology August Preparation Course:

• Ecology
• Food
• The Cell/Photosynthesis
• Respiration/Enzymes
• Bacteria/Fungi/Viruses/Protista

Meet your Biology Teacher – David Lewis: David Lewis’ ability to relate to students has resulted in him becoming a popular teacher at The Academy. With more than 7 years of experience teaching at the highest level, he is fascinated with innovating new ways of creating effective, personalised exam strategies that are extraordinarily useful and proven to achieve results. David is a member of the Irish Mathematics Teachers’ Association and is specialised in providing students with a clear, fundamental understanding of the syllabus. As an examination corrector in Biology and Maths, David is adept at understanding the mistakes for which students frequently lose marks. David has also authored a Junior Certificate Science textbook in 2020 “Less Stress more success”.

Topics covered in this Chemistry August Prep Course:

• Bohr’s Theory
• Orbitals
• Periodic Table
• Bonding
• Radioactivity
• Atoms
• Moles
• Gas Laws
• Acids and Bases

Meet your Chemistry Teacher – Dr. Nichola Walsh: Nichola Walsh has a first-class honours degree in chemistry and Ph.D. from U.C.D. and she completed her Postgraduate Certificate in Education at the University of Oxford.  She is an experienced teacher who has taught G.C.S.E, A-level, and Leaving Certificate chemistry and was an undergraduate chemistry tutor and lab demonstrator in U.C.D.  She is a passionate teacher who loves teaching science and this comes across in her classes.  Nichola is also an examiner for higher-level Leaving Cert Chemistry, which has given her an invaluable insight into grading the chemistry paper.  She regularly incorporates this knowledge into her classes to ensure students maximise their marks.

Topics covered in this Economics August Prep Course:

• National Income
• Fiscal Policy
• Employment and Unemployment
• Financial Sector
• Economic Growth & Development
• Globalisation
• International Trade & Competitiveness

Meet your Economics Teacher – Rob Quinlan: With a master’s degree in economics along with correcting the Leaving Cert at state level for the past 6 years, Rob instils passion, interest and competence in students to obtain results of which they are capable. A methodical approach in making the subject relevant to students by understanding the economic climate around them is merged with the tools to navigate through all possible questions as proficiently as possible in exams. Rob has also 5 years’ experience as an Irish oral examiner as well as teaching and tutoring in UCD and Irish summer courses.

Topics covered in this Leaving Cert French August Prep Course:

• Intro & grammar
• L’épreuve orale (oral exam)
• Journal intime
• Opinion Piece (topic tbc)
• Comprehension Skills

Meet your French Teacher – Amy Weddell: Amy Weddell has an International Degree in French and German and has spent time living in both countries. This, coupled with the Professional Masters in Education providing training on up to date teaching methodologies, ensures that she holds the skills to successfully aid students at any level to access language curricula, at both an academic and cultural level. An integration of language-learning skills based on the acquisition of language, such as phonics, provides all students with a strong foundation ensuring that they achieve the best possible grade in their Leaving Cert French exams.

Topics Covered in this German August Preparation Course:

• Die mündliche Prüfung (oral exam)
• Angewandte Grammatik (grammar)
• Äußerung zum Thema (Written Q 1)
• Schriftliche Produktion (Written Q 2)
• Hör- und Leseverständnis (Comprehensions)

Meet your German Teacher – Amy Weddell: Amy Weddell has an International Degree in French and German and has spent time living in both countries. This, coupled with the Professional Masters in Education providing training on up to date teaching methodologies, ensures that she holds the skills to successfully aid students at any level to access language curricula, at both an academic and cultural level. An integration of language-learning skills based on the acquisition of language, such as phonics, provides all students with a strong foundation ensuring that they achieve the best possible grades in exams.

Topics covered in this Irish August Prep Course:

• An Aiste
• Saol an déagóra
• An Tuiseal Ginideach
• An Scrúdú Béil
• Alcól & Drugaí
• Chaitheamh Aimsire
• Prós
• Dán

Meet your Irish Teacher – Rob Quinlan: With a master’s degree in economics along with correcting the Leaving Cert at state level for the past 6 years, Rob instils passion, interest and competence in students to obtain results of which they are capable. A methodical approach in making the subject relevant to students by understanding the economic climate around them is merged with the tools to navigate through all possible questions as proficiently as possible in exams. Rob has also 5 years’ experience as an Irish oral examiner as well as teaching and tutoring in UCD and Irish summer courses.

Topics covered in this August Preparation Course:

• Algebra
• Logs & Indices
• Trigonometry
• Complex Numbers
• The Line
• The Circle

Meet your Maths Teacher – David Lewis: David’s ability to relate to students has resulted in him becoming a popular teacher at The Academy. David Lewis has more than 7 years experience teaching at the highest level. He is fascinated with innovating new ways of creating effective, personalised exam strategies that are extraordinarily useful and proven to achieve results. David is a member of the Irish Mathematics Teachers’ Association. He specialises in providing students with a clear, fundamental understanding of the syllabus. As an examination corrector in Biology and Leaving Cert Maths, David is adept at understanding the mistakes for which students frequently lose marks. David has also authored a Junior Certificate Science textbook in 2020 “Less Stress more success”.

Topics Covered in this Physics August Preparation Course:

• Reflection,
• Refraction
• Lenses
• Heat

Meet your Physics Teacher – Anita Leen: Anita Leen is a Biology & Physics teacher, graduated from the University of Limerick with an Honours degree. She has taught in some of the most prestigious schools in Dublin. She is a member of the Irish Science Teachers Association. She has a passion for both biology and physics and has extensive knowledge of exam content, this helps students to reach their full potential in their Leaving Cert exams.

Topics covered in this Spanish August Prep Course:

• Key Grammar Terminology
• Verb Tenses
• The Opinion Piece
• La Familia
• La Tecnologia
• The Journalistic Text
• The Subjunctive

Meet your Spanish Teacher – Katie Lenehan: Katie Lenehan holds a degree in French and Spanish, and a Professional Masters in Education. Katie’s training as a teacher was based on the most up to date education models and methodologies. Her knowledge of languages and linguistics, as well as teaching in some of the most prestigious schools in Dublin, will ensure that students obtain the best possible grades in their Leaving Cert Spanish exam.